@ dartington - Ways With Words

@ dartington

ways with words

at dartington8 - 17 July, 2022

30ways with words isLet's celebrate!

wayswithwords.co.uk

a festival of words and ideas

If you've been to the festival before, we're thrilled to welcomeyou back. If it's your first time at the festival, we know you willhave a wonderful time.

Many events in the festival programme will also be filmed. These films will be sharedpost-festival as a festival catch-up service, so you can enjoy the festival in a live venue orfrom the comfort of home. However you experience the festival this year, thank you forsupporting us. Here's to good weather, good times and good company.

The WWW team and I are delighted to be backfor our first full festival since 2019. The prospectof bringing together readers and writers is souplifting and we hope you feel the same.

The highpoint of the year for us isgetting on the Great Western,heading for Totnes and anotherencounter in Dartington's Great Hall.

The bright, challenging, friendly folk who visit the

festival make Ways With Words one of the great

British book festivals. Plus there's a chance to dip

in the bracing waters of the River Dart. Covid

stole our calendar but now it’s back and we can

re-establish the rhythm of the literary year.

Leah Varnell - Managing Director

Words of Welcome

Polly Toynbee & David Walker - Festival Presidents

We hope you find the events you see engaging, thought-provoking, enlightening and challenging. The sharing andunderstanding of new ideas, different perspectives andconcepts seems vital right now. At a festival like this we canexplore our differences and find our common ground.

A special thank you goes to Paula Cloonan, a longstanding al-fresco artist who hasworked with Ways With Words for many years. She has provided all the gorgeous artworkyou will see throughout this year's programme. You can discover more of her work atpaulacloonanillustrationstudio.weebly.com/about.html

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Joanne HarrisYou Can't Keep a Good Woman Down

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Joanne Harris, best-selling author of Chocolatand Coastliners, brings fresh insight to thepsychological thriller genre in her latest novel.Faced with sexism, snobbery and the ghosts ofher past, the young Rebecca Price is engulfed bya web of deception and lies. A Narrow Door, thefinale of a trio of novels set in St Oswald’sGrammar School, explores themes of gender,memory, trauma, innocence, grief and identity.

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Modern Buildings in Britain (Penguin)

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Owen HatherleyA Critical History of British Architecture

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Modernism is now a century old, and its place inBritain's history is fiercely contested, and its rolein our future is the subject of ongoingcontroversy. But modernist buildings haveundoubtedly changed our cities, politics andidentity forever. Owen Hatherley considers thesocial, political and cultural value of thesestructures, especially Dartington Hall under thedirection of the Elmhirsts.

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Katie Hickman The Dramatic Story of Women of theAmerican West

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The true-life story of how women experiencedthe 'Wild West' is more gripping, more heart-rending, and more stirring than all the movies,novels, folk-legends and ballads that popularimagination has been able to create. KatieHickman explores the extraordinary accountsthese women left behind them, understandingtheir strange experiences. They were put to thetest, in terms of sheer survival and in ways thatwe can only dimly imagine.

The Lost Decade 2010–2020, and What LiesAhead for Britain (Guardian Faber Publishing)

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Polly Toynbee & David WalkerBuilding a Positive Future

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Festival presidents, Polly Toynbee and DavidWalker, tackle the current gloom and focus onwhat’s good in modern Britain. They will unpackthe recipe for rebuilding Britain, explore what weneed to do to ensure we age well and create acountry that our children and grandchildren caninherit, all while coping with climate change,securing sustainable sources of energy, buildinghouses, connecting up, investing in research andskills. They are confident that it can be done!

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The Duchess Countess (Simon & Schuster)

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Catherine Ostler The Woman Who Scandalised a Nation

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When the glamorous Elizabeth Chudleigh,Duchess of Kingston, Countess of Bristol, wenton trial at Westminster Hall for bigamy in 1776,the story drew more attention in society than theAmerican War of Independence. CatherineOstler, former editor-in-chief at Tatler, takes afresh look at Elizabeth’s story to understand andreappraise a woman who refused to be definedby society’s expectations of her; a woman totallyunwilling to accept the female status ofunderdog or to hand over all the power, the gloryand the adventures of life to men.

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A Place for Everything (HQ)

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Anna WilsonMy Mother, Autism and Me

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Anna grew up in a house that was loving, even ifher mum was ‘a little eccentric’. The family knewto keep things clean, to stay quiet, and to lookthe other way when things started to get ‘a bitmuch for mum’. Anna Wilson explores theimpact of living with a loved-one withundiagnosed autism, about the person behindthe condition, those big unspoken family truths,and what it means to care for our parents in theirfinal years.

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Defenders of the Faith (John Murray Press)

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Catherine PepinsterStrength & Stay or Reinvention?

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Will the next coronation reinvent tradition toappeal to multicultural Britain or will it continueto embrace its rich and vibrant heritage?Historian and commentator, Catherine Pepinster,explores the powerful connection between theBritish monarchy and religion, from its earliesttimes to the platinum reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Marie-Elsa BraggA Daughter’s Love

When Rev. Marie-Elsa Bragg was just six yearsold, her mother committed suicide. Now, manyyears later, Marie-Elsa returns to that night.Going back to that moment, inhabiting thisdefining tragedy, allows her to explore the grief,challenge her spirituality, but also bring healing.

Sleeping Letters (Chatto & Windus)

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A Farewell to Calm (Guardian Faber)

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John Crace Bluster and Bedlam

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There is now only one certainty in life. Whenthings can’t possibly get worse, they absolutelywill. So thank heavens for satirist John Crace.Throughout another year of Westminster’spanto-esque shenanigans, John's acerbicpolitical sketches have once more provided thenation with a much-needed injection of humourto get us all through the darkest of politicaldays.

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The War of Nerves (Wellcome Collection)

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Martin SixsmithInside the Cold War Mind

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More than any other conflict, the Cold War wasfought on the battlefield of the human mind.And, nearly thirty years since the collapse of theSoviet Union, its legacy still endures - and intoday’s uncertain times, it is more resonant thanever. Drawing on a vast array of untappedarchives and unseen sources, Martin Sixsmithvividly recreates the tensions and paranoia ofthe Cold War.

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Marie-Elsa Bragg (workshop)Spirituality and Creative Writing

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What is it to wait for the flow of creativity? FromJesuit imaginative waiting and the Cistercian'spractice of listening 'into silence' to Carl Jung'sexploration of dream-like active imagination andVirginia Woolf's stream of conscious - Marie-ElsaBragg will explore the first draft of writing andhow to let go of the inner critic to follow what issometimes an unexpected flow.

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Bethan Welby and Wendy Howarth(workshop) Illustration - Character Development

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Illustrators use different methods to developnew characters and kick start their creativeprocess. Explore and create with one of thosetechniques today. Wendy and Bethan will showthe way to creating characters and revealingtheir personalities be they heroes, monsters ormagical beasts!

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Our Political World

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Dan GrettonDesk Killers

Over twenty years, Dan Gretton studiedcrimes against humanity, interviewingsurvivors and perpetrators, poring overarchives and testimony. He shines a light onthe figures who gave the orders to kill byusing paper, phone or computer. Taking uson an intimate journey, Dan sharesremarkable psychological insights into theseacts of barbarism.

Sue AnstissThe Unstoppable Rise of Women's Sport

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In recent years, the landscape for women'ssport has begun to shift with significantincreases in investment, spectators and mediacoverage. Yet still, female athletes don't getequal funding or opportunities. This is a rallyingcry to ensure the progress we are currentlyseeing goes from strength to strength. In thismanifesto for increasing recognition andequality, Sue Anstiss pays tribute to the femaletrailblazers of modern sport.

Colin Yeo Fixing Our Broken Immigration System

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How would we treat Paddington Bear if he cameto the UK today? Perhaps he would be acasualty of extortionate visa application fees;or maybe he would experience a cruel term ofimprisonment in a detention centre. Now hefaces the possibility of being shipped off to adifferent country. Immigration barrister ColinYeo exposes the iniquities of an immigrationsystem that is unforgiving, unfeeling and,ultimately, failing.

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Game On (Unbound)

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Hardeep Matharu & Peter JukesJohnson's Culture Wars & Other Stories

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You are entitled to your own opinions but notyour own facts. Journalists and editors of theByline Times, Hardeep Matharu and Peter Jukes,discuss the daily news site's first book project;a collection of essays not afraid to tell you thetruth. Covering topics including race, identity,disinformation, populism, journalism in crisis,threats to our democracy and more – eachpiece offers a fresh take and new ideas.

Wokelore (Unbound)

Welcome to Britain (Biteback Publishing)I You We Them (Windmill Books)

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The Gardener (Penguin)

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Salley VickersGardening and Heal ing

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Bestselling author of The Librarian and TheCleaner of Chartres, Salley Vickers, shares herlatest work The Gardener. Navigating the past isa preoccupation of this novel - hostile anddiffident parents, sibling rivalry, painful love affair- and the restorative, healing power of nature andlearns of other, hidden worlds.

'Salley Vickers sees with a clear eye and writeswith a light hand. She's a presence worthcherishing’ - Philip Pullman

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John CraceIntimate Writing - Diaries and Letters

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Satirist and Guardian journalist John Craceexplores the form of intimate writing and diariesdips into his work on ‘Digested Reads' in whichhis critical eye is turned on the classics of thelast century, offering bite-sized pastiches ofeverything. Live readings will illustrate the talk.

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Young Bloomsbury (John Murray)

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Nino StracheyThe Generation that Reimagined Loveand Self-Expression

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In the early twentieth century, a new generationstepped forward to invigorate the BloomsburyGroup – creative young people who tantalisedthe original ‘Bloomsberries’ with their captivatinglooks and provocative ideas. Celebratingindentities that would not be embraced foranother 100 years, Nino Strachey exploreschanging attitudes towards sexuality and genderin the 1920s and 30s, revealing an aspect ofBloomsbury not yet explored.

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Delia SmithT h e H u m a n S o l u t i o n

We know science is awesome, as are itsachievements. Yet so far scientists havemanaged to sidestep the most awesome realityof all, the true nature of human life, the source oftheir own genius. Cook and television presenter,Delia Smith, explores the phenomenon ofexistence, what it means to be a unique humanperson, and how in unity with one another we canbuild a future in these uncertain times.

You Matter (Mensch Publishing)

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Michael BuerkAre Words Weapons?

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Veteran broadcaster and presenter of Radio 4’sMoral Maze, Michael Buerk, will share histhoughts on Ways With Words memories that heholds fondly and also about how words havebecome weapons in a new kind of class war thatis in danger of shutting down free speech if weare not careful.

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Circus of Dreams (Hachette)

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John Walsh Adventures in the 1980s Literary World

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Something extraordinary happened to the UKliterary scene in the 1980s. TV pundit andjournalist John Walsh played many parts duringthis exciting time. He met and interviewednumerous literary stars, attended the bestlaunch parties and digested all the gossip andscandal of the time. In Circus of Dreams hereports on what he witnessed, first with wide-eyed delight and then with a keener, analyticaleye. He unpicks what drove this glorious era.

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M i c h a e l B u e r k

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Peter Jukes (workshop)Weaving Dramatic Techniquesinto Journalism

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Peter Jukes is a former dramatist and TVscreenwriter for BBC1 and ITV, who presentedand produced the hit Number 1 iTunes Podcast,Untold; the Daniel Morgan Murder, collaboratedwith Orwell prize winning investigative journalistCarole Cadwalladr on revelations aboutCambridge Analytica and Russian electoralinterference, and cofounded Byline Times. In thisworkshop, he explains his journey away fromfiction to fact, explores how the techniques ofdrama can inform journalistic storytelling andtrue crime documentary, and how the lessons ofreality must always inform drama and fiction.

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Marie-Elsa Bragg (workshop)Spirituality and Creative Writing

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What is it to wait for the flow of creativity? FromJesuit imaginative waiting and the Cistercian'spractice of listening 'into silence' to Carl Jung'sexploration of dream-like active imagination andVirginia Woolf's stream of conscious - Marie-ElsaBragg will explore the first draft of writing andhow to let go of the inner critic to follow what issometimes an unexpected flow.

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Simon FairlieWestern Progress and the Search forFreedom

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Dropping out of Cambridge University tohitchhike to Istanbul and bicycle around India,Simon Fairlie rejected the rat race and embarkedon his own path. Questioning the currenttrajectory of Western “progress" - the explosiveconsumerism, growing inequality, andenvironmental devastation laid bare in our dailynewsfeeds - Simon's memoir considers what theworld might look like if we begin to chart aradically different course.

Going to Seed (Chelsea Green)

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Anna TurnsHow Polluted Are Our Homes and Bodies?

Plastic pollution is headline news. But plasticsare only part of the story, and the invisibleworld of chemical pollutants - in the soil, the air,our water systems and our own bodies - is justas worrying. Environmental journalist, AnnaTurns, makes this invisible world visible, lookingat the wider issue of toxic chemicals - what theyare, where they're hidden and the extent of theirenvironmental impact.

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The Environment and Us

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Dan Saladino Saving the Rarest Foods in the World

A tiny crimson pear in the west of England;fermented sheep meat in the Faroe Islands;exploding corn in Mexico – just some of thethousands of foods around the world at risk ofbeing lost forever. Food journalist, DanSaladino, takes us around the globe to show theimportance of food biodiversity. Meet the foodproducers, scientists, cooks and indigenouscommunities who are preserving food traditions.

Eating to Extinction (Macmillan)

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Naomi Oakley, Marina O'Connelland Guy Singh-Watson Feed the People, Nurture the Land

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With population growth, a global financial crisisand a collapsing environmental system,sustainable food production is one of our mostpressing and divisive issues. Farmers are on thefront line, responsible for feeding us, bearing thebrunt of soaring production costs and conflictingpublic opinion. Can farming be sustainable, oreven regenerative? Three passionate Devon foodproducers share their approach to farming andhow they think people can be fed in asustainable and cost-effective way.

