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Cathy Rentzenbrink – Write It All Down
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomWhy 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
Angus Waycott – How to Self Publish Your Book
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomThe Winterborne JourneyAngus 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 life ... Angus Waycott – How to Self Publish Your Book
Poetry Slam with Angie Porter
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomAn 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 this ... Poetry Slam with Angie Porter
Anna Kent – Frontline Midwife
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomAnna 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
Joanna Quinn – The Whalebone Theatre
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomA 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
Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC – Unlawful Killings
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomDetailing 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
Peter Hart – Footsloggers
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomThe Ben Shephard Memorial LectureAn Infantry Battalion at War, 1939The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to ... Peter Hart – Footsloggers
Damien Lewis – SAS Great Escapes II
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomMillion-copy bestselling author 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 more than 40,000 copies in just over a year. SAS Great Escapes II reveals how SAS men crossed deserts, evaded hunter forces and escaped through ... Damien Lewis – SAS Great Escapes II
John Wright – The Observant Walker
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomWhen 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. ... John Wright – The Observant Walker
Richard Cork – Encounters with Artists
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomIn 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 ... Richard Cork – Encounters with Artists
Tim Marshall – The Future of Geography
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomSpace: 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 ... Tim Marshall – The Future of Geography
Nigel Biggar – Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomA RIGOROUS EXAMINATION OF THE WEST’S COLONIAL RECORD WHICH SEEKS TO BRING BALANCE TO OUR PERSPECTIVE OF COLONIALISM’S IMPACTIn 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, ... Nigel Biggar – Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning