by Simon appleby | Sep 6, 2020
This session for kids of all ages is book-ended by readings from Will Millard’s book, The Old Man and the Sand-Eel. Using live specimens gathered from the ponds in his Cardiff backyard, and drawing inspiration from his ‘lockdown lessons’ on Facebook, Will introduces...
by Simon appleby | Sep 6, 2020
The anthology Resist: Stories of Uprising charts two thousand years of British resistance, from the Battle of Cable Street to the protests after the Grenfell Tower Fire. This panel will focus on three works from the collection covering Boudica, the Ford Dagenham...
by Simon appleby | Sep 6, 2020
Sir Tim Rice is the lyricist behind some of the biggest stage and screen musicals including Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, The Lion King and Aladdin. His collaborators have included Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alan Menken and Elton John, and he has written lyrics for acts as...
by Simon appleby | Sep 6, 2020
In Red Mist: Football’s Most Shocking Moments (Red Cards, Dirty Tackles, Headbutts, Pitch Invaders and More), sports journalist Phil Cartwright explores the uglier side of the ‘beautiful game’. Talking to Fran Richards, he discusses everything from Zinedine Zidane’s...
by Simon appleby | Sep 6, 2020
Why and how do ideas, false news and diseases spread? And how, in an increasingly small world, can we control them? Author, TED fellow and Wellcome Prize-winner Professor Adam Kucharski has worked on global outbreaks including Ebola and Covid-19. He discusses his new...
