programme - Ilkley Literature Festival

ilkley literature festival 10
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135.
Thursday 14th October 7.30pm
St Margaret’s Hall
Zimbabwe – Hope and
Despair: Philip Barclay
and Miles Tendi
Conversations about Empires
As a young diplomat at the British
Embassy in Zimbabwe, Philip
Barclay saw the tumultuous 2008
election at first hand as Robert
Mugabe fought to cling to power. In
an electrifying account he recorded
the violent excesses of a hated
clique as the country’s economy
and public services collapsed. Now
he discusses the country’s past and
future with Oxford academic and
political expert, Zimbabwean Miles
Tendi. They consider why the world
stood by and watched as Zimbabwe
burned and whether power-sharing
between Robert Mugabe and Morgan
Tsvangirai offers the country a
tenable way forward.
£5/3
136.
Thursday 14th October 7.30pm
Bettys Café Tea Rooms
Jack Sheffield
Repeat of Wednesday’s event.
All details as Event 130.
137.
Thursday 14th October 9pm
Ilkley Playhouse Wildman
Cadaverine
Cadaverine Magazine showcases
young writers.
FREE FRINGE EVENT
See page 46 for full details.
138.
Friday 15th October 3pm
White Wells, Ilkley Moor
‘That Place on Ilkley Moor’
White Wells tenant Mark Hunnebell
gives a brief history of the iconic
building on Ilkley Moor.
FREE FRINGE EVENT
See page 46 for full details.
139.
Friday 15th October 7.30pm
Kings Hall
George Alagiah:
Food For Thought
Why produce a crop you don’t need,
with water you can’t afford to waste,
for people living thousands of miles
away? George Alagiah, presenter
of the BBC Six O’Clock News, BBC
Foreign Correspondent, holder of
six international reporting awards
and a passionate Fairtrade advocate,
offers a compelling, round-the-world
investigation into the global food
chain and why it’s fit to break.
£9/7
140.
Friday 15th October 7.30pm
Ilkley Playhouse Wharfeside
Stumble Dance Circus presents
Bipolar Ringmaster: with
actor Eric MacLennan
Part exploration of Bipolar Disorder
and part celebration of circus, this
new piece by Mish Weaver plays with
our perceptions and expectations of
mental ill health and performance.
Incorporating film of new circus
choreography, it blurs the lines
between colourful character and
delusion, grand achievement or
obsession.
£6/4
Martin Wainwright
141.
Friday 15th October 7.30pm
Ilkley Playhouse Wildman
Kate Fox News
‘Had the whole audience laughing.’
Daily Telegraph.
Comic poet, stand-up, Radio 4
Saturday Live regular and sometime
journalist Kate Fox anchors her
dramatic life story to the big news
events … From the Thatcher years
via the Yorkshire Ripper to Princess
Di and foot-and-mouth, Kate Fox
asks where you were when the news
broke?
‘… funny, quirky and a wonderful
writer.’ Sarah Millican.
£5/3
George Alagiah
142.
Friday 15th October 7.30pm
St Margaret’s Hall
Martin Wainwright and
Dr Patrick Eyres:
100 Shades of Blue
Martin Wainwright, Northern Editor
of the Guardian in conversation
with garden and social historian
Dr Patrick Eyres, recalls how his
grandfather created the UK’s finest
delphinium garden in Leeds while
leading relief work in the 1930s
depression. Martin’s memories of
growing up amid 100 shades of blue
are documented in the Yorkshire
Gardens Trust book With Abundance
and Variety, to which Patrick has also
contributed.
£5/3 With free delphinium seeds!
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