Designing Regenerative Food Systems(Hawthorn Press)

Go Toxic Free (Michael O’Mara)

Matthew KellyThe Women Who Saved Our Countryside

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Matthew Kelly celebrates four women whosework to protect unique habitats, and our right toroam them, have been forgotten. Sylvia Sayercampaigned to protect Dartmoor; Octavia Hillfounded the National Trust; Beatrix Potter was achampion of the Lake District; Pauline Dowerwas the most senior woman in the National ParksCommission. Through activism and force of willthey re-imagined the purpose of our countryside.

The Women Who Saved the English Countryside(Yale University Press)

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Sacred Nature (Vintage Publishing)

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Karen Armstrong Bonding with the Natural World

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Drawing on the wisdom of the world’s religioustraditions, Karen Armstrong argues that we mustthink differently about the natural world if wewant to avert environmental catastrophe.Exploring themes of gratitude and compassion,sacrifice and non-violence, she offers practicalsteps to help us develop a new mindset toreconnect with nature.

This is the BBC (Oxford University Press)

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Simon J PotterEntertaining the Nation, Speaking forBritain

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Celebrating a centenary of the corporation,Simon J Potter examines the social and culturalhistory of Britain as seen through the lens of theBBC and their communications, both within theUK and to the wider world. Telling the stories ofkey individuals, performers, and programmesthroughout the century, Simon offers analysis ofthe corporation's engagement with changingideas about culture and society.

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If These Stones Could Talk(Hodder & Stoughton)

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Peter Stanford If These Stones Could Talk

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Christianity has been central to the lives of thepeople of Britain and Ireland for almost 2,000years. Peter Stanford takes us on a journeyaround the churches, abbeys, chapels andcathedrals, grand and humble, ruined andthriving, ancient and modern. He chronicles howa religion, which was born in the Middle East,has given us laws, customs, traditions, ournational character and defines our past andshapes our present.

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Rebecca Mead A M e m o i r o f D e p a r t u r e a n d R e t u r n

In the summer of 2018, New Yorker writer,Rebecca Mead, returned to the place she wasborn: London. Fleeing both the political situationin America and seeking to expose her son to awider world, the move raised poignant questionsabout place. What does it mean to leave theplace you have adopted as home and country?And what is the value and cost of uprootingyourself?

Home/Land (Atlantic)

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Heavy Light (Vintage)

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Horatio Clare A Journey Through Madness, Maniaand Heal ing

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Journalist and writer Horatio Clare shares thestory of his breakdown: a journey through mania,psychosis and treatment, onwards to release,recovery and healing. The tale takes him fromthe Alps to a locked ward in Wakefield. Hislatest memoir is a gripping account, both hard-hitting and tender, of how the mind loses touchwith reality, how we fall apart and how we mayheal.

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Can We Talk? (Hodder)

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Cole MoretonCan We Talk?

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Award-winning writer and Radio 4 broadcasterCole Moreton talks about and performsextracts from his new podcast and forthcomingHodder Faith book Can We Talk? Short storiesabout real-life encounters with remarkablepeople and what we can learn from them abouthow to live and connect. From ScarlettJohansson and the Queen to Zahra, whocrossed the Channel as a refugee.

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Daisy HayRevolutionary Books and Friendship

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Once a week, in late eighteenth-century London,writers of contrasting politics and personalitiesgathered around a dining table. The host wasJoseph Johnson, publisher and bookseller: a manat the heart of literary life. In this portrait of arevolutionary age, Daisy Hay captures andexplores a changing nation through the storiesof the men and women who wrote it into being,and whose ideas still influence us today.

Dinner with Joseph Johnson (Random House)

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Lucy MooreAdventures in Anthropology

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In the late nineteenth century, anthropology wasa thriving area of study. But by the mid twentiethcentury it was difficult to think about ideas ofotherness when ‘civilised’ man had wreakedsuch devastation across two world wars. Byfocusing on thirteen key European and Americanfigures in this field, Lucy Moore tells the story ofthe brief flowering of anthropology, exploringattitudes about race, sexual liberation andtolerance in ways they had never anticipated.

In Search of Us (Yale University Press)

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Cole MoretonWedding Detectives

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Cole Moreton is one half of The WeddingDetectives on Radio 4, rescuing lostphotographs from junk shops and auctions,tracing the people involved, telling their storiesand unearthing fascinating social history. TodayCole reveals how he and fellow presenterCharlotte Sibtain unearthed a gripping highsociety tale involving Mary Wesley, an affair withMarconi and even a murder.

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Can We Talk? (Hodder)

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Nahla Summers How Far Can Kindness Take You?

Nahla researches kindness and how it impactsleadership and society as a whole. Herincredible story has sent her on manychallenges, her latest, a Guinness WorldRecord of 5006 miles on a stand-up bikethrough every city in the UK. Through her bookThe Accidental Adventurer she shares someimportant discovery’s about kindness in oursociety through inspirational story telling.

The Accidental Adventurer

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Stories of Life


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Robert DavidsonI Shot Frank Zappa

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It took just five minutes in 1967 to alter thecourse of Robert Davidson's life, just one photo.That photo was of Frank Zappa sitting on a toiletin a London hotel room. The photo became oneof the defining images of the rock'n'roll era, andproved to be both a blessing and a curse for theman behind the camera. As he approaches his80th birthday, Robert's life story is now beingpublished, sharing a remarkable life and a careerspanning six decades. He is proof that by holdingon, your dreams can come true.

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The Castle: A History (Yale University Press)

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John Goodall Revisiting Castles

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Break free from the assumption that castles areprimarily medieval buildings designed for thepurposes of war and defence and the door isopened to a more exciting and surprisingunderstanding. In sketching what this improvedcomprehension might look like, from Anglo-Saxon fortifications to fictional castles inliterature and film, Architectural Editor ofCountry Life magazine, John Goodall,encourages a second look at familiar buildings.

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Emma Smith A History of Books and their Readers

Most of what we say about books is really aboutthe words inside them. But books are things aswell as words, objects in our lives as well asworlds in our heads. And just as we crack theirspines and write in their margins, they disrupt anddisorder us in turn. Gathering together amillennium's worth of pivotal encounters withvolumes big and small, Emma Smith reveals thatit is books' physical form that lends them theirdistinctive and sometimes dangerous magic.

Portable Magic (Allen Lane)

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The Tudors in Love (St. Martins Publishing Group)

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Sarah Gristwood The Courtly Code Behind the LateMedieval Dynasty

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Why did Henry VIII marry six times? And why didAnne Boleyn have to die? The dramas of courtlylove have captivated centuries of readers. Yettoo often they’re dismissed as somethingexisting only in those old legends of King Arthurand chivalric fantasy. However this is far fromthe case. Journalist and author, SarahGristwood, reveals the way courtly love madeand marred the Tudor dynasty.

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The First Ghosts (Hodder & Stoughton)

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Irving FinkelThe Power of Ghosts

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There are few things more in common acrosscultures than the belief in ghosts. Ghosts inhabitsomething of the very essence of what it is to behuman. Ghosts have fascinated and frightened usfor centuries. Whether we personally ‘believe’ ornot, we are all aware of ghosts and the richmythologies and rituals surrounding them. IrvingFinkel, curator at the British Museum, takes usback to the very beginning and explores why thebelief in ghosts is what makes us human.

