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JUL 01
Chalke Valley History Festival: Samir Puri
112. UKRAINE: HOW DID IT COME TO THIS? Samir Puri, Olga Onuch, Peter Caddick-Adams Saturday 1st July 19:30 (60 Min) Hiscox Tent In this timely discussion, Olga Onuch, Samir Puri and Peter Caddick-Adams will take a long view at Ukraine’s history, its place not only in Europe’s story but also in Russia’s and the Soviet Union’s. From the Revolution...
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JUN 30
Chalke Valley History Festival: Jesse Norman
81. FRANCIS BACON AND EDWARD COKE: THE WINDING STAIR Jesse Norman Friday 30th June 15:45 (60 Min) Evelyn Partners Tent Jesse Norman will reveal the bitter struggle for influence and power between the brilliant scholar Francis Bacon and the great lawyer Edward Coke. Bringing to life the parliaments and courts of Elizabethan and Jacobean...
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JUN 17
Borders Festival: Jesse Norman
venue CSY Architects Marquee date Saturday 17 June time 5:30 pm ticket prices £8 | £6 The Winding Stair is a brilliant historical novel set at a pivotal moment. Elizabeth I is dying, James VI waits to accede. But who will thrive, and who will fail under the new king? Will it be the scholar, Francis Bacon, whose brilliance is the envy of the court? Or...
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JUN 17
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JUN 10
CrimeCon: Martin Brunt
True crime is so much more than murder recreations and dramatic courtroom showdowns. This genre is rich with real-life stories of triumph and tragedy; heartbreak and heroism. It runs the full spectrum from the criminal mind, to the criminal act, to the criminal justice system leaping into action. It’s about psychology, victimology, and methodology....
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MAY 28
Hay Festival: Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman talks to Suzannah Lipscomb THE WINDING STAIR Sunday 28 May 2023, 7pm Hwyl Stage MP Jesse Norman’s witty historical novel The Winding Stair is the story of the rivalry between scholar Francis Bacon and Edward Coke, already acclaimed as the greatest lawyer of his generation. As Queen Elizabeth I is dying and James I waiting to accede...
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MAY 28
How The Light Gets In: Jesse Norman
The Truth of Fiction To uncover truth, we must look to fiction. And to live in the present, we must engross ourselves in the past. Join MP and author of the widely-acclaimed historical fiction The Winding Stair, Jesse Norman, to explore the power of story, and how the past provides us with a fresh perspective on contemporary issues. "Engrossing...
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MAY 24
Toppings Ely: Martin Brunt
We are delighted to welcome Sky News reporter, Martin Brunt, to Ely for his book, No One Got Cracked Over the Head for No Reason: Dispatches from a Crime Reporter. What is it about crime that we find so fascinating, even if at the same time the details are repugnant? Why exactly do we immerse ourselves in true crime podcasts and TV shows? Has this...
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MAY 23
Aye Write Festival: Dave Rich
Antisemitism is supposed to have disappeared long ago, but despite our abhorrence of racism and oppression in all its forms, this ancient prejudice continues to thrive. At a time of economic, political, and social turmoil, fuelled by conspiracy theories on your smartphone or conflict in the Middle East, antisemitism is back, and we need to know why...
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MAY 20
Aye Write Festival: Tom Clark
A dozen years into austerity, statistical warning lights are flashing to suggest a return to types of deprivation we once imagined we had consigned to history. In the decade up to the pandemic, the official count of rough sleepers and recorded malnutrition in hospital patients both doubled, while recourse to food banks rocketed by an order of magnitude...
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