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    Nicola Morgan with Holly Bourne: Start Listening to Yourself

    Age 12+

    Available from 10:00 on Saturday 14 August

    Nicola Morgan with Holly Bourne: Start Listening to Yourself
    This audio-only event is a great way to hear from award-winning author and wellbeing expert Nicola Morgan as she shares some of her insights into a key element of looking after your mental health and general wellbeing: building resilience, with...
     

    Graeme Armstrong, Jenni Fagan & Caleb Femi: Take Your Place 

    Saturday 14 August 13:00 - 14:00

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    Graeme Armstrong, Jenni Fagan & Caleb Femi: Take Your Place 
    Since early 2020 our sense of home and our relationship to place has changed dramatically. Recurring lockdowns and ‘stay at home’ orders have seen people confined to their houses, flats and immediate local area. For some, discoveries of outdoor...
     

    Joan Bakewell with Richard Holloway: Moving On

    Sunday 15 August 10:00 - 11:00

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    Joan Bakewell with Richard Holloway: Moving On
    Situated in a leafy square in North London, Joan Bakewell’s generous townhouse was a regular meeting place for the extended family she adores, a happy by-product of a stellar career. Her recent decision to downsize was not just a pragmatic thing: it...
     

    R-Words: Infectious Poetry for Everyone 

    Wednesday 18 August 10:00 - 11:00

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    R-Words: Infectious Poetry for Everyone 
    As we navigate the pandemic we have all learned more medical terminology and nothing has been more important than the ‘R number’, explaining the rate of infection. Yet for writer and theatre director Ross Mackay, the R number is the inspiration...
     

    Raynor Winn with Sally Magnusson: Nature and Mortality

    Saturday 21 August 14:30 - 15:30

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    Raynor Winn with Sally Magnusson: Nature and Mortality
    The Salt Path chronicled the experiences of Raynor Winn and her husband Moth when, both in their 50s, they were evicted from their beloved farm in Wales. Shortly afterwards, Moth was diagnosed with an incurable brain disease. Against all medical advice,...
     

    Maggie O'Farrell: Loves, Labours, Loss

    Saturday 21 August 19:00 - 20:00

    Maggie O'Farrell: Loves, Labours, Loss
    Edinburgh-based Maggie O’Farrell hit a spectacular new career high last year with the publication of Hamnet – winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, a huge bestseller across the world and unquestionably a standout book of 2020. Why did...
     

    Jeanette Winterson: Remaking Ourselves

    Sunday 22 August 13:00 - 14:00

    BSL Interpreted
    Jeanette Winterson: Remaking Ourselves
    In a recent interview, Jeanette Winterson said ‘I believe in human beings, even though they have done some terrible things. But, when I look at history, every invention of ours ends up being used in the worst possible way. What will we do with...
     

    Rachel Clarke, Gavin Francis & Kate Mosse: Care in the Time of COVID

    Sunday 22 August 16:00 - 17:00

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    Rachel Clarke, Gavin Francis & Kate Mosse: Care in the Time of COVID
    To paraphrase Susan Sontag, every person who is born holds dual citizenship: in the kingdom of the well, and the kingdom of the sick. The past year has seen an unimaginable number of people pass between these two places causing an unquantifiable amount...
     

    Jon McGregor: Writing Taken to Extremes

    Monday 23 August 13:15 - 14:15

    Jon McGregor: Writing Taken to Extremes
    What happens when three explorers lose each other during a terrifying storm on a glacier in the Antarctic? Jon McGregor’s novel Lean Fall Stand answers that question in a thrilling opening sequence inspired by an Antarctic research trip he himself...
     

    Alison Bechdel: Can Exercise Fix Us?

    Monday 23 August 14:30 - 15:30

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    Alison Bechdel: Can Exercise Fix Us?
    Yoga with Adriene, wild-swimming, step-trackers, Strava: just a few of the trends that have dominated the fitness industry – and our lives – in recent years. What does our fitful relationship with exercise tell us about who we are today? American...

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