We are publishing the programme for May 1st and 2nd, 2020. Please be aware that due to the current global issues this is subject to change/postponement. Please contact Wells Maltings for ticketing and current situation.
www.wellsmaltings.org.uk
01328710885
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Draft, draft, draft
but here's a taste - tbc and formalised soon!!!!
Sea Fever 4 Draft Programme: Time and Tide
Friday May 1: Auditorium, Wells Maltings
Time
Event
Speaker/Chair
Event billing
Venue
10:00-11:00
1
Justin Marozzi or Sally Festing and Polly Ionides (TBC subject to Marozzi’s availability)
Local author Justin Marozzi speaks on his latest book: Islamic Empires. OR (Festing / Ionides)
Poets, Artist and Place
Auditorium
11:30-12:30
2
Peter Willis, President Nancy Blackett Trust, sailing enthusiast and journalist (former deputy editor Classic Boat)
80 years since the publication of Arthur Ransome’s Norfolk Broads’ children’s classic: The Big Six
Auditorium
13:00-14:00
3
Robert Smith MBE
A Walk Around Wellswith Wells Harbour Master, drawing from Robert’s in depth knowledge of the sea and the town of Wells.
Wells Quay and Town
13:00-14:00
4
Poetry event tbc
Auditorium
14:30-15:30
5
Mac Graham, Holkham Hall librarian
The Treasures of Holkham Library and the extraordinary story of how they came to be acquired.
Auditorium
16:00-17:00
6
Kevin Crossley-Holland in conversation with Sir Tim Lankester
Art and Artistry: a personal view.
Auditorium
17:30-18:30
7
Jonty Driver, campaigner against South African Apartheid and writer
Life and Work, Jonty Driver in discussion with Jon Cook
Auditorium
Saturday May 2
Time
Event
Speaker/Chair
Event billing
10:00-11:30
8
Richard Heffer
Schools Poetry competition
Auditorium
10:00-11:30
9
TBC
Some Poetry
Kiln Room / Handa Gallery
11:30-12:30
10
Ursula Buchan, granddaughter of John Buchan, novelist, politician and diplomatic, and author of The Thirty Nine Steps
The Life of John Buchan
Auditorium
11:30-12:30
11
Francis Pryor
Francis talks about his new book, The Fens: Discovering England's Ancient Depths.
Kiln Room / Handa Gallery
13:00-14:00
12
Henry Sutton, crime novelist and Professor of Creative Writing, University of East Anglia
Crime novels TBC
Auditorium
14:30-15:30
13
Andy Bloomfield, Holkham’s expert ornithologist
Changing – and challenging – times for nature in N Norfolk
Auditorium
16:00-17:00
14
Tony Britten, the star composer and film director,
Music and Poetry
Auditorium
17:30-18:30
15
Peter York (Sloane Ranger Handbook) and Professor Patrick Barwise
The War on the BBC
Peter and Paddy will preview one of the most important books of the year.
Auditorium