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SUMMARY:Mark Urban – Tank
DESCRIPTION:“Tanks are like dinner jackets”\, an Australian general once commented – “you don’t need them very often\, but when you do\, nothing else will do.”An authoritative history of the tank and the remarkable individuals who designed them and fought in them\, from a former officer and best-selling historian.Tanks are the ultimate embodiment of industrial age warfare. In the popular imagination\, they represent both a terrifying beast of destruction and a potent symbol of liberation.The technology behind these war machines has evolved relentlessly\, and yet the coming of the information age has led many to predict that drones\, missiles\, and Artificial Intelligence have made the tank obsolete. Time and again\, however\, tanks have continued to shape – and be shaped by – battles around the world\, from their introduction in 1916\, through the Second World War and tank-on-tank fights in 1990s Iraq\, to the current conflict in Ukraine.In Tank\, best-selling historian and former officer in the Royal Tank Regiment\, Mark Urban draws on wide-ranging accounts from soldiers\, designers\, and politicians\, from Winston Churchill to Volodymyr Zelensky\, to tell the remarkable story of one of the most important developments in military history. Through the ten most important vehicles ever made\, Urban chronicles the incredible advances in tank technology – starting with the Mark IV\, the first British tank to be used in large numbers in WW1\, and following the story through the T-34 and Tiger to the M1 Abrams\, a product of huge American Cold War investment that is still used to this day.Officially supported by The Tank Museum and using never-before-seen archival sources\, interviews and declassified documents\, this is a fascinating history of the vehicle that changed conflict forever. \n\n\n\nMark Urban is a writer and columnist for the Sunday Times\, specialising in defence and foreign affairs. Until 2024\, he was the Diplomatic Editor of BBC’s Newsnight programme. He formerly served in the British Army\, both in the Royal Tank Regiment and in the Territorial Army. He is the author of several books\, including Red Devils\, Task Force Black (his deep-dive look at the SAS in the Iraq War\, which was a Sunday Times number one bestseller) and The Skripal Files\, a Sunday Times Best Politics Book of 2018. \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00 (£8.00 Students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/mark-urban-tank/
LOCATION:Dorset Museum\, High West Street\, Dorchester\, DT1 1XA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:Barnaby Rogerson – The House Divided: Sunni\, Shia and the Making of the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:At the heart of the Middle East\, with its regional conflicts and proxy wars\, is a 1400-year-old schism between Sunni and Shia. To understand this divide and its modern resonances\, we need to revisit its origins: to become familiar with ‘The House’ of Prophet Muhammad\, the accidental coup after his death that set aside the claims of his son Ali\, and the slaughter of Ali’s son Husayn at Kerbala. These events\, known to every Muslim\, continue to influence Middle East politics. \n\n\n\nThe House Divided follows these narratives through the first caliphates and the medieval empires forged by Arabs\, Persians and Turks\, to the contemporary Middle East. It shows how a dynamic range of identities – fuelled as much by ethnic\, dynastic and national rivalries as by religious differences – have shaped the region. In 1979 this already complex world was jolted by the seismic shift of three revolutions – in Iran\, Mecca and Afghanistan – whose effects are still being played out. Rogerson’s original and intimate approach takes the modern chessboard of nation states and looks at each through its particular perspective: of empires and occupiers\, minorities and resources\, sheikhs and imams. The result is a book of wide-ranging empathy\, understanding and insights.Barnaby Rogerson has been travelling the Islamic world for the last forty years\, first as a young man writing guidebooks\, then as a journalist\, and finally as a writer of histories. He is publisher of the acclaimed travel list\, Eland Books. His books include The Prophet Muhammad: a Biography\,The Heirs of the Prophet Muhammad and The Last Crusaders. \n\n\n\nBarnaby Rogerson will be in conversation with Allan Mallinson. \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00 (£8.00 Students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/barnaby-rogerson-the-house-divided-sunni-shia-and-the-making-of-the-middle-east/
LOCATION:Dorset Museum\, High West Street\, Dorchester\, DT1 1XA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:Geoffrey Guy – Quantum Biology
