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SUMMARY:Adam Nicolson – How to Be
DESCRIPTION:What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we treat each other? \n\n\n\nPrize-winning and bestselling writer Adam Nicolson travels through the transforming world of ancient Greece and asks what light its thinkers can throw on our deepest preconceptions. Sparkling with maps\, photographs and artwork\, How to Be is a journey into the origins of Western thought. \n\n\n\nHugely formative ideas emerged: fluidity of mind\, the search for coherence\, a need for the just city\, a recognition of the mutability of things\, a belief in the reality of the ideal — all became the Greeks’ legacy to the world. \n\n\n\nBefore the Greeks\, the idea of the world was dominated by god-kings their priests and imagined metaphysical monsters. Then\, 2\,500 years ago\, in a succession of small eastern Mediterranean harbour-cities\, that way of thinking began to change. Men (and some women) decided to cast off mental subservience and apply their own worrying and thinking minds to the conundrums of life. \n\n\n\nThese great innovators shaped the beginnings of philosophy. Homer explored how we might navigate our way through the world. Heraclitus in Ephesus was the first to consider the interrelatedness of things. Xenophanes of Colophon was the first champion of civility. In Lesbos\, the Aegean island of Sappho and Alcaeus\, the early lyric poets asked themselves ‘How can I be true to myself?’ In Samos\, Pythagoras imagined an everlasting soul and took his ideas to Italy where they flowered again in surprising and radical forms. \n\n\n\nAdam Nicolson is the author of many books on history\, travel and the environment. He is winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and the British Topography Prize and lives at Sissinghust Castle in Kent. \n\n\n\nAdam Nicolson will be in conversation with Danny Danziger. \n\n\n\nThis event is kindly sponsored by Hall & Woodhouse. \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/adam-nicolson-how-to-be/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:Polly Toynbee and David Walker – The Only Way is Up
DESCRIPTION:Political change is coming. But the new Westminster government’s inheritance looks grim. We’re all in it together\, the Tories used to say. But they look set to bequeath sharp social divisions\, vastly increased inequality\, a stagnant economy and unfulfilled commitments on climate change – and all this at a time of unprecedented international tension. \n\n\n\nThe Only Way is Up gives us a ready reckoner on how to repair the damage and set the UK on the path to sustainable growth. Combining the latest data with expert analysis across health\, children’s services\, the economy\, environment\, policing and defence\, Polly Toynbee and David Walker tell the story of what went wrong during the Tories’ wild ride and what must now be remedied. \n\n\n\nPolly Toynbee is a journalist\, author and broadcaster. A Guardian columnist and broadcaster\, she was formerly the BBC’s social affairs editor. She has written for the Observer\, the Independent and Radio Times and been an editor at the Washington Monthly. She has won numerous awards including a National Press Award and the Orwell Prize for Journalism. \n\n\n\nDavid Walker is contributing editor of Public\, the Guardian’s website for senior managers of public services. David has commented on public policy and management since stepping down last year as managing director\, communications and public reporting at the Audit Commission. David is a member of council at the Economic and Social Research Council\, where he chairs the methods and infrastructure committee. He is a trustee of the Franco-British Council and of Longview. He is a visiting professor at City University\, London. With Polly Toynbee he is author of The Verdict\, did Labour change Britain? \n\n\n\nThis event is kindly sponsored by Porter Dodson \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/polly-toynbee-and-david-walker-the-only-way-is-up/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:Tom Heap – Land Smart
DESCRIPTION:We need land for so many of humanity’s growing needs\, such as food\, renewable energy\, carbon storage and housing. Traditionally\, we’ve stolen it from nature\, but this has led to a mounting toll of extinction and pollution that is now punishing us. So\, as there’s no land left to take\, how do we get more from the same\, or preferably less. \n\n\n\nIn Land Smart\, Tom Heap\, a presenter on BBC TV’s Countryfile\, Radio 4’s new Rare Earth series and the anchor of The Climate Show on Sky News\, tours the British countryside meeting the farmers\, scientists\, conservationists and even warehouse managers who are solving the most pressing challenges facing our countryside and the world. \n\n\n\nIf we use land cleverly it can give both humanity and nature the space to thrive on just the one planet. If not\, we’re in trouble. \n\n\n\nTom Heap is a regular presenter on BBC1’s Countryfile\, specializing in the more investigative films\, and has made many BBC Panorama documentaries on food\, energy and the environment. Tom is also the presenter of Radio 4’s new Rare Earth series and was the anchor of The Climate Show on Sky News. He was the creator and presenter of BBC Radio’s flagship climate change podcast ‘39 Ways to Save the Planet’. \n\n\n\nTom Heap will be in conversation with Mike McCarthy  \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/tom-heap-land-smart/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:Clare Balding – Isle of Dogs
