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Recent Posts
- Guilt – the gripping new psychological thriller. 1 March 2021
- A roam about my books 9 – in search of postmodernism 23 February 2021
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- Akala 19 March 2019
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- A Preston egg rolling ritual and a Manchester Passion 1 April 2018
Category Archives: Authors in conversation
Akala
When Akala was twelve he was in the top 1% of his age group in mathematics. That was almost 25 years ago and, in these times when political discourse is dominated by obfuscation and hypocrisy, his grasp of statistics and … Continue reading
On Neoliberalism. In conversation with George Monbiot, Home, Manchester. 17 May 2016
‘Two and a half of you,’ George Monbiot concludes, counting the raised hands which affirm that their owners are indeed comfortable with the definition of “neo-liberalism”. Half an hour later every member of the audience is familiar with the political … Continue reading
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Tagged George Monbiot, Neoliberalism
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Gloria Steinem in conversation with Rachel Cooke
‘I’m 81 and still introduced as an ex-bunny girl, it was a bad career move.’ Gloria Steinem must have related this anecdote herself many times. The association with the identity of Playboy Bunny which Steinem assumed for her expose … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, feminism, Gloria Steinem
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No time for encores
‘Try to evolve, not to repeat. Why fall in love with Swan Lake again and again?’ Life is too short for too many encores. Carlos Acosta wants to try everything before checking out, he tells the audience gathered in the … Continue reading
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Tristram and Michael in conversation about Friedrich, HS2 and other things Manc
Michael Wood gave his inaugural lecture, or more accurately, inaugural conversation on the broad topic “Victorians, Manchester and the Importance of History in Public Culture”. The member of the audience who complained that he was expecting a lecture on what … Continue reading
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Tagged Chartist, Engels, Manchester, Marx, Michael Wood, Shock City, Tristram Hunt
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Laura Wilson at The International Anthony Burgess Foundation
Author and Guardian Crime Fiction reviewer, Laura Wilson, bared her soul as she read from her recent book ‘A Capital Crime’ at Manchester’s International Anthony Burgess Foundation. Old university friend and now Academic Director of Manchester Metropolitan University’s Writing School, … Continue reading
Anthony Horovitz in conversation with Jenni Murray at Manchester Town Hall
In the gothic surroundings of Manchester Town Hall Old Etonian Anthony Horovitz reflected on the dreadful school system of his childhood, an experience which he presumed his male contemporaries in the audience shared. ‘Most of the school teachers would be locked … Continue reading
Colin Bateman at the Anthony Burgess Centre
A girlfriend who believed in Bateman’s first book convinced him to send it directly to a major publisher. “Divorcing Jack” was retrieved from the Harper Collins slush-pile sixteen years ago and the rest as they say… Journalist, Dan Starkey, has … Continue reading
Face to Face with Stephen Butchard
Award-winning screenwriter,Stephen Butchard, a former engineer now famous for “The House of Saddam”, “Stolen” and “Five Daughters”, is to the point when he gives advice to budding writers,’You just have to get on with it’. He didn’t research by reading … Continue reading
