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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: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:Tim Marshall – The Future of Geography
DESCRIPTION:Space: the new frontier\, a wild and lawless place. It is already central to communication\, military strategy and international relations on Earth. Now\, it is the latest arena for human exploration\, exploitation – and\, possibly\, conquest. China\, the USA and Russia are leading the way. The next fifty years will change the face of global politics. \n\n\n\nWith all the insight and wit that have made Tim Marshall the UK’s most popular writer on geopolitics\, this gripping book shows that politics and geography are as important in the skies as on the ground\, covering great-power rivalry; technology; commerce; combat in space; and what it all means for us down on Earth. This is essential reading on power\, politics and the future of humanity. ‘Many of us still think of space as ‘out there’ and ‘in the future’. But it’s here and now – the border into the great beyond is well within our reach. Astropolitics is an integral part of international relations\, especially for the major powers. I wanted to write a book putting space into its historical\, political and military context\, and to help us to imagine space as a place with geography which we need to understand. There’s also the sheer majesty and beauty of the universe\, and in the book\, from time to time\, I stand aside\, put aside the politics\, and marvel.’ \n\n\n\nTim Marshall is a leading authority on foreign affairs with more than 30 years of reporting experience. He was diplomatic editor at Sky News\, and before that was working for the BBC and LBC/IRN radio. He has reported from 40 countries and covered conflicts in Croatia\, Bosnia\, Macedonia\, Kosovo\, Afghanistan\, Iraq\, Lebanon\, Syria and Israel. He is the author of the No. 1 Sunday Times bestsellers Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (which has sold over 2 million copies worldwide) and The Power of Geography: Ten Maps that Reveal the Future of Our World. \n\n\n\nTim Marshall will be in conversation with Michael MacCarthy. \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/tim-marshall-the-future-of-geography/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:Nigel Biggar – Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning
DESCRIPTION:A RIGOROUS EXAMINATION OF THE WEST’S COLONIAL RECORD WHICH SEEKS TO BRING BALANCE TO OUR PERSPECTIVE OF COLONIALISM’S IMPACT\n\n\n\nIn the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989\, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever. Now however\, with Russia rattling its sabre on the borders of Europe and China rising to challenge the post-1945 world order\, the liberal West faces major threats. These threats are not only external. Especially in the Anglosphere\, the ‘decolonisation’ movement corrodes the West’s self-confidence by retelling the history of European and American colonial dominance as a litany of racism\, exploitation\, and massively murderous violence. \n\n\n\nNigel Biggar tests this indictment\, addressing the crucial questions in eight chapters: Was the British Empire driven primarily by greed and the lust to dominate? Should we speak of ‘colonialism and slavery’ in the same breath\, as if they were identical? Was the Empire essentially racist? How far was it based on the theft of land? Did it involve genocide? Was it driven fundamentally by the motive of economic exploitation? Was undemocratic colonial government necessarily illegitimate? and\, Was the Empire essentially violent\, and its violence pervasively racist and terroristic? \n\n\n\nAs encyclopaedic in historical breadth as it is penetrating in analytical depth\, COLONIALISM offers a moral inquest into the colonial past\, forensically contesting damaging falsehoods and thereby helping to rejuvenate faith in the West’s future. \n\n\n\nNIGEL BIGGAR is Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford\, where he directs the McDonald Centre for Theology\, Ethics\, and Public Life. Before assuming his professorship at Oxford\, he occupied chairs at the University of Leeds and at Trinity College\, Dublin. His most recent publications include What’s Wrong with Rights?\, Between Kin and Cosmopolis: An Ethic of the Nation\, and In Defence of War. He was appointed CBE in 2021. \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/nigel-biggar-colonialism-a-moral-reckoning/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:James Naughtie – Desert Island Books
DESCRIPTION:**Event Cancelled** We regret to say that this event has been cancelled. If you have purchased tickets\, please contact us for a refund. \n\n\n\nOne of our most treasured BBC broadcasters\, a lover of literature\, host of BBC Radio 4’s Book Club\, and chair for the Man Booker Prize jury\, James Naughtie chooses six books that have influenced him and inspired him through his life\, in conversation with Paul Atterbury.  \n\n\n\nJames Naughtie will also discuss his latest novel: The Spy Across The Water following Will Flemyng on a dangerous journey into his clandestine past\, from conflict in Ireland to the long shadows of the Cold War\, in an electric story of courage and betrayal. \n\n\n\nJames Naughtie was a popular presenter of Radio 4’s flagship Today programme. He is also a noted authority on classical music and opera. He fronted coverage of The Proms for more than a decade\, and published The Making of Music – putting 1\,000 years of composers and their works into proper historical context. His own publications include The Rivals\, which exposed the truth about the relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown\, and his first novel\, The Madness of July. \n\n\n\nJames Naughtie will be in conversation with Paul Atterbury. \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/james-naughtie-the-spy-across-the-water/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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