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The Moby-Dick Big Read
Monday 29 October
160 years ago, Herman Melville wrote Moby-Dick, probably the greatest American novel ever published.
In an evening of dramatised readings, films and discussion we address the impact of this great masterpiece. Featuring writer and cultural historian Philip Hoare, acclaimed artist Angela Cockayne, Richard Sabin, Head of Vertebrae at the Natural History Museum, Radio 4 continuity announcer Zeb Soanes and Kerry Shale, actor, writer and familiar voice to anyone who listens to Radio 4. Chaired by The Guardian's literary editor Claire Armitstead.
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Stylist Leith Clark
In Conversation
Mon 15 Oct
Stylist Leith Clark began her fashion career at British Vogue Magazine. In 2005 she founded biannual fashion title Lula. Leith will be discussing her work and her career with the author of Stylists: New Fashion Visionaries Katie Baron. Katie is Senior Editor of Retail, Architecture and Spaces at Stylus.
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Bringing together some of the most important poems from the last century, Poet in the City and Bloodaxe present a full-length live literature show, based on the Bloodaxe Books' anthology of contemporary world poetry, Being Human. Experience poetry at its most dynamic, immediate and imaginative.
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Philip Pullman has chosen his fifty favourite fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and re-tells them here in his own unique voice. He talks to John Mullan about his fascinating, weird and wonderful collection for both adults and children.
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A FREE panel discussion on the classical guitar in the 21st century featuring David Russell, one of the giants of the classical guitar today, and Guy Traviss, editor of Classical Guitar magazine.
Part of London Guitar Festival 2012
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Crime fiction is the most popular genre in the UK. Is it now doing the job of literary fiction, reflecting the times we live in? Crime Writers’ Association panel discussion: Mark Lawson MC with John Banville, Lee Child, Sophie Hannah and Peter James.
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A discussion focusing on the latest thinking on the topic of Global Food Security including issues surrounding biotechnologies, intellectual property. Explored through a dialogue with leading international scholars, politicians, policy makers and journalists.
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A panel of literati and opinion makers discuss their favourite reads of 2012. Guests include Boyd Tonkin (Literary Editor at The Independent), Nicholas Lezard (Literary Critic for The Guardian), Jane Mays (Daily Mail), Gaby Wood (Literary Editor of The Telegraph) and Harriett Gilbert (BBC World Service).
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In this musically illustrated talk, Roger Parker presents A History of Opera, the definitive modern work on opera's history and its meaning across the generations, written with Carolyn Abbate. Roger Parker is Thurston Dart Professor of Music and his research focuses on opera, particularly Italian opera of the nineteenth century.
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BBC broadcaster and columnist, Steve Richards, takes you behind the scenes of British Politics and the media, the characters, the absurdities, the tragedies. Be taken on a whirlwind tour from Harold Wilson and David Bowie in the 1970s to David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, via Paul McCartney and Tony Blair. A hit show at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival
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