Previous events
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MAY 08
Africa Ablaze: Poems and Prose Pieces of War and Civil Conflict
SOUTH AFRICAN PEN present Africa Ablaze. SA PEN is affiliated to Pen International: promoting literature and defending freedom of expression. Time: 9.30am Venue: Upper RoomTown Hall Tickets: £8 Visit the website AFRICA ABLAZE: POEMS AND PROSE PIECES OF WAR AND CIVIL CONFLICT Presentation by Peter Hain MP of Patricia Schonstein’s latest anthology of...
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APR 12
Pam Warren: From Behind The Mask at Aye Write! Festival
The survivor of the Paddington rail crash and campaigner for rail safety shares her brave and inspiring story. In October 1999, Pam Warren was involved in the Paddington rail crash, which killed 31 people. She was not expected to survive, and the photograph of her in a plastic mask became the iconic image of the tragedy. Her road to physical and mental...
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APR 07
Vicky Pryce: Prisonomics at Aye Write! Festival
Vicky Pryce discusses her experiences in prison and her ideas for change with the Governor of HMP Barlinnie, Derek McGill. Vicky Pryce was an economist tipped for high office, until she accepted driver’s licence penalty points for her then husband: that led to a conviction for perverting the course of justice. Her imprisonment led her to write Prisonomics...
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