TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER
cheltenhamfestivals.com 2.30–4pm
L139
3.45–4.45pm
L142
4–5pm
L144
Fiction
Ancient World
Stage & Screen
Vintage Proof Party
Rewriting The Ancients
Just A Laugh A Minute
The Nook £15*
The Inkpot £8*
The Sunday Times Garden Theatre £15*
Join Kamila Shamsie (Home Fire) and Natalie Haynes (Children of Jocasta) as they discuss how their works have reimagined Antigone and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Their retellings of these tales are just as exciting and provocative as the Classics, but with a fresh perspective they reveal a new side to an ancient history. Chaired by Cathy Rentzenbrink.
Join Nicholas Parsons for a nostalgic journey through his eventful life with his one-man comedy show. He sees the funny side of every situation as he highlights with superb and hilarious observation the events that have shaped his career.
Ticket includes refreshments and a goody bag of limited edition proofs. Join Caroline Sanderson as she introduces Vintage’s freshest new talent for 2018. Vintage seeks to publish some of the greatest writers and thinkers from around the world. Meet Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock, the stunning debut novel about sex, ambition and obsession, set in Georgian London. Emily Koch will introduce her unforgettable, gripping debut mystery If I Die Before I Wake and Mary Lynn Bracht presents White Chrysanthemum, a riveting, redemptive debut about two sisters.
3.30–4.30pm
L141
Current Affairs
Social Mobility: A Stalled Ambition? The Times Forum £8* Alan Johnson (The Long and Winding Road) worked his way from a Wandsworth council flat to the corridors of Westminster. Hashi Mohamed came to the UK as a child refugee, attended underperforming inner-city state schools and is now a top barrister. Yet their journeys remain exceptional in today’s Britain. Together with Sylvia Arthur (Know Your Place) and David Goodhart (The Road To Somewhere) they explore the factors affecting class mobility and ask whether Theresa May’s vision for a truly meritocratic Britain is doomed. Chaired by Julia Wheeler.
4.15–5.15pm 4–5.30pm
L143
History
The Husband Hunters The Daffodil £20*
Ticket includes afternoon tea with finger sandwiches. The end of the nineteenth century saw young American heiresses marry into the British upper class, bringing with them all the fabulous wealth, glamour and sophistication of the Gilded Age. Join Anne de Courcy for tea as she sets the stories of these women and their families in the context of their times.
* 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.
L145
The Story Of British Art
Turner And The Sea Town Hall, Baillie Gifford Stage £10* Voted Britain’s favourite painting in a BBC poll, Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire captured a key moment in British naval history and revolutionised maritime art. Christine Riding, from the Royal Museums Greenwich and author of Turner & the Sea, and James Hamilton, art historian and author of Turner: A Life – the major source of inspiration for Mike Leigh’s biopic – join James Long to discuss Turner’s great passion, the sea, and the masterpieces inspired by it.
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