MONDAY 7 OCTOBER
4.45–5.45pm
Box Office 01242 850270
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Memoir & Biography
The Sunday Times Must Reads: Laura Cumming
6.30–7.30pm
How To Survive
The Nook £8* On Chapel Sands is The Observer Art Critic’s account of the mystery of her mother’s disappearance as a child. Hailed as ‘a masterpiece of a memoir’, she discusses the remarkable story with The Sunday Times Literary Editor Andrew Holgate.
6–7pm
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History
The People’s War The Garden Theatre £9* In October 1944, the end of the war is in sight at last. While the Allied armies, navies and air forces largely consisted of men in uniform, what did the war really mean for people – and especially women – on the home front, and those caught up in the German Occupation of Europe? In conversation with Sonia Purnell (A Woman of No Importance), Anne Sebba (Les Parisiennes) and Dan Todman (Britain’s War 1942-1947), Allan Mallinson unearths extraordinary stories of individual courage and heroism.
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Psychology
The Times and The Sunday Times Forum £9* John Hudson, Chief Survival Instructor to the UK Military, knows what it takes to survive. Through gripping first-hand accounts of near disaster, he shares his lessons for everyday life from the extreme world with Dominic Faulkner.
6.30–7.30pm
L119
Memoir & Biography
Life On The NHS Frontline Town Hall, Baillie Gifford Stage £9* What is it like working for a struggling NHS? Join nurse Molly Case (How To Help People: A Nurse At Work), midwife Leah Hazard (Hard Pushed: A Midwife’s Story) and doctor Joanna Cannon (Breaking and Mending) as they share hilarious, heartbreaking and sometimes horrifying stories from the frontline of healthcare. Chaired by Julia Wheeler.
7–8pm
L120
Fiction
Fiction At 7: History And Magic The Nook £10* Ticket includes a drink on arrival. Author of The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield, and Stacey Halls, author of one of the hottest debuts of 2019, talk about their incredible and beautifully written new historical novels, Once Upon a River and The Familiars with Cathy Rentzenbrink.