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Nobody sees and understands woodland better than Ray Mears. With deep natural history knowledge and practical woodcraft skills, gained over a lifetime of learning from the world's last remaining indigenous ... Ray Mears – British Woodland

Becoming a Writer A masterclass for those who are taking their first steps in writing fiction. If you want to start writing, this session will help you to explore your talent ... Celia Brayfield - Becoming a Writer

The dumbest guy in the Room: How a dyslexic who never read a book until he was twenty-one made a career as a screenwriter. Using examples from his television, feature ... Julian Unthank – How To Be A Screen Writer

Why do we want to write and what stops us?How does the urge to express ourselves fight with the worry that no-one will care or that we will get in ... Cathy Rentzenbrink – Write It All Down

The Winterbourne Journey Angus Waycott is an author and narrator whose work has appeared in the UK, USA and elsewhere. During 15 years in Japan he wrote books about daily ... Angus Waycott - How to Self Publish Your Book

An open mic event for local writers and poets. Join us to hear up to twenty poets and writers read and perform their work. To sign up to participate at ... Poetry Slam with Angie Porter

Anna Kent has delivered babies in war zones, caring for the most vulnerable women in the most vulnerable places in the world. At twenty-six years old, not yet a fully-trained ... Anna Kent – Frontline Midwife

A ravishing coming-of-age story set in the shadow of an oncoming war, The Whalebone Theatre fizzes with invention and compassion as an 'unmarriageable' girl elects to defy convention and find her own ... Joanna Quinn – The Whalebone Theatre

Detailing six high profile murder and manslaughter cases over which they have presided, an Old Bailey judge reveals the inner workings of a crown court and how we should all ... Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC – Unlawful Killings

The Ben Shepherd Memorial Lecture An Infantry Battalion at War, 1939 The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to ... Peter Hart – Footsloggers

Million-copy bestselling authors Damien Lewis has established himself as one of the most popular WWII historians, and this book builds on the success of SAS Great Escapes which has sold ... Damien Lewis - SAS Great Escapes II

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 ... John Wright – The Observant Walker