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SUMMARY:Richard Cork – Encounters with Artists
DESCRIPTION:In Encounters with Artists\, Richard Cork turns his impeccable skills as a critic and writer to tell the story of his encounters with some of the world’s most influential artists. From a serendipitous meeting with Pablo Picasso in Cannes in 1965 through his early days as a writer on the Evening Standard and his later role as chief art critic for The Times\, Cork records the personal encounters that reveal the characters behind the art. \n\n\n\nFrom individuals who can look back over a lifetime’s career\, such as Louise Bourgeois\, Roy Lichtenstein\, and Jasper Johns\, to younger artists encountered at the beginning of their careers\, such as Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst\, Cork reveals artists’ inner thoughts\, anxieties\, and creative ambitions. From a studio meeting with Lucian Freud to being driven through the Yorkshire countryside by David Hockney and given a tour of Soho drinking locations with Francis Bacon\, Cork has found that “talking to artists can\, in my experience\, be surprising\, revealing\, salutary\, testing\, provocative\, stimulating\, and at times capable of overturning all my preconceptions about the individuals I encounter.” \n\n\n\nCork has played a significant role in popularizing late modern and contemporary art. In the words of art critic Louisa Buck\, his “lucid\, evenhanded and at times trenchantly critical judgement has been invaluable in helping to create the multiplicity of approach and vigorous debates of today’s artistic climate.” \n\n\n\nRichard Cork is an award-winning art critic\, historian\, broadcaster\, and curator. He has acted as a judge for the Turner Prize and curated major exhibitions at Tate\, the Hayward Gallery\, the Barbican Art Gallery\, the Royal Academy of Arts\, and other European venues. Previously art critic for the Evening Standard\, then chief art critic of The Times\, he broadcasts regularly on BBC radio and TV and has written several books. \n\n\n\nRichard Cork will be in conversation with Paul Atterbury \n\n\n\nSponsored by Duke’s \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/richard-cork-encounters-with-artists/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:John Wright – The Observant Walker
DESCRIPTION:When we go for a walk\, whether in the countryside or city\, we pass through landscapes full of natural beauty and curiosities both visible and invisible – but though we might admire the view\, or wonder idly about the name of a flower\, we rarely have the knowledge to fully engage with what we see. When we do\, our sense of place is expanded\, our understanding deepened and we can discover richness in even the most everyday stroll. \n\n\n\nJohn Wright has been leading forays around Britain for decades. As an expert forager\, he shows people how to identify the edible species that abound – but he also reveals the natural history\, stories and science behind our surroundings. Here\, he takes us with him on eight walks: from verdant forests to wild coastlines\, via city pavements\, fields and rolling hills\, he illuminates what can be found on a walk across any British terrain\, and how you might observe and truly understand them\, for yourself. \n\n\n\nWarm\, wise and endlessly informative\, with helpful illustrations and suggested routes\, this book will help you to see the world around you with new eyes: no walk will be the same again. \n\n\n\nSponsored by the Duchy of Cornwall \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/john-wright-the-observant-walker/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:Robert Peston – Crash
DESCRIPTION:London\, 2007. It’s summer in the City: the economy is booming\, profits are up and the stock market hits near record highs. \n\n\n\nBut journalist Gil Peck is a lone voice worrying it can’t last. Deep in the plumbing of the financial system\, he has noticed strange things happening which could threaten the whole economy. But nobody wants to hear it: not the politicians taking credit for an end to boom and bust\, not the bankers pocketing vast bonuses\, not even Gil’s bosses at the BBC\, who think it’s irrelevant. \n\n\n\nWhen Gil gets a tip-off that a small northern bank has run out of money\, everything changes. His report sparks the first run on a UK bank in 140 years. The next day\, Marilyn Krol\, a director of the Bank of England dies in an apparent suicide. \n\n\n\nFor Gil\, it’s personal. Marilyn was his lover: was his scoop connected to her suicide? Or is there something more sinister in her death? Gil is determined to find out. \n\n\n\nThe more he investigates\, the more he is drawn into the rotten heart of the financial system\, where old school ties and secret Oxbridge societies lubricate vast and illegal conflicts of interest. The whole economy has been built on a house of cards\, and Gil is threatening to bring it down. \n\n\n\nWhen simply reporting the facts can make or break fortunes\, Gil has to ask himself: is he crossing the line between journalist and participant? Are his own conflicts of interest making him reckless? And in a world ruled by greed where nothing and no-one is too big to fail\, what price will he pay for uncovering the truth? \n\n\n\nRobert Peston is ITV’s political editor\, presenter of the politics show ‘Peston’\, founder of the education charity\, Speakers for Schools (www.speakers4schools.org)\, and vice president ofHospice UK. He has written four critically acclaimed non-fiction books\, How Do We Fix This Mess?\, Who Runs Britain?\, Brown’s Britain and his latest\, WTF?\, which was described by the Financial Times as ‘mandatory reading’ for anyone seeking to understand Brexit\, Trump and the collapse of confidence in western liberalism. For a decade until the end of 2015\, he was at the BBC\, as economics editor and business editor\, and in the 1990s he was at the Financial Times\, as political editor\, financial editor and head of investigations. At the BBC he played a prominent role in exposing the causes and consequences of the credit crunch\, banking crisis and Great Recession. Peston has won more than 30 awards for his journalism\, including Journalist of the Year and Scoop of the Year from the British TV Awards. \n\n\n\nRobert Peston will be in conversation with Kate Adie. \n\n\n\nSponsored by Humphries Kirk \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/robert-peston-crash/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:Ray Mears – British Woodland
DESCRIPTION:Nobody sees and understands woodland better than Ray Mears. \n\n\n\nWith deep natural history knowledge and practical woodcraft skills\, gained over a lifetime of learning from the world’s last remaining indigenous peoples\, Ray offers a different way to experience our wooded landscapes. He challenges the old concepts. He looks to our ancestors and shows how man’s hand in shaping woodland is critical. We are not separate from nature\, we just need to ensure that our interactions have a positive impact. \n\n\n\nWith the emphasis on interaction\, British Woodland is structured by usage. We learn that sycamore and clematis are among the best woods for burning\, pine and oak help us navigate\, and hawthorn and beech have edible leaves. Rope can be made from willow\, utensils and tools from hazel\, and historically\, weapons were made from yew and wych elm. \n\n\n\nWith Ray as our guide\, encouraging this aboriginal sense of connection to individual trees\, our appreciation of wooded landscapes will change. We can learn how to live inclusively in nature\, for our own wellbeing and enjoyment\, and also for the future of our planet. \n\n\n\nRay Mears has become recognised throughout the world as an authority on the subject of bushcraft and survival. TV series including Ray Mears’ Bushcraft\, Ray Mears’ World of Survival\, Extreme Survival and Ray Mears goes Walkabout have made him a household name over the past two decades\, but he has spent his whole life learning. \n\n\n\nSponsored by Dorchester BID \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/ray-mears-british-woodland/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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