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Riddle, Mystery, Enigma (Haus Books)

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David Owen Our Troubled Relat ionship with Russia

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Former Foreign Secretary, David Owen, revealshow relations between Britain and Russia overthe past 200 years have ebbed and flowed –and why they have seemingly reached a newlow in recent years. He chronicles how bothcountries have responded to years of waninginternational influence and geopolitical decline,dwarfed by the emergent superpowers of Chinaand the United States.

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Traitor King (BLINK Publishing)

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Andrew Lownie The Scandalous Exile of the Duke andDuchess of Windsor

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Following the abdication of Edward Vlll, theformer king was kept in exile, feuding with hisfamily over status for his wife and denied anyreal job. Drawing on extensive research intounused archives, and with uncanny modernparallels, Andrew Lownie tells the story of aroyal exiled with his wife, turning his back onduty, his family and using his position forfinancial gain.

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Linda Blair (workshop)Beyond Mindfulness

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Mindfulness, although a valuable way to help youfeel calm and balanced, is really only thestarting point if you want to enjoy a truly fulfillinglife. Psychologist Linda Blair will help youunderstand your personality traits, creativepassions and intelligence profile and learn howto declutter and simplify your life.

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Christopher North (workshop)Exploring Memoir, Exploring Memory

Christoper North presents a creative writingworkshop for writers at all levels with exercisesto free up your pen and stimulate memory withexercises, discussion and examples from poetry,fiction and, of course memoirs. Bring notebook,pen and an open mind, ready to explore.

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Chris Tutton and Anne DenholmMesmerising - Poetry and Harp

3.30pm

Poetry and harp perfectly combine in this specialevent featuring words and improvised music withthe award-winning poet, author and raconteur,Chris Tutton and leading British Harpist, AnneDenholm, who served as Official Harpist to HRHThe Prince of Wales from 2015-2019. “An exquisite fusion of words and music”

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Andrew Wilson and Tina Orr MunroThe Challenge of Portraying Murder

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Andrew Wilson is the biographer of PatriciaHighsmith and has also written a series of novelswith Agatha Christie as sleuth. He now writespsychological thrillers under the nameE.V.Adamson. Today Andrew is in conversationwith Tina Orr Munro, a former crime sceneinvestigator who became a police and crimejournalist before turning her writing skills tocrime fiction. They discuss the art andchallenges of portraying murder and crime.

Breakneck Point (HQ)

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Murder Grove (HarperCollins)

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Inigo BingHow Law and Society Shape Each Other

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In the nineteenth century, the law focused onsetting legal boundaries at the cost of socialprogress. The twentieth and twenty-firstcenturies have brought new challenges thatwere unknown to Victorians and Edwardians. Lawnow encompasses ethics and the need forchange has been identified. Former Judge, InigoBing, tells the stories of ten legal cases that hada lasting impact on our society.

The Ten Legal Cases That Made Modern Britain(Yale University Press)

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Jill Dawson Witchcraft in a Fenland Village

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Exploring a neglected episode of English historyto powerful effect, Jill Dawson vividly conveysthe brutal tribalism that can erupt in a closedsociety and how victims can be made to believein their own wickedness. Although Bewitching isa work of fiction, it is founded on the realitiesand injustices of the witch craze phenomenon.

Bewitching (Hachette)

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David WhitehouseA Father's Search for Justice

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Morgan Hehir was twenty when he was murderedin 2015. From the day of his death, Morgan'sfather Colin kept a diary, a document thatbecame a chronicle of his family's grief, themurder trial, and Colin's fight to unravel the liesand mistakes that let a violent man be free totake the life of his son. Taking Colin's diary,novelist, David Whitehouse, has created anunflinching examination of grief and injustice. Heshares Morgan's story and discusses his ownjourney to share Morgan's story.

About a Son (Orion)

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Angela GallopThe Cutting Edge of Forensics

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Forensic science is one of the most importantaspects of any criminal investigation. It can allowthe authorities to do everything from positivelyidentifying a suspect in a crime to determiningexactly when and how a crime occurred. LeadingForensic Scientist, Angela Gallop, withunparalleled access and insight, explains whatforensic scientists look for in a crime scene andhow crimes are really solved.

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Tracy Borman 1000 Years of Kings and Queens

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The British Monarchy has weathered the stormsof rebellion, revolution and war. And its uniquesurvival owes much to the fact that, for all itsancient traditions and protocol, the royal familyhas proved remarkably responsive to change,evolving to reflect the times. Tracy Bormanexplores the history and evolution of themonarchy from 1066 to the present day; from themodern royals to their predecessors who helpedshape the institution into what it is today.

Scenes From a Prehistoric Life (Head of Zeus)

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Francis PryorBringing our Ancestors to Life

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Archaeology is transforming our knowledge oflife in Britain and Ireland in the time before theRomans. Archaeologist Francis Pryor revealshow our forebears resolved both practical andexistential challenges. In the uncovering of theirdaily lives and bringing our prehistoricancestors to life, Francis creates a movingportrait of prehistoric lives.

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Overruled (Oneworld)

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Sam Fowles Confronting Our Vanishing Democracy

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British democracy is on trial. We can no longerhold our leaders to account; the state has toomuch power; and the truth doesn't matter at all.When the Prime Minister illegally proroguedParliament, barrister Sam Fowles was part ofthe team that took him to court, and won. Weshouldn't have to take our rulers to court just toget them to follow the rules. At a crucialjuncture for British governance, barrister SamFowles urges us not to take our freedoms forgranted.

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Michael ArdittiThe Dramatic Return of Master Betty

Mobbed by the masses, lionised by thearistocracy, courted by royalty and lusted afterby patrons of both sexes, the child actor WilliamHenry West Betty was one of the most famouspeople in Georgian Britain. Michael Arditti's putsthis long forgotten figure back in the limelight,offering insight into both the theatre and societyof the age. The nature of celebrity, the power ofpublicity and the cult of youth are laid bare in astory that is more pertinent now than ever.

The Young Pretender (Hachette)

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Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me(Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

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John SutherlandLove Letters to Philip

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Monica Jones was Philip Larkin's partner formore than four decades, and was arguably themost important woman in his life. In thisrevealing biography, based on never-before-seen letters to the poet, John Sutherland,Professor of Modern English Literature atUniversity College London, explores thequestion: who was the real Monica?

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J o h n S u t h e r l a n d

Great HallOfficial Festival Bookseller

We look forward towelcoming you to thefestival bookshop forbooksignings and arange of titles by theguest authors.

Great Hall Day Ticket - £50 for five events

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Alison Richard Madagascar: A Rich Past and anUncertain Future

A biodiversity hotspot and the fourth largestisland on the planet, Madagascar has beenhome to a spectacular parade of animals. Somespecies live on; many have vanished in thedistant or recent past. Researcher andconservationist, Alison Richard, takes us on ajourney through space and time—fromMadagascar’s ancient origins to its modern-daydevelopments that make the survival of plantsand animals increasingly uncertain.

Lucy WardHow Catherine the Great Defied a Deadly Virus

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Within living memory, smallpox was a dreadeddisease. Over human history it has killed untoldmillions. In the eighteenth century, as epidemicsswept Europe, the first rumours emerged of aneffective treatment: a mysterious method calledinoculation. But a key problem remained:convincing people to accept the preventativeremedy. Lucy Ward unveils the story ofEnlightenment ideals, female leadership and thefight to promote science over superstition.

