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SUMMARY:Nusrit Mehtab – Off the Beat
DESCRIPTION:Over the course of her 30 year long career in the Metropolitan Police\, Nusrit Mehtab was subjected to and witnessed a host of racist and sexist behaviour. This included fellow officers refusing to use her name\, being sent out alone on nighttime foot patrols\, witnessing male officers make lewd and derogatory comments about women leaving night clubs\, seeing female officers being physically groped by male colleagues\, and being instructed by a senior officer not to report a newly graffitied swastika on a wall inside the secure area of a London police station.  \n\n\n\nIn Off the Beat she recounts what it was like for a Muslim woman of Pakistani heritage to work in the Met\, and she proposes solutions to bring about real change and overcome the deep\, cultural problems that continue to plague the force today.   \n\n\n\nWhen Nusrit Mehtab joined the Metropolitan Police in the late 80s\, she entered an organisation that was rife with racism\, misogyny and homophobia. She had grown up in East London not trusting the police and had never seen a police officer who looked like her – a woman with brown skin – but she wanted to change that from the inside. Nusrit stayed in the force for 30 years\, battling both for herself and for other officers facing discrimination to get fair opportunities and be treated equally.  \n\n\n\nFrom the very beginning\, Nusrit was marked as an outsider. Fellow officers refused to patrol with her and she was subject to frequent\, demeaning ‘pranks’. As her career progressed\, things didn’t get easier\, instead her attempts to get promoted were met with hostility and ridicule. Her experience was not unique: it was also the experience of many of her black and Asian colleagues. \n\n\n\nAfter spending 30 years on the frontline and having risen from PC to superintendent\, Nusrit decided that she had no alternative but to resign from the Met\, initiating an employment tribunal against them for racism and misogyny in the process. \n\n\n\nNow a lecturer in policing law and criminology at the University of East London\, she is involved in training the next generation of police officers. She is confident that it is possible to create a more inclusive police force that is safer for both officers and the public. \n\n\n\nNusrit Mehtab was born in Pakistan and came to the UK with her family as a baby.  During her 30 year career in the Met she worked in some of the most challenging areas of policing\, including Serious and Organised Crime\, Counter Terrorism\, Clubs and Vice.  She was the first Muslim woman of Pakistani heritage to become an undercover officer in the UK.In January 2020\, after a career spanning 30 years\, Nusrit left the Met and instigated an employment tribunal against them. At that time\, she was one of the highest-ranking Asian women in the force.  Nusrit is now a lecturer in policing law and criminology at the University of East London.  By teaching police recruits she now hopes she can change the force for the better from the outside. \n\n\n\nNusrit Mehtab will be in conversation with Jenny Devitt \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/nusrit-mehtab-off-the-beat/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:James Holland – Cassino ’44
DESCRIPTION:It should have an easy victory. After triumph in Tunisia\, the sweeping success of the Sicilian invasion\, and with Italy finally knocked out of the war\, the Allies were confident that they would be in Rome before Christmas 1943. \n\n\n\nAnd yet it didn’t happen. Hitler ordered his forces to dig in\, thus setting the stage for one of the grimmest and most attritional phases of the Second World War. Even though they were short of supplies and support\, even in retreat\, the German troops made the Allies fight for every bitter yard. By early 1944\, they had created a formidable defensive position across the Italian peninsular: the Gustav Line\, a barrier of bunkers\, minefields\, booby traps\, dug-outs and strategic artillery positions. This\, and the combination of dogged defence and utterly debilitating conditions\, ground the Allied advance to a standstill some sixty miles south of Rome\, at the foot of the hill on which stood the thousand-year-old abbey of Monte Cassino. \n\n\n\nThe battle for that rock was one of the most brutal of the entire war\, would last more than four long winter months and cost the lives of over 75\,000 soldiers and civilians. The abbey and the landscape around it were decimated\, leaving the large local population homeless and their centuries-old community annihilated. Following a rich cast of characters and with access to new information from all sides of the battle\, both military and civilian\, James Holland has written the definitive account of one of the most pivotal battles of the war and created a thrilling reconstruction of what it was really like to be at the centre of the maelstrom of war.James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian\, writer\, and broadcaster. The author of a number of best-selling histories including most recently Brothers In Arms and Normandy ’44\, he is also the author of nine works of fiction and a dozen Ladybird Experts. He is the co-founder of the annual Chalke Valley History Festival which is now in its twelfth year\, and he has presented – and written – many television programmes and series for the BBC\, Channel 4\, National Geographic and the History and Discovery channels. With Al Murray\, he has a successful Second World War podcast\, We Have Ways of Making You Talk\, which also has its own festival\, and is a research fellow at St Andrew’s University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. \n\n\n\nThis event is kindly sponsored by H K Law
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/james-holland-cassino-44/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:Victoria Hislop – The Figurine
DESCRIPTION:In her irresistible new novel\, Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author Victoria Hislop shines a light on the questionable acquisition of cultural treasures and the price people – and countries – will pay to cling on to them. \n\n\n\nOf all the ancient art that captures the imagination\, none is more appealing than the Cycladic figurine. An air of mystery swirls around these statuettes from the Bronze Age and they are highly sought after by collectors – and looters – alike. \n\n\n\nWhen Helena inherits her grandparents’ apartment in Athens\, she is overwhelmed with memories of the summers she spent there as a child\, when Greece was under a brutal military dictatorship. Her remote\, cruel grandfather was one of the regime’s generals and as she sifts through the dusty rooms\, Helena discovers an array of valuable objects and antiquities. How did her grandfather amass such a trove? What human price was paid for them? \n\n\n\nHelena’s desire to find answers about her heritage dovetails with a growing curiosity for archaeology\, ignited by a summer spent with volunteers on a dig on an Aegean island. Their finds fuel her determination to protect the precious fragments recovered from the baked earth – and to understand the origins of her grandfather’s collection. \n\n\n\nHelena’s attempt to make amends for some of her grandfather’s actions sees her wrestle with the meaning of ‘home’\, both in relation to looted objects of antiquity … and herself. \n\n\n\nBest-known for her evocative and thoroughly researched historical novels\, set against the backdrop of southern Europe – particularly Greece – Victoria Hislop is one of the UK’s bestselling novelists. She worked as a journalist and in publishing before writing her first novel\, The Island\, inspired by her love of Greece. Widely considered a modern classic\, the novel – which follows four generations of a family on the leper colony island of Spinalonga\, off the coast of Crete – was an instant hit with Waterstones booksellers and became an international bestseller. Since then she has continued to dominate bestseller lists\, with books including The Return\, The Thread\, The Sunrise and Carte Postales from Greece and Those Who Are Loved. \n\n\n\nVictoria Hislop will be in conversation with Lulu Taylor \n\n\n\nThis event is kindly sponsored by Dorchester Town Council \n\n\n\nThis event is kindly sponsored by Dorchester BID \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/victoria-hislop-the-figurine/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:The Oldie Event – Giles Wood and Mary Killen – Country Life – in conversation with Harry Mount
DESCRIPTION:Former townies Giles and Mary swapped city life for rural Wiltshire over thirty years ago\, and they’ve each embraced it in their own very different ways.Mary has happily traded sophisticated London salons for monthly lectures at the Farmers’ Club\, competitive school quizzes\, church interactions and local Auction House sales. While Giles has immersed himself in the catastrophic consequences of conventional farming\, his organic no-dig veg-patch\, the increasingly disproportionate response by local landlords to harmless trespassers and the strange death of the village house martins.For recent city escapees and indigenous country folk alike\, Giles and Mary sift through the unhelpful dreamy myths and offer a practical reality\, with robust back and forth on every aspect of life in rural outposts\, including but not limited to planning wars\, class wars\, dog thefts\, tree-felling fights\, misunderstandings between incomers and natives and the role of the Heron Appreciation Society.The much-loved Wiltshire couple share their combined\, hard-earned lessons\, so we can learn the secret skills of grumbling and bumbling our way towards a new contented country life. \n\n\n\nGiles Wood Giles Wood is an accomplished artist\, and is also a published writer\, with columns in The Telegraph and The Oldie. In the podcast space\, he can be heard on Giles and Mary’s Oldie Newsround with Harry Mount.  \n\n\n\nMary Killen is a busy journalist\, with a weekly column in The Spectator\, and regular contributions in many other national publications. She has been appearing on Channel 4’s hit show Gogglebox since 2015 with her husband Giles\, sitting together in their cottage in Wiltshire. This is Mary’s seventh book. \n\n\n\nGiles and Mary will be in conversation with Harry Mount\, editor of The Oldie Magazine. \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/the-oldie-event-giles-wood-and-mary-killen-country-life-in-conversation-with-harry-mount/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:Kate Humble – Where the Hearth Is
DESCRIPTION:Kate Humble has a knack for sharing her own journey towards a more pleasing and purposeful life in a way that inspires readers\, enables them to reassess their own lives and helps them achieve their personal goals. Having encouraged readers to reconnect with nature in Thinking on My Feet and simplify their lifestyles in A Year of Living Simply\, she turns now to reimagining whatever we consider ‘home’ – examining her own experiences and expectations\, ideals and memories\, and considering the views of others living uniquely\, extraordinarily\, happily. She’s gaining insights from some unexpected quarters – including the animal kingdom. \n\n\n\nAs our time spent in office buildings and other traditional workplaces shrinks forevermore\, feeling happy\, healthy\, productive and content in our homes (be they castles or caravans\, flat-shares or farms\, fixed or temporary\, inner city/out of town/beyond) is more important to get right than ever before. Where the Hearth Is will resonate with all those seeking to make the most of their lives during the many hours we all spend at home – whether it’s a case of tiny adjustments while staying put\, moving out\, living differently or dreaming of building something new. \n\n\n\nKate will also discuss her latest cookbook Home Made: Recipes From the Countryside – a wonderful collection that features over 60 simple\, sustainable recipes from Kate’s own kitchen table\, making delicious\, fuss-free meals accessible to everyone. Along with a wide range of recipes\, Kate also offers inspiring stories from 20 individuals who play a role in bringing food to our tables\, from basket-weavers and apron-makers to blacksmiths and woodworkers; potters and glassblowers to fishermen and cheese-makers;farmers and chocolatiers to distillers and salters. Foodies of all skill levels will find something to love\, with delicious options for every course and occasion: \n\n\n\nKate Humble is an English television presenter and narrator\, mainly working for the BBC\, specialising in wildlife and science programmes. Humble served as president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds from 2009 until 2013. She is an ambassador for the UK walking charity Living Streets. \n\n\n\nKate Humble will be in conversation with Steve Harris. \n\n\n\nThis event is kindly sponsored by Grassby & Sons Ltd \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/kate-humble-where-the-hearth-is/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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