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Purcell Room
Diana Athill
Wednesday 1 April 2009 Wednesday 1 April 2009

Longevity and experience combine to give writer Diana Athill an unparalleled perspective on our changing world.

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Longevity and experience combine to give writer Diana Athill an unparalleled perspective on our changing world.
White Room, Spirit Level
Southbank Centre Book Club
Thursday 2 April 2009 Thursday 2 April 2009

'We do not usually associate wisdom with beginners, but here is a new writer endowed with the gift of ancient storytellers. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie knows what is at stake, and what to do about it...

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'We do not usually associate wisdom with beginners, but here is a new writer endowed with the gift of ancient storytellers.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jack
Friday 3 April 2009 Friday 3 April 2009

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Princess Adwoa, Suzanne Bonnar and Jackie Kay unite in an inspiring evening of readings and song in celebration of WOMANKIND, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this...

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Princess Adwoa, Suzanne Bonnar and Jackie Kay unite in an inspiring evening of readings and song in celebration of WOMANKIND, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
Level 5 Function Room
Geoff Dyer
Monday 6 April 2009 Monday 6 April 2009

Geoff Dyer returns to fiction for the first time in 11 years, exploring ideas around travel, love and work in his novel Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi.

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Geoff Dyer returns to fiction for the first time in 11 years, exploring ideas around travel, love and work in his novel Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi.
St. Paul’s Pavilion
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Tuesday 7 April 2009 Tuesday 7 April 2009

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie answers questions on her short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck.

Please note - this free event requires a ticket.

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie answers questions on her short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck.
Purcell Room
Alain de Botton
Wednesday 8 April 2009 Wednesday 8 April 2009

Alain de Botton's The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work takes an illuminating view of the modern workplace, and he shares his insights at this event.

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Alain de Botton's The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work takes an illuminating view of the modern workplace, and he shares his insights at this event.
Purcell Room
Ether Talk: Post Punk - Andy B
Thursday 16 April 2009 Thursday 16 April 2009

With David Byrne headlining Ether 09, writer, critic and music fan Sukhdev Sandhu discusses the musical and aesthetic legacy of the post-punk years.

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With David Byrne headlining Ether 09, writer, critic and music fan Sukhdev Sandhu discusses the musical and aesthetic legacy of the post-punk years.
Weston Pavilion
Ether Talk: Post Punk - Andy B
Thursday 16 April 2009 Thursday 16 April 2009

With David Byrne headlining Ether 09, writer, critic and music fan Sukhdev Sandhu discusses the musical and aesthetic legacy of the post-punk years.

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With David Byrne headlining Ether 09, writer, critic and music fan Sukhdev Sandhu discusses the musical and aesthetic legacy of the post-punk years.
Purcell Room
Ether Talk: Touch
Monday 20 April 2009 Monday 20 April 2009

Touch artists Christian Fennesz, Carl Michael von Hausswolff and Rosy Parlane open up about their musical journeys, their future aspirations and the complex sounds and compostions which have made...

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Touch artists Christian Fennesz, Carl Michael von Hausswolff and Rosy Parlane open up about their musical journeys, their future aspirations and the complex sounds and compostions which have made their name.
Level 5 Function Room
Foreign Trade
Monday 20 April 2009 Monday 20 April 2009

Lesbian and gay people come from all over the world to live in London. What draws them here? What do they find when they arrive and what are they leaving behind?

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Lesbian and gay people come from all over the world to live in London.
Level 5 Function Room
Granta at Southbank Centre:
Tuesday 21 April 2009 Tuesday 21 April 2009

Jeremy Treglown joins a panel of authors to discuss trauma and memory through their varying experiences as writers and reporters who have witnessed era-defining events.

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Jeremy Treglown joins a panel of authors to discuss trauma and memory through their varying experiences as writers and reporters who have witnessed era-defining events.
Purcell Room
Ether Talk: Heiner Goebbels
Friday 24 April 2009 Friday 24 April 2009

Heiner Goebbels discusses the creation of Songs of Wars I Have Seen and Sampler Suite from Surrogate Cities ahead of the performance of this haunting work in Queen Elizabeth Hall at 7.30pm.
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Heiner Goebbels discusses the creation of Songs of Wars I Have Seen and Sampler Suite from Surrogate Cities ahead of the performance of this haunting work in Queen Elizabeth Hall at 7.
Purcell Room
Ether Talk: Rob da Bank
Friday 24 April 2009 Friday 24 April 2009

Music festivals are an essential part of the British summertime, moving beyond youth culture to embrace the mainstream.

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Music festivals are an essential part of the British summertime, moving beyond youth culture to embrace the mainstream.
Purcell Room
Carl Honore
Saturday 25 April 2009 Saturday 25 April 2009

We live in a culture which prizes speed of communication, travel and thought. Carl Honore, author of In Praise of Slow, thinks there is an alternative.

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We live in a culture which prizes speed of communication, travel and thought.
Level 5 Function Room
Craftspace
Monday 27 April 2009 Monday 27 April 2009

How does a more deliberate, slower-paced experience enhance our perception of a work of art?

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How does a more deliberate, slower-paced experience enhance our perception of a work of art? Artists from a range of fields take the time to answer this question, looking, listening, reading and recording their thoughts about artworks from within their fields.
Purcell Room
Andrew Motion
Tuesday 28 April 2009 Tuesday 28 April 2009

As Andrew Motion's time as Poet Laureate draws to a close, he reflects on the role, its opportunities and the profile of poetry today.

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As Andrew Motion's time as Poet Laureate draws to a close, he reflects on the role, its opportunities and the profile of poetry today.
Level 5 Function Room
Harry Eyres & Ed Gillespie
Wednesday 29 April 2009 Wednesday 29 April 2009

Anxiety over climate change has made Slow Travel not only an appealing lifestyle choice but arguably the only option for the environmentally conscious.

Harry Eyres and Ed Gillespie...

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Anxiety over climate change has made Slow Travel not only an appealing lifestyle choice but arguably the only option for the environmentally conscious.
Purcell Room
Barack Obama: 100 Days
Thursday 30 April 2009 Thursday 30 April 2009

Exactly 100 days since his inauguration, Ziauddin Sardar, Lionel Shriver, Amina Adewusi and Shirley Thompson take the pulse of the Obama presidency.

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Exactly 100 days since his inauguration, Ziauddin Sardar, Lionel Shriver, Amina Adewusi and Shirley Thompson take the pulse of the Obama presidency.
Purcell Room
Why We Sing
Sunday 3 May 2009 Sunday 3 May 2009

Film screenings and panel discussion asking can singing be a political act?

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Film screenings and panel discussion asking can singing be a political act? Why We Sing is an award-winning film exploring the transformative power of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender choral music.
Spirit Level
Southbank Centre Book
Tuesday 5 May 2009 Tuesday 5 May 2009

This May, Southbank Centre's Book Club is reading The Soccer War (Granta Books, 2007) by Ryszard Kapuscinski.

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This May, Southbank Centre's Book Club is reading The Soccer War (Granta Books, 2007) by Ryszard Kapuscinski.
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