James CrowdenRaise a Glass for Cider

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Cidermaking has been at the heart of country lifefor hundreds of years. But the fascinating storyof how this drink came into existence and why itbecame so deeply rooted in the nation’s psychehas never been told. James Crowden embarkson a journey to distil the ancient origins of cider,uncovering a rich culture and philosophy that hasunited farmer, maker and drinker for millennia.

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The Empress and the English Doctor (Oneworld)

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Cider Country (HarperCollins)

Stefan Jennings Life Through a Distant Lense

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In Autumn 2015, a skip returns from a councilestate to a farm industrial unit. Within the plasterand bricks lies a battered photo album, 300anonymous photographs reveal a life lived a 100yrs ago and 9000 km away in Japan. It’s focus ayoung woman, she waves from the sea whiletreading water exuding an unexpected sense offreedom. Stefan Jennings unpacks her lifethrough the images.

The Sloth Lemur's Song (William Collins)

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How to Stop Fascism (Allen Lane)

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Paul MasonFascism - A Recurring Nightmare

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The far right is on the rise. From Modi's India toBolsonaro's Brazil and Erdogan's Turkey,fascism is not a thing of the past but rather, Paulargues, a symptom of capitalist failure. One ofour most experienced journalists, Paul presentsa chilling portrait of current fascism, and ahistory of its rise, but also offers a radical andhopeful blueprint for defeating the new far right.

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Elizabeth of York (Hodder & Stoughton)

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Alison Weir The Last White Rose

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Mother. Survivor. Queen. An English princess,born into a war between two families. Eldestdaughter of the royal House of York, Elizabethdreams of a crown to call her own. But when herbeloved father, King Edward, dies suddenly, herdestiny is rewritten. Alison Weir tells thespellbinding story of Elizabeth of York and thegreat new age that awaits in front of her.

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The Prime Ministers We Never Had(Atlantic Books)

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Steve RichardsFall ing at the Final Hurdle

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Political columnist Steve Richards sheds newlight on some of our most compelling anddivisive political figures. He examines thefortunes and misfortunes of eleven would-beprime ministers, including Denis Healey, MichaelHeseltine and the Miliband brothers. Withpiercing insight and historical analysis, heunpicks the demands of leadership, exploringfailure and success in politics.

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Silence is Not an Option (Scholastic)

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Stuart LawrenceThe Fire of Posit iv i ty

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Stephen Lawrence was 18 when he wasmurdered in an unprovoked racist attack. Stuart,his younger brother, was 16. The Lawrencefamily battled for years to win justice forStephen and expose the systemic racism thatblighted the murder investigation. Stuart is nowan educator with 20 years of experience as ayouth engagement specialist. Determined toempower young people to change themselvesand the world for the better, Stuart shares hisexperience to help them find their voice.

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The Gardens


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Alan JohnsonFrom Fact to Fict ion

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Having released his hugely successful memoirsformer Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, exploresthe transition from autobiography to fiction. Inhis debut novel Late Train to Gypsy Hill heexplores what happens when an ordinary manundertaking his everyday commute finds his lifeupended by a chance encounter, an encounterthat leads to being on the run from the Russianmafia, FSB and the Metropolitan Police.

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Chris Salisbury of WildWiseSong of the Season - An Earthwalk

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An Earthwalk is a light and refreshing encounterwith the natural world. A delightful one-and-a-halfhours meandering through the Dartington Hallgardens. Deepening your perception of nature inan unforgettable sensory journey of discovery.Garnished with wonderment, a story and a pinchof magic.

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Arifa AkbarA Story of Sisterhood, Grief, & TheRedemptive Power of Art

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When Arifa Akbar discovered that her sister hadfallen seriously ill, she assumed there would bea brief spell in hospital and then she’d be home.This was not to be. It was not until the daybefore she died that the family discovered shewas suffering from tuberculosis. Arifa Akbaruncovers family secrets and the strangemythologies that surround tuberculosis as shesets out to understand her sister.

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Chris SalisburyWalking the Moonlit Trail

Many of us have lost our affinity with the dark ofnight. Storyteller and outdoor educator, ChrisSalisbury, helps us rebuild our relationship withthe night. Learn how to call for owls, walk like afox and expand your sensory perceptions soyou explore the natural world from dusk tilldawn. Chris brings this unexplored nocturnaldimension to life with lore about badgers, batsand minibeasts as well as tales of theconstellations and planets to share around thecampfire.

Wild Nights Out (Chelsea Green)

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Tim BirkheadOur Mutual History with Birds

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We have worshipped birds as gods, huntedthem for food, worn their feathers and studiedtheir wings to engineer flight. Now we are tryingto protect them. Award-winning writer andornithologist, Tim Birkhead, takes us through thewondrous history of our relationship with birds.The story takes us around the world and showshow birds have shaped us and we them.

Birds and Us (Viking)

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Frank CloseHow Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass

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On July 4, 2012, the announcement came thatone of the longest-running mysteries in physicshad been solved: the Higgs boson, the missingpiece in understanding why particles have mass,had finally been discovered. Drawing on years ofconversations with Higgs and others, Closeilluminates how an unprolific man became one ofthe world’s most famous scientists.

Elusive (Basic Books)

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Lucy Cooke Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal: ARevolution

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For centuries, female animals have beensidelined or misunderstood by a patriarchalscientific community, but a revolution is brewing.Zoologist, film-maker and explorer, Lucy Cooke,introduces us to a riotous cast of animals thatblow apart the idea of the meek and mild femaleanimal. On the way she dismantles the notion ofthe female of the species as a passiveparticipant of evolution. Be prepared for a frankdiscussion on sex and nature.

Bitch (Transworld)

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Anita Roy and Pippa Marland Strangeness and Wonder

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Greet the arrival of spring in East London with aCambodian new year's dance; watch sea ottersat play in the summer sun; gather armfuls ofhops in a Romany song to the autumn; yield tothe icy stillness of winter in the Cairngorms orpine for 'sun drunk' days of a Jamaicanchildhood. Anita Roy and Pippa Marland inviteyou to experience Spring, Summer, Autumn andWinter through fourteen different voices

Gifts of Gravity and Light (Hodder & Stoughton)

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Flights of Fancy (Head of Zeus)

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Richard Dawkins The Wonder of Fl ight

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Have you ever dreamt you could fly? Or imaginedwhat it would be like to swoop through the skylike a bird? Do you let your mind soar tounknown, magical spaces? From the mythicalIcarus, to the spectacular bird ArgentavisMagnificens, to the 747 and even flights of themind, Richard Dawkins explores how nature andhumans have learned to overcome the pull ofgravity and take to the skies through science,ideas and imagination.

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Kathryn MannixHow to Talk About What Matters

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How do we have those difficult conversationswith honesty and confidence? Can we givevoice to the things that matter to us withoutregret? An expert in palliative care, KathrynMannix offers us guidance from a lifetime ofexperience in medicine and psychology so wecan know how to talk and learn how to listen sowe can navigate important moments in ourrelationships without regret.