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on the latest international research\, leading physician and healthcare expert Professor Geoffrey Guy examines how quantum phenomena affect processes as diverse as the functioning of the brain and the body’s approach to combating inflammation and disease. He shows how we may need to rethink the ways in which energy and information are carried round our nervous system. \n\n\n\nThis groundbreaking book assesses the implications for cancer treatment and mental disorders and reopens discussion of areas such as light therapy. It also raises questions about the potentially damaging effects of space travel on astronauts’ health and how they might have to be mitigated.Key to the author’s approach is his ability to explain lucidly our current knowledge while drawing in cutting-edge research. Written for the general reader\, but with a scope and depth that will satisfy medical professionals\, Quantum Biology reveals the latest findings from this most fascinating medical frontier.Professor Geoffrey Guy has 40 years’ experience in medical research. As chairman of GW Pharmaceuticals plc\, he was physician in charge of over 300 clinical studies. The author of more than 70 scientific publications and of A Worthwhile Medicine\, he is Visiting Professor at the Universities of Buckingham and Westminster and chairman of The Guy Foundation. \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00 (£8.00 Students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/geoffrey-guy-quantum-biology/
LOCATION:Dorset Museum\, High West Street\, Dorchester\, DT1 1XA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult
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SUMMARY:Meg Clothier – The Shipping Forecast
DESCRIPTION:There’s a sea lover in every Brit. The Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4 has been keeping people up to date with the latest changes to British weather for a century – seafarers and armchair travellers alike. Since its first broadcast\, the programme has captured the hearts and imaginations of this island nation\, as well as providing a real and important service for those who might otherwise fall prey to storms and gales.The only official book celebrating the centenary\, The Shipping Forecast takes you to the heart of what this enduring programme means to the nation. Meg Clothier\, journalist and sailor\, brings you on a fascinating exploration of our British maritime history\, taking you from stormy weather up above to the seabed far below and from fishing boats to the art\, songs and poems inspired by the forecast. \n\n\n\nWhether you’re a long-time fan of this universally beloved British institution or a newer weather enthusiast\, this joyous book invites you to sail away into the enchanting world of the forecast and is the perfect companion for anyone curious about our great British skies and seas.Meg Clothier studied Classics at Cambridge\, sailed from England to Alaska\, and worked as a journalist in London and Moscow. She has published three historical novels and also Sea Fever: A Seaside Companion\, a book full of marine lore and seaside charm\, with her brother\, Chris. She lives on the sunny side of the Quantock Hills with her husband\, two children and an improbable amount of vegetables. \n\n\n\nMeg Clothier will be in conversation with Jenny Devitt. \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00 (£8.00 Students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/meg-clothier-the-shipping-forecast/
LOCATION:Dorset Museum\, High West Street\, Dorchester\, DT1 1XA\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Natasha Solomons – Cleopatra
DESCRIPTION:From the international bestselling author\, an unmissable new retelling of the life of one of the most captivating and misrepresented female figures in history. A story of female power and vulnerability\, of love and loss\, fierce friendship and terrible betrayal. It’s time to meet the real Cleopatra.Cleopatra\, Egyptian Princess\, grows up the favoured daughter of the Pharoah\, hiding amongst the scrolls in the great library of Alexandria with her beloved slave Charmian\, longing for the chance one day to write her own story. Then\, when her father dies\, willing that Cleopatra rule with her selfish brother Ptolemy\, danger stirs. As the young Egyptian Queen sails the Nile to greet her people\, he plots todestroy her and take the throne for himself. But while Ptolemy has the power of Egypt behind him\, Cleopatra has her wits. And when the great Caesar arrives from Rome\, she realises he could be the key to her salvation – though courting this powerful man could cost her everything. Can Cleopatra save her life\, her throne\, her beloved Egypt and finally command her own history? \n\n\n\nNatasha Solomons is the author of seven internationally bestselling novels\, including Mr Rosenblum’s List\, The Novel in the Viola\, which was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club\, and I\, Mona Lisa. Her work has been translated into seventeen languages. She lives in Dorset with her family. \n\n\n\nNatasha Solomons will be in conversation with Lulu Taylor. \n\n\n\nTickets £12.00 (£8.00 Students)
URL:https://dorchesterliteraryfestival.com/event/natasha-solomons-cleopatra/
LOCATION:Dorset Museum\, High West Street\, Dorchester\, DT1 1XA\, United Kingdom
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