Thursday 10 July – Great Hall
Jennifer Worth
Peter Marsh
75 5pm Great Hall £10
Philip Worth and Suzannah Hart Letters to the Midwife
76 6.30pm Great Hall £10
Peter Marsh Industry: Past, Present and Future
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When Jennifer Worth, the author of ‘Call the Midwife’, died, a collection of letters was found from people who had written to her about their memories of the East End in the 50s. Her husband and daughter present the correspondence to illuminate the life of that long-lost world.
In a thrilling display of ingenuity, the world’s factories every year produce 10bn types of products from a limited stock of materials. Now manufacturing is undergoing a revolution from which Britain, unexpectedly, is poised to benefit. Peter Marsh tells the fascinating story of industrial change, from the Iron Age to the biochip.
Day Ticket: £42 (not including event 77)
Harrison Birtwistle
77 8pm Great Hall £10
Fiona Maddocks
Harrison Birtwistle and Fiona Maddocks Life, Composition and the Future of Music Sir Harrison Birtwistle, one of the world’s greatest living composers, is notoriously reticent about discussing his work, or himself. In this illuminating discussion, he talks candidly to distinguished writer and critic Fiona Maddocks about the challenges, uncertainties and rewards that have shaped his work and remain with him as he enters his ninth decade.