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A Village in the Third Reich (Elliot & Thompson)

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Julia Boyd How Ordinary Lives Were Transformedby the Rise of Fascism

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Hidden deep in the Bavarian mountains lies thepicturesque village of Oberstdorf – a placewhere for hundreds of years people lived simplelives while history was made elsewhere. Yeteven this remote idyll could not escape thebrutal iron grip of the Nazi regime. Julia Boydtells a story of ordinary lives at the crossroadsof history, exploring a tale of conflictingloyalties, of shattered dreams – but one inwhich, ultimately, human resilience triumphs.

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Leslie Thomas, QC A Life Dedicated to Fighting for Justice

If deaths are not investigated, then theauthorities cannot be held to account anddemocracy is threatened. And if deaths are notinvestigated, we are not a society that valueshuman life. Inspired from a young age to help themarginalised and voiceless, Leslie Thomas QChas dedicated his career to fighting for theunderdog and holding the State to account andpresents a blistering argument for a level playingfield in the pursuit of justice.

Do Right and Fear No One (Simon & Schuster)

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Safety in Numbers (Viking)

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Roger McGoughMcGough - ‘The Patron Saint of Poetry ’

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Roger McGough is the author of over a hundredbooks of poetry for adults and children. Safetyin Numbers is his latest collection. Traversingrocky terrain with the assurance of a poetryRover on Mars, McGough brings down to earththe strangeness of a time on hold. Staycations,adultery in lockdown, ghosts and gamblers, aswell as playful advice to up-and-coming poets.(Don't do it!) With the gift of many tongues,playful, surreal and tender, McGough is ‘atrickster you can trust’. Matt Harvey opens theproceedings in fine form with a 15 minute set.

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Regenesis (Penguin)

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George Monbiot How to Feed the World WithoutDevouring the Planet

5 p m

Farming is the world's leading cause ofenvironmental destruction - and the one we areleast prepared to talk about. We criticise urbansprawl, but farming sprawls across thirty timesas much land. Land is grazed, forests felled andrivers polluted. And still millions of people gohungry. Guardian Columnist and environmentalcampaigner, George Monbiot, explores a newfuture for food and for humanity.

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Kelly Davis and Clare Park Finding a Voice

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Anne Gruenberg spent thirteen years inpsychiatric institutions. But even when she couldonly see a square foot of sky, she could seebirds – and that gave her hope. Acclaimedphotographer Clare Park and dancer DebbieGreen have responded to her extraordinarypoems visually. Editor Kelly Davis and Clarediscuss creativity, collaboration and healing.

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‘Moving, poignant, enraging and, yes, hopeful.’Susie Orbach, psychotherapist and author.

A Square Foot of Sky (Breaking Form)

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Alwyn Marriage Celebrating Womankind

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Poet and novelist Alwyn Marriage celebrateswomen from the earliest dolly-goddesssculptures, through a procession of women inhistory and myth, to the latest new baby. Sheshines a light of curiosity, compassion andhumour on her subjects and asks what it is to bea woman now.

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Possibly a Pomegranate (Palewell Press)

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Hugh Aldersey-Williams The Making of Science in Europe

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Europe’s greatest scientist during the latter halfof the seventeenth century, Christiaan Huygenswas a true polymath; a towering figure in thefields of astronomy, optics, telescopes,mechanics, and mathematics. Filled withincident, discovery, and revelation, author andjournalist, Hugh Aldersey-Williams, tells ofChristiaan Huygens’s remarkable life and careerwhich has often been eclipsed by those of IsaacNewton and Galileo Galilei.

Dutch Light (Picador)

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Kathryn Harkup Weird and Wonderful Stories of thePeriodic Table

The elements in the periodic table, like us, arean extended family – some old, some new,some shy, some exuberant or unreliable. DrKathryn Harkup reveals the quirks and odditiesbehind these neat rows of elements, revealinga family tree with black sheep, waywardcousins and odd uncles. Kathryn sharesremarkable tales of discovery, inspiration andrevolution.

The Secret Life of Elements (Greenfinch)

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Linda Blair Psychotherapy - Art or Science?

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From Freud to the behaviourists to Mindfulnesspractitioners, psychologists have beendetermined to position psychotherapy in thefield of science. But on what basis do theyground their empirical evidence, standardisedmeasures, controlled trials? Isn’t psychologicalhealing about helping individuals find meaningand order in their life stories? Linda Blairexplores the big question: Is psychotherapy ascientific discipline or an art form?

Key to Calm (Yale University Press)

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Fiona FoxThe Inside Story of Science's BiggestMedia Controversies

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Do you remember the ‘Climategate’ email leak?Or the ‘Frankenfood’-style headlines about theperils of GM foods? What about the time thegovernment sacked its own science advisor forchallenging drug laws? Director of the ScienceMedia Centre, Fiona Fox, takes us behind thescenes of some of the most contentiousstories in science over the past two decades.

Beyond the Hype (Elliott & Thompson)

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Alastair Santhouse Stories of Mind and Body

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What does it mean to be well? Is it something inour body? Or, is it rather something subjective -something of the mind? In his collection ofclinical stories, psychiatrist Dr AlastairSanthouse draws on his experience of treatingthousands of hospital patients to show how ouremotions are inextricably linked to our physicalwellbeing.

Head First (Atlantic Books)

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Kathleen Wyatt The Big Truth About Little Lies

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In a time of deep fakes, alternative truths andleaked secrets, it would be easy to think that weare surrounded by lies. Former Times Journalist,Kathleen Wyatt, introduces us to a cast ofprofessionals and professional liars, all to helpher prove a remarkable thesis: lies hold ustogether as much as they push us apart and theyplay a vital role in a healthy society. While manyof us shake our heads at the levels of deceit,Kathleen marvels at our ability to lie at all.

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Sarah Churchwell Gone with the Wind and the LiesAmerica Tells

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There is a strong divide ripping apart the UnitedStates; a divide of racial and gender politics.Separating fact from fiction, Sarah Churchwellshows how histories of mythmaking haveinformed America's political agenda, thecontroversies over Confederate statues, theresurgence of white nationalism, the Black LivesMatter movement, the enduring power of theAmerican Dream, and the violence of Trumpism.

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Nicola Chester A L i f e S h a p e d b y L a n d s c a p e

As a new mother, Nicola Chester walked thechalk hills to give her children roots, teachingthem names and waymarks to find their wayhome. And in her memoir, she tells the story ofhow she came to write as a form of protest; sheunearths the seam of resistance that runsthrough Newbury’s past, from the Civil Wars tothe Swing Riots and the women of the GreenhamCommon Peace Camps. Nicola, a GuardianCountry Diarist and awarding-winning naturewriter shares her call to action.

On Gallows Down (Chelsea Green)

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War Baby (Unicorn Publishing Group)

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Rachel Billington Babies of War

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This is the story of three sisters, Millie, Di andCleo. They are the war babies. What happenswhen a mother withholds her love? When shehas no love to withhold? When she sees herthree daughters as obstacles to her ownformidable career? Rachel Billington tells a storythat puts human nature, its flaws and its virtues,under the spotlight.

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Performance byOn a Role Theatre Where is Mrs Christ ie?

