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Summer 2011 - The Times Cheltenham Literature FestivalTRANSCRIPT
2011 Guest DirectorsFive leading lights share their ideas
Introducing the Festival QuarterMore choice in the heart of Cheltenham
First preview of 2011 lineupOver 100 names revealed
Summer 2011 Literature
DIRECTOR’S PICKS
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Journeys of Discoveryis our 2011 Festival theme and we’ll be celebrating fascinating journeys of all kinds, from the centenary of Scott’s race to the pole to inspirational modern adventurers and classic literary travels.
We’ll also be considering spiritual journeys and intellectual discoveries, charting great historic voyages and asking where the future might lead us, and even continuing our own journey as a Literature Festival with our expansion to Montpellier Gardens.
Join us on our adventure.
Sarah
My favourite literary journey … is Robert Louis Stevenson’s Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes and I actually followed his route through Southern France for three weeks when I was ten, albeit without a donkey!
The ‘journeys’ event I’m really looking forward to is … our exploration of Edgelands, a luminous and poetic journey by Michael Symmonds Roberts and Paul Farley through Britain’s forgotten wastelands at the peripheries of our cities, revealing their hidden beauties and startling secrets.
My greatest journey … was when I travelled across southern India on my own. Being alone, I met some extraordinary women who welcomed me into their homes and gave me an amazing insight into the reality of life in India.
My favourite book to take on a journey … would be Waterlog by the late great Roger Deakin, who swam across Britain through river, lake, estuary and sea. This book is a bible for wild swimmers everywhere and will feature in our wild swimming event at the Festival.
Welcome
Sarah Smyth, Literature Festival Artistic Director
Cheltenham Moments
‘WELCOMING MAYA ANGELOU TO THE FESTIVAL STAGE. I’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE WARMTH OF THE AUDIENCE AND THE POWER OF HER STAGE PRESENCE.’ SARAH SMYTH
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Introducing 2011Journeys of Discovery p.2Our Festival theme
Festival Quarter p.4More choice in the heart of Cheltenham
Festival appearancesGuest Directors p.6Five leading lights share their ideas
!"#$%&'()'*'#+,)-#() Director’s Picks p.8 & 9Festival line-up revealed
Festival extras.)/""()%'-()p.10Vote for your favourite classic
Top tips p.14Your secrets for the perfect Festival
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Your guide to 2011This year’s Festival will run all day from 10 ‘til 10 and bring all the action to one Festival Quarter in the heart of Regency Cheltenham.The Festival village you love… Imperial Gardens
And so much more to discover… Montpellier Gardens
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‘INDULGING ONE’S INTERESTS, SHARING OPINIONS WITH EACH OTHER AND FRIENDS, AND FEELING CHELTENHAM, AND OURSELVES, ‘COMING ALIVE’!’ RON, CHELTENHAM
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Enlightening New ideas and new voices
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IntimateReadings, book groups and workshops
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Book It!
Festival hub for children’s events.
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Book shops
Two on site shops for purchases and signings.
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More choice and new venues for lunch, drinks and dinner.
Free events
Readings, tastings and performance.
Intimate venues
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Large theatres
With big names appearing every night.
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The Spiegeltent
Enter a world within a world in our fabulous Spiegeltent: a wonderful hall of mirrors and beautiful new venue for dining, cabaret and unforgettable performances.
Sara-Jane Arbury and Marcus Moore
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Cheltenham Moments
‘SITTING SPELLBOUND AS MARY BEARD REVEALED ‘ODI ET AMO’ -SUDDENLY A WHOLE WORLD WAS OPENED TO ME.’DI, BREDON HILL, WORCESTERSHIRE
AdventureBen Fogle: television presenter, adventurer and writer Ben is one of our greatest modern travellers. The fact that he has completed these amazingly arduous journeys: going to the South Pole, racing through the Sahara and rowing across the Atlantic will give the Festival a "avour of what it’s like to be a real life adventurer.
Top adventure: Captain Scott’s Journey, Walking with the Wounded, Fiona Thornewill, Ranulph Fiennes
Food and Drink Anjum Anand: popular chef
and author of ‘Indian Food Made Easy’
Anjum joins us to help programme our very #rst Food Day. We’ll have a special kitchen set up in our venue and food events and demonstrations taking place all day. Anjum’s cooked
in restaurants all over the world and will be creating
her wonderful dishes live on stage.
Top food: Valentine Warner & Susy Atkins, Allegra McEvedy & Angela Hartnett,
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Sport Mike Atherton: broadcaster, journalist and cricketing legendWith the approach of the 2012 Olympics, this year we devote an entire series of events to sport. Mike’s got some fantastic ideas and we’re thrilled to have such a great sportsman at the heart of our new series.
Top sport: Cricket, Olympics and horse racing (of course!)
