MONDAY 9 OCTOBER
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The Times Crossword Feast Café Bar FREE 11am–12pm
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Travel & Adventure
Michael Portillo’s Great American Railway Journeys Town Hall, Baillie Gifford Stage £12* The popular broadcaster recounts his awe-inspiring journeys on the railroads of America: from New York and Boston through the Deep South, Chicago, Colorado, New Mexico and ultimately finishing in San Francisco, all guided by his trusty Appleton’s.
11am–1pm 2.30–4.30pm
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Make yourself comfy as The Times Crossword Editor Richard Rogan takes you through the mysteries of the day’s crossword puzzles with a helping hand or a tantalising hint where needed!
11.30am
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A Very Short Introduction To... Translation The Huddle FREE Translation doesn’t only give us foreign news, dubbed films or microwave manuals: without it, there would be no world religions and our literatures, cultures and languages would be unrecognisable. Matthew Reynolds gives a thought-provoking introduction.
12–1pm
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Classic Literature
The Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons From Russian Literature Town Hall, Pillar Room £8* From trying to figure out who you really are (Anna Karenina) to dealing with unrequited love (Turgenev’s A Month in the Country), comedian Viv Groskop has long looked to the Russian classics for answers to life’s big questions. She discusses her unique brand of literary self-help with Cathy Rentzenbrink.
Lifestyle
Modern Calligraphy With Quill London Hotel du Vin, Sinners Enclosure £60*
Ticket includes a copy of Modern Calligraphy by Lucy Edmonds and refreshments. Quill’s Beginners Modern Calligraphy workshop, taught by founder Lucy Edmonds, is the perfect thing for those wanting to learn a new creative skill. You’ll work on basic exercises, working up to letter forms and by the end of the class you’ll put it all together to write phrases, as well as starting to develop your own lettering style. Modern Calligraphy takes lots of practice to make perfect but is great fun and rewarding.
* Plus transaction fee: charged per order, not per ticket. £2.50 for online and telephone bookings, £1.50 for in person bookings with credit/debit cards. No fee for cash bookings.
12.30–2.30pm
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History
The Greedy Queen The Daffodil £30*
Ticket includes a two course lunch and a glass of wine. Voracious and adventurous in her tastes, Queen Victoria’s relationship with food bordered on the obsessive. Join resident food historian on BBC Radio 4’s The Kitchen Cabinet Annie Gray (The Greedy Queen) as she serves up a slice of untold royal history. Charting the diminutive monarch’s extraordinary eating habits, she reveals how the queen presided over a seismic culinary evolution in 19th century Britain. Enjoy a lunch fit for royalty as we celebrate Victoria’s appetite both for food and, indeed, for life.
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