WEDNESDAY 11 OCTOBER 2–3pm
L168
Psychology
2–3pm
Box Office 01242 850270 L170
Locally Sourced
Death: A Dialogue Cheltenham 300 Town Hall, Pillar Room £9*
The Nook £8*
Death, the one inevitability thing in life–yet we still struggle to discuss it. Through their latest books, Cathy Rentzenbrink (A Manual for Heartache) and Julia Samuel (Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving) are bringing the subject of grief to the conversational forefront and, by offering compassion, experience and coping mechanisms, are teaching us that life does, indeed, go on.
Poets from Cheltenham Poetry Society read from their new anthology, Cheltenham 300; poems and photographs to celebrate 300 years of the town as a spa.
2.30pm
L172
A Very Short Introduction To... Voltaire The Huddle FREE For full information see page 67.
3.30–4.30pm
L173
Stage & Screen
The Archers Town Hall, Baillie Gifford Stage £10*
2.15–3.15pm
L171
Fiction
Rachel Joyce And Sarah Winman The Inkpot £9* 2–3pm
L169
Lifestyle
Can We All Be Super-Agers? The Times Forum £9* As they ease into their 70s and 80s the impressive and intrepid Super-Agers continue to challenge themselves by proving their mental and physical agility. We are joined by Sarah Harper, Professor of Gerontology at the University of Oxford, Ray Matthews who, starting on his 75th birthday, ran 75 marathons in 75 days, and the Green Goddess Diana Moran (Sod Sitting, Get Moving).
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The two bestselling novelists discuss their heartwarming and beautiful new works and the creation of enduring characters with Caroline Sanderson. Author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rachel Joyce’s The Music Shop is about learning to listen, learning to feel and choosing to be brave despite the odds. Known for When God Was a Rabbit, Sarah Winman’s Tin Man is a love letter to human kindness and friendship, loss and living.
For millions in the UK, The Archers is an indispensable part of daily life – but why exactly does it have us in its grip? We go behind the scenes of the world’s longest running drama series, a British institution with a theme tune that Billy Connolly wants to be the National Anthem. The actor Tim Bentinck (Being David Archer) and Cara Courage, co-founder of the annual Academic Archers conference, join the broadcaster Paddy O’Connell to discuss the radio soap, its characters and its most iconic storylines.
3.45–4.45pm
L174
History
The Russian Revolution: October 1917 The Sunday Times Garden Theatre £10* To mark the centenary of the October Russian Revolution, writer, journalist and political activist Tariq Ali (The Dilemmas of Lenin) and renowned historians Robert Service (Last of the Tsars) and Yuri Slezkine (The House of Government) delve into the royal and political conflicts that resulted in Bolshevik rule. Chaired by Steven Gale.