DESCRIPTION:Every dog must have his day.Dogs are never just pets. Not for the British. We love them as members of the family. They work with us\, sleep with us\, eat with us\, help us live our daily lives and come on holiday with us. Some parents will freely admit to enjoying the company of their dogs more than their children while many couples would choose the dog over their partner. So what is it that makes our bond so special?In this fascinating adventure across Britain\, Clare Balding explores the many roles dogs fulfil and the history of how they became such an intrinsic part of our lives. She talks to people whose everyday survival depends on their dog\, those whose experience of life has been transformed by them and what dogs have meant to her.From the mysteries of extinct breeds to the ancient dogs still thriving today\, she journeys from Battersea to the Orkney Islands via Buckingham Palace to tell a moving and humorous tale of loyalty and partnership. Isle of Dogs is an unmissable read for anyone whose life has been transformed by a faithful hound. \n\n\n\nClare Balding is an award-winning writer and broadcaster who has been at the forefront of sports presentation since 1998. She has been a key anchor at seven Olympic and six Paralympic Games as well as multiple Commonwealth Games and Winter Olympics. She was awarded a special BAFTA in 2012 for her work at the London Olympics and Paralympics. In 2023\, she took over as the lead BBC TV presenter at Wimbledon. She was a key commentator on the BBC’s television coverage of King Charles III’s Coronation in 2023 and for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee coverage in 2022. She has presented the television coverage of Crufts for nearly two decades and Lost Dogs Live on Channel 5\, which helps reunite missing dogs with their owners. During most of her childhood she thought she was a dog and has tried to live with the mentality of a Labrador puppy: be pleased to see everyone and treat every new task as an exciting adventure. Her first book\, My Animals and Other Family\, was published in 2012 and won the National Book Award for biography of the year. In 2013\, she was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List and in 2023 received a CBE for services to sport and charity in the Queen’s final Honours List. \n\n\n\nThis event is kindly sponsored by Domvs \n\n\n\nTickets £20 – includes a copy of the book.
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/clare-balding-isle-of-dogs/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:Pam Ayres – Doggedly Onwards: The Collected Poems
DESCRIPTION:Pam Ayres has spent a lifetime providing hilarious and profound insights into the delights and tribulations of everyday life. As a young woman in the seminal decade of 1960’s Great Britain\, she doggedly pursued a career as a performer and writer\, stepping far outside what was expected of her. In doing so she created a life for herself of which she could only have dreamed\, travelling the world and bringing roars of laughter wherever she went. \n\n\n\nNow\, Pam has gathered her career’s work of poetry\, spanning six decades\, into this beautifully illustrated collection. In doing so\, she reflects on her writing and traces the course of her life from the young woman juggling various boyfriends\, to the wife adrift amid the joy and terror of new motherhood\, to her current position of astounded\, adoring granny.  \n\n\n\nIncluded are the cavalcade of much-loved dogs\, her lifelong fascination with wildlife\, the travel\, mistakes\, regrets\, the heartbreak of leaving the family home\, and the sober business of ageing. Meanwhile\, she continues to explore new avenues\, such as writing lyrics for musical theatre. This collection is not just a testament to Pam’s remarkable legacy\, but is a celebration of the human spirit\, capturing the tears\, laughter\, joy\, and wisdom from a remarkable woman whose work has provoked laughter and tears in people around the world.    \n\n\n\nThis event is kindly sponsored by Hall & Woodhouse \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00/£6.00 (students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/pam-ayres-poetry-collection/
LOCATION:The Dorford Centre\, 2 Bridport Road\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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