Sea Fever 5 Schedule of Events and Billing

 

Auditorium - Friday June 25

 

 

11.00

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   Justin Marozzi

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    The Arab Conquests

 

    Widely acclaimed historian, journalist and travel writer Justin Marozzi lifts the cover on his            latest book, The Arab Conquests. 

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13.30

 

     Peter Stanford 

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     Pilgrimage: Journeys of Meaning.

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    The writer, editor, journalist and presenter Peter Stanford discusses his new book. What a           tempting prospect of travel….!

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15.00

 

      AK Blakemore

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       The Manningtree Witches

 

       AK Blakemore burst onto the literary scene with two remarkable poetry collections. These          she has just trumped with a widely acclaimed debut novel, set close to the water, not all              that far from here…...

 

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16.30

 

    Jonty Driver

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     Still Further 

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    South African anti-apartheid activist, former political prisoner, educationalist, poet and writer     talks about and reads from his latest collection of poems, 2000-2020. In discussion with the 

   poet Sally Festing.

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18.00

 

    Justin  Marozzi and guests 

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     Eugen Sandow, Iron Men and The Magnificent Mrs Tennant

 

    Justin Marozzi presides over a  series of tributes to his friend David Waller, who did so much       for Sea Fever.

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Auditorium - Saturday June 26

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10.00

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    Tim Fisher

     Schools’ poetry competition 

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     This perennially popular event focuses this year on fishermen and fishing. 

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11.30

 

    Professor Jon Cook, Jonty Driver, Louise Aston

 

    Heart of Darkness - a tract for our times

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   Though published more than 120 years ago, Joseph Conrad’s masterly novella on racism and     imperialism is as pertinent today as when it first appeared. Stalwarts Jonty Driver and Jon           Cook debate Conrad and his work with mental health campaigner Louise Aston. 

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14.30

 

    Professor Bart van Es

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     The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found

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     Costa prize-winner Bart van Es discusses his best-seller. ‘The Cut Out Girl braids together a        powerful recreation of Lien's intensely harrowing childhood story with the present-day                account of Bart's efforts to piece that story together.’

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16.00

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     Professor Patrick Barwise and Sarah Sands

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     The War Against the BBC

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     With the BBC once again in the spotlight, Professor Barwise’s new book (co-authored with          Peter York) could hardly be more timely. Sarah Sands, former editor of Today, asks the                  questions. 

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18.00

 

    John Scarlett KCMG OBE and Nick Trend

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     Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

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     The former spymaster discusses spies and spying in fact and fiction with Daily Telegraph               journalist Nick Trend. 

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Kiln Room - Saturday June 26

 

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10.30

 

     Andrew Jordan CANCELLED

 

      Walking close behind - the poetry of Andrew Jordan

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      Southampton based but born and bred in Wells, Andrew is a prolific poet with a highly               distinctive voice. Writes the poet and critic Jeremy Hooker, ‘He does not depict                           appearances but the forces that shape them and the possibilities they contain.’ Now hear            more. 

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12.00

 

     Dorien Brouwers

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      Sail 

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Dorien has both written and illustrated this dazzling debut. One of her publisher’s lead children’s books for the year, she  ‘beckons us to climb aboard and discover the courage, grit, and resilience that resides within us all.’

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14.00

 

     Laura Scott and Briony Bax

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      So Many Rooms 

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     Laura’s first collection was the winner last year of both the East Anglian Book and Seamus             Heaney prizes. Laura explores her remarkable debut with the editor of Ambit, Briony Bax. 

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16.00

 

     Sally Festing and Professor Brian Falconbridge PPRBS

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     White Queen’s Last Stand

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     This is Sally’s very latest - sixth – collection of poems. It focusses on the life and work of the

     French sculptor Germaine Richier (1902-59), and the background that inspired it. 

     In conversation with the distinguished artist and academic, Brian Falconbridge. An absolute  

     must.