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Agatha Christie, one of the greatest thrillerwriters in history, was once at the heart of amystery as perplexing as any of her books. In1926 she sparked one of the most extensivepolice hunts in history when she was missing,presumed dead, for eleven days. When she wasfound in a Harrogate hotel, she claimed to haveamnesia and remembered nothing. Neither thepress nor the police believed her.....

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The Facemaker (Penguin Books)

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Lindsey Fitzharris One Surgeon's Battle to Help theDisfigured Soldiers of World War I

5 p m

From the moment the first machine gun rang outover the Western Front, one thing was clear:mankind's military technology had wildlysurpassed its medical capabilities. Wall StreetJournal Contributor and Doctor of the History ofScience, Lindsey Fitzharris, tells the story of thevisionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of theFirst World War's injured heroes, and in theprocess ushered in the era of plastic surgery.

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O n a R o l eL i n d s e y F i t z h a r r i s

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The ever popular Amnestea will be served all day

in the East Wing lounge on Saturday 16th July.

Enjoy a piping hot cup of tea and delicious cake.

All proceeds go to Amnesty International.

Amnestea

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Ron Scowcroft, Chris Considineand Caroline CarverBrand New

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Readings from new Oversteps poets.

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Jennie Osborne, Simon Williams,Susan Taylor. Christopher Northand Susan JordanBuilding Blocks

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Moving to the other extreme, we welcome backpoets whose books helped to build Overstepsin the first few years.

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Denise McSheehy, IanChamberlain, Joan McGavin andAlwyn MarriageTaking Stock

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After publishing so many books, it's time forchange, and no new books are planned. All themore reason to celebrate what has beenachieved, and thank all our lovely poets. Wewelcome a small sample of those whose workwe have enjoyed in recent years.

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Wendy Howarth and Bethan Welby(Workshop) Printmaking at Home

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Wendy and Bethan demonstrate that you don’tneed expensive equipment to produce excitingprints. Lino cutting, drypoint etching and monoprinting are just some of the techniques you canuse at home and surprise yourself with theresults.

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Chinny Ukata and Astrid Madimba Unravelling Africa, One Country at a Time

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Why is Africa still perceived as a country whenthere are around 2,000 languages spoken onthe continent alone? Chinny Ukata and AstridMadimba aim to counter the misconception bybreaking down this vast, beautiful and complexcontinent and explore some of the 54 Africancountries’ unique history, culture and keyhistorical moments.

It’s a Continent (Coronet)

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Stephanie Hare A Short Guide to Technology Ethics

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It seems that just about every new technologythat we create to improve our lives brings withit some downside, side effect or unintendedconsequence. Stephanie Hare addresses oneof the most vexing problems facing humanstoday: how can we create and use technologiesso that they deliver maximum benefit and poseminimum harm?

Technology is Not Neutral(London Publishing Partnership )

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Shon FayeAn Argument for Justice

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Trans people in Britain today have become aculture war 'issue'. Despite making up less thanone per cent of the country's population, theyare the subjects of a toxic and increasinglypolarized 'debate'. Journalist and former lawyer,Shon Faye, introduces healthier conversationabout trans life with her manifesto for change,and calls for justice and solidarity between allmarginalised people and minorities.

The Transgender Issue (Allen Lane)

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Charlotte McDonald-Gibson Encounters with Extremists

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What makes an extremist? People have alwaysbeen seduced by fringe beliefs and all toooften we simply condemn those whosepositions offend us, instead of trying tounderstand what draws people to the far edgesof society. Charlotte McDonald-Gibsonchallenges our ideas of who or what anextremist is, and shows us not only what wecan do to prevent extremism in the future, buthow we can heal the rifts in our world today.

Far Out (Granta Books)

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Rebecca Lowe A Revelatory Bike Ride Through Europeand The Middle East

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One woman, an unreliable bike and a richlyentertaining, stereotype-busting journey ofdiscovery. In 2018 Rebecca Lowe - driven by adesire to experience and understand better theMiddle East and Islam - set off on a solo 11,000kilometre bike ride through Turkey, Lebanon,Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, the Gulf and Iran. This isher account of that year-long journey.

The Slow Road to Tehran (September Publishing)

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Sit! (Unicorn)

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Matt HarveyUn-Sung Swan Song

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Celebrated poet Matt Harvey appeared at thefirst Ways With Words festival many years ago.Fittingly he closes this year’s 30th anniversaryprogramme in the Great Hall with an entertainingmeander through his oeuvre, picking out his bestbits and wondering where it all went wrong.

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Patrick Barkham Siding with the Underdog: the Planet

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From Norwegian wolves to protests against theHS2 railway, peregrine falcons nesting by theThames to Britain's last lion tamer, GuardianJournalist, Patrick Barkham, paints an ever-changing portrait of contemporary wildlife. Thiscollection of writings bears witness to themany changes we have imposed upon theplanet and the challenges lying ahead for thefuture of nature.

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The Utopians (Pan Macmillan)

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Anna Neima Six Attempts to Build the PerfectSociety

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Six experimental communities sprang up in theaftermath of the First World War – Santiniketan-Sriniketan in India, Dartington Hall in England,Atarashiki Mura in Japan, the Institute for theHarmonious Development of Man in France, theBruderhof in Germany and Trabuco College inAmerica. Anna Neima explores how these smallcommunities have an influence that stillresonates in realms as disparate as progressiveeducation, environmentalism, medical researchand mindfulness training.

Christina Lamb Love, Compassion and a Pandemic

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the governmentlaunched its ‘Everyone In’ programme, aiming tohouse the homeless through lockdown. ThePrince Rupert, a 4* hotel in Shrewsbury - withfour poster beds in its luxurious bedrooms andsuits of armour decorating its corridors - wasasked to play its part and host 33 roughsleepers. Christina Lamb tells of how the hotelowners and rough sleepers spent months lockedin together and ended up transforming eachother’s lives.

The Prince Rupert Hotel for the Homeless (William Collins)

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Wild Green Wonders (Guardian Faber)

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Great Hall Day Ticket - £37.50 for four events

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Big Ideas


A l i c e R a w s t h o r n

Andy West Prison, Family and Philosophy

99 Barn1 0 a m

Andy West teaches philosophy in prisons.Every day he has conversations with peopleinside about their lives, discusses their ideasand feelings, and listens as they explore newways to think about their situation. Offering newinsight into our stretched justice system, Andyasks: can someone in prison be more free thansomeone outside?

Life Inside (Pan Macmillan)

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Paul Morland The Future of Humanity in Ten Numbers

Barn1 1 . 4 5 a m

The great forces of population change – thebalance of births, deaths and migrations – havemade the world what it is today. The sameforces that have shaped our past and presentare shaping our future. Senior Member at theUniversity of Oxford, Paul Morland, shows howdemography is both a powerful and an under-appreciated lens through which to view theglobal transformations that are underway.

Tomorrow's People (Picador)

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Andrew Wilson / E.V. AdamsonMurder in an Eco Village

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1990: a woman's body is found in the woods,and next to it, a shallow grave hiding a terrifiedyoung girl. 2021: when Mia and Rich move to aneco-village in Spain, they're looking for a newstart. But when someone is murdered in an olivegrove, Mia realises the village isn't the safehaven she was hoping for. After living in andexperiencing the wonders of an Eco Village,Andrew Wilson found the inspiration for hismost recent novel.

Murder Grove (HarperCollins)

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Alice RawsthornBuilding a Better Future

Barn3 . 1 5 p m

These are the stories of the remarkabledesigners, architects, engineers, artists,scientists, and activists, who are at the forefrontof positive change. Designers, Alice Rawsthornand Paola Antonelli meet the visionary creativeswhose innovations and ingenuity give us hopefor the future by redesigning and reconstructingour lives, enabling us to thrive.

Design Emergency (Phaidon Press Ltd)

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@ southwoldSouthwold Arts Centre

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words by the water

Theatre by the LakeKeswick, Cumbria

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@ dartingtonDartington Hall

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How to enjoy the festival

Rover Tickets - £180 - £445

Rover tickets give admission to the numberedevents in the programme over a particular periodof the festival.

As well as purchasing individual tickets for each event, there are other ticket options available.

Day Tickets - £25-£62

Day Tickets are venue specific, granting youaccess to all events in either the Main House orStudio on a specified day. They offer a discountacross all events. (See individual days for prices).

Catch-up tickets - £6Post-event catch-up recordings will be availablefor a wide selection of events across the festivalprogramme. All catch-up events will be releasedonline post-festival on Thursday 21st July andwill be available to purchase and watch for fourweeks.

Visit wayswithwords.co.uk/shop on Thursday21st July to see which catch-up events areavailable for you to enjoy online.

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Dates for your diary

How to purchase catch-up tickets

A Rover ticket guarantees a seat for every eventin the Great Hall. We hold a set number of seatsfor Rover ticket holders in the Barn and other,smaller venues. These are on a first come, firstserved basis. Rover tickets can be collected fromthe Ways With Words box office at the start ofthe festival.

Note: Festival Extras’, marked ‘FE’ must bepurchased separately.

When to book

Priority BookingFriends of Ways With Words can book tickets fromTuesday 7th June.

General BookingGeneral Booking opens for the public onTuesday 14th June

Book online at www.wayswithwords.co.ukOnline

By Phone

Call 01803 867 373

How to book

Terms & Conditions

The right is reserved to substitute speakers and varythe advertised programme if necessary. If a speaker isunable to attend in person we may arrange for thatspeaker to join the event remotely where possible. Allinformation is correct at the time of going to press.Please refer to our website (wayswithwords.co.uk) forfull details of our policy on cancellations, ticketrefunds and exchanges, and on lost tickets.

All festival tickets are e-tickets that will be sent to theemail you give when booking your tickets.

Ticket delivery

Please note that we are not able to reserve ticketswithout payment.

Refund and exchange policy If you inform the Box Office at least 48 hours beforean event, we will be happy to exchange your ticketsfor another Ways With Words 2022 event (subject toavailability). There is a £1.00 fee per ticket for thisservice (with a maximum charge of £10 pertransaction).

If an event is cancelled you can exchange your ticketfor another event at the festival – subject toavailability – or for a voucher which you can use atany Ways With Words event in the future.There willbe no charge for this.

Group bookings

Discounts are available on bookings of 10 tickets ormore per event. Please contact the box office byphone for details and reservations.

Concessions

People aged 24 and under can buy tickets normallypriced at £12.50 for just £8 if purchased within 24 hoursof the event’s start time. Proof of age will be requiredwhen you collect your tickets.

If you don’t wish to exchange you are entitled to a refund of the ticket’s value. (NB this will be aproportion of the value if you bought a day ticket. Wedo not refund people who hold Festival Passes).

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Booking your tickets & other information

Please have your event numbers and your paymentcard ready before phoning. We accept Visa andMastercard.

Telephone lines are open11am– 4pm, Monday–Friday.

In person

During the festival the box office on-site at DartingtonHall will open 30 minutes before the first event of theday and will close after the start of the last event ofthe day.

Please note: Before the festival starts the box officeoperates off-site and is open for telephone and onlinesales only (see above).

You can have your ticket on you mobile device orprinted off if you prefer.

People on benefits can purchase a £12.50 ticket or lessfor £5.

We operate a ‘carers go free’ policy for people inreceipt of Carer’s Allowance.

Proof of entitlement for all the above is required.

Concession tickets can be booked over the phoneprior to the festival or in person during the festival.

Data protection

Ways With Words will not pass on your details to anyorganisation.

http://wayswithwords.co.uk/

Thank you to...

Anne Oxborough Hamish Dunbar Chloe Bar-Kar

Non-executive Directors

Mr Colin Goldsmith, Brenda & John Wynn,Mrs Elizabeth Piercey, Marlene Eyre

Good, Close and Best Friends

Festival Curators: Leah Varnell and Bryony Tilsley

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Our venue host: The Dartington Trust and their team

who have supported the festival.

Financial support:

Technical Support: Chris Edwards, Ninian Harding,Olly Webb, Ben Woodhouse and Arthur Woodhouse.

Leah VarnellKay DunbarStephen Bristow

Executive Directors

Production Assistant: Melissa Hawkins

Thank you to all our Front of House managers,volunteers, chairpersons and drivers without whomthe festival would not be possible.

General information

Our official bookselling partner:

Travelling to DartingtonDartington is roughly 25 miles southwest of Exeterand about a four hour drive from London.

By car Take the M5, A38 and A384 from Plymouth,the A385 and then follow signs for Dartington Hall.

By train Paddington is the mainline station fromLondon. Totnes is the station nearest to DartingtonHall. Dartington Hall is a five minute taxi ride fromthe station.

ParkingParking charges apply on the Dartington Estate. Please leave plenty of time to get to your event asyou may need to park at a distance from the venuesand there may be queues at the ticket machines.

(NB Onsite residents will need to register their car'sregistration with guest services when they arrive atDartington Hall.

Accessible parking is provided in the main car parkand in the Barn car park. A drop off point for theBarn is situated in front of the archwayapproximately 30 metres from the Barn. A drop offpoint from the Great Hall is situated at the WhiteHart approximately 50 metres from the Hall.

Mobility Access

There is wheelchair access to the Great Hall, Barnand Upper Gatehouse, but please let us know whenyou buy your tickets as wheelchair spaces arelimited and must be reserved in advance.

There is access to the White Hart bar and diningrooms and to some bedrooms.

Hearing Impairment

There is an induction loop system in place in theGreat Hall (please ask the stewards where to sit totake advantage of this) and an Infra Red assistedhearing system in the Barn. The Upper Gate Houseis unamplified.

Upper Gate House

Both the Great Hall and the Upper Gate House arelocated in the central courtyard of Dartington Hall.

The Great Hall will be directly opposite you as youwalk through into the courtyard through the mainentrance.

The Barn is located on your left under the archwayas you enter the courtyard from the main carpark.

The Upper Gate House site above the DartingtonEstate visitor centre. You can access it via the aflight of exterior steps within the courtyard, or bywalking around to the back of the courtyard.

The Ways With Words Box Office and InformationDesk will be in Dartington Hall's Welcome Centre,which is located on the right under the archway asyou enter the courtyard from the main carpark.

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