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Tim Harford

Quickfind L001

Fri 2 Oct 2020 10:00am - 11:00am

Town Hall, Main Hall £14 plus booking fee*; Live Captioned

Supported by: Baillie Gifford

Natalie Jerome, Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, Margaret Busby, Clarissa Pabi (Image: Richard Harris)

Publishing Matters

Quickfind L002

Fri 2 Oct 2020 11:00am - 12:00pm

Town Hall, Pillar Room £10 plus booking fee*

Lennie Goodings (Image: Charlie Hopkinson), Cathy Rentzenbrink (Peter Flude)

A Life in Books

Quickfind L003

Fri 2 Oct 2020 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Everyman Theatre £12, £10 (restricted view) plus booking fee*

Andrew Marr

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Fri 2 Oct 2020 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Town Hall, Main Hall £25 plus booking fee*; Ticket includes a copy of 'Elizabethans: How Modern Britain Was Forged' RRP £20.00

Bolu Babalola, Florence Given (Image: Chloe Shappard), Abigail Bergstrom

Revisionist Love Stories

Quickfind L005

Fri 2 Oct 2020 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Town Hall, Pillar Room £10 plus booking fee*

Danny Finkelstein, Rachel Sylvester (Image: Nick Ray)

Danny Finkelstein: Everything in Moderation

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Fri 2 Oct 2020 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Everyman Theatre £12, £10 (restricted view) plus booking fee*

Supported by: The Times and Sunday Times

Ben Macintyre: Agent Sonya

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Fri 2 Oct 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Town Hall, Main Hall £14 plus booking fee*; Live Captioned

Supported by: The Times and Sunday Times

Debuts and Cocktails

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Fri 2 Oct 2020 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Town Hall, Pillar Room £12 plus booking fee*; Ticket includes a cocktail upon arrival.

Elif Shafak: How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division

Quickfind L009

Fri 2 Oct 2020 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Everyman Theatre £12, £10 (Restricted View) plus booking fee*

Supported by: Baillie Gifford

The World is Waiting, brought to you by Marquee TV

Marilynne Robinson & Colm Tóibín

Quickfind LY01

Fri 2 Oct 2020 7:00pm - 8:00pm

FREE to view via The World is Waiting (Digital); Available to view until 31 December 2020

Supported by: Waterstones & Marquee TV

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