Poetry Jo Shapcott: awardwinning poetWe’re keeping poetry at the heart of the Festival and Jo’s a wonderful poet. Her recent collection, Of Mutability, won the most recent Costa Book of the Year with the judges commenting ‘if any poetry book could capture the spirit of life in 2011, this would be it’.
Top poetry: Poetry Slam, C K Williams, Roger McGough, Wendy Cope
Live Literature A L Kennedy: writer and standup comedianWe’re bringing literature to life and we’ve got a terri#c Guest Director to help us do it. She’ll be doing a brilliant one-o! event with Music Festival favourite James Rhodes, delving into the paranormal with the Science Festival’s Richard Wiseman, and looking at protest and protest songs with comedian and activist Mark Thomas.
Top Live Literature: Family Fun Days, Burlesque Cabaret, Poetry Cabaret
Guest Directors 2011
LIVE LITERATURE AT THE HEART OF THE FESTIVAL CABARET COMEDY PERFORMANCE
We have invited #ve very special Guest Directors to programme the events they’d love to see
Mike Atherton
Anjum Anand
How to... AND JOIN US TO EXPLORE…Art and Architecture Join critics, artists and curators for stimulating illustrated talks and passionate debate.
Cheltenham Blue A brand new, hot and steamy series of events!
Comedy Laugh out loud with some of the nation’s top comedians.
Edwardian Turn back the clock to a Britain on the brink of massive change (see Director’s Picks p. 8).
Finance We examine whether the British economy is recovering from the crisis.
Food & Drink Live cooking demonstration and secrets from Britain’s most talented chefs.
Locally Sourced Poets, authors and performers from the South West celebrate the wealth of local talent.
Politics Leading commentators, journalists and politicians discuss current a!airs and hot topics.
Religion Clerics, authors and cultural commentators explore the complex issues surrounding religious faith in the 21st century.
Royalty and Republic With the Royal Wedding and next year’s Diamond Jubilee, we look at what royalty means today.
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My greatest journey … has been my year in Latin America. I was 18, fresh out of school and had the time of my life.
The adventurer that inspires me … is Ernest Shackleton. His tale of hardship, endurance and perseverance is inspiring, moving and heroic.
The adventure I’d love to do … is climb Everest - I would have to get permission from my wife though!
I’m an accidental adventurer … because I never planned to do the things I do - they just sort of happened and evolved.
The thing I enjoyed most about my last visit to the Literature Festival … was being there with James Cracknell, my adventuring partner. We always enjoy recounting our tales together.
My favourite piece of adventure writing … is Thor Heyerdahl’s The Kon-Tiki - an incredible journey beautifully told.
Everyone should go on their own adventure … because it gives you the chance to #nd yourself.
Ben’s autobiography, The Accidental Adventurer, is released in September.
How to… Read VirgilLast year’s Guest Director Mary Beard and her team are back, taking you through the work of one of Ancient Rome’s most famous poets.
How to… Achieve Inner PeaceLearn how to relax from the daily grind and #nd the spiritual calm that will transform your life.
How to… Survive a BattleDiscover your inner warrior and the skills required to survive a #erce battle in ancient times.
How to… Manage Your FinancesOur panel of #nance gurus give advice on how to make the most of your money in hard times.
How to… Read a PortraitDiscover hidden messages and symbolism in stunning works of art.
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60 seconds with Ben Fogle: The Accidental Adventurer
Inspired by Mary Beard’s wonderful event last year, How to Read a Latin Poem, we’ve created a series of interactive sessions which explore a particular theme and ask you as the audience to join in.
Mary Beard
Ben Fogle
DIRECTOR’S PICKS…With over 500 events to choose from, where do you start? It isn’t easy, but Festival Artistic Director Sarah Smyth picks her ones not to miss.
Book It!Our action-packed programme for children and families is better than ever this year. Sing-along with Julia Donaldson and the Gru!alo, hear about Lauren Child’s fantastic new series, or join Michael Morpurgo as he discusses the phenomenon that is War Horse.
Party with your favourite characters including the porcine superstar Peppa Pig, or try something new in one of our hands-on workshops. We’ll see you there…
For a closer look…We’re heading back to the Edwardian age and not only looking at the literature and history of the time, but immersing ourselves in the dress, food, architecture and art as well.
From our food historian recreating the extravagance of the Edwardian dessert trolley, to our brilliant event on the su!ragettes and Penelope Keith on pioneering Edwardian women drivers, we’ll be diving head-#rst into a period of political turbulence and aristocratic glamour before the First World War shattered it forever.
To discover a hidden gem…Meet intrepid equestriennes Louella Hanbury-Tenison and Christina Dodwell as they join explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison to share stories of their intrepid horseback adventures across the globe.
For a great night out…There’s so much Live Literature going on this year, with live poetry, cabaret and comedy.
We’re staging a fabulous burlesque evening featuring a French supper, burlesque dancing and even life drawing to bring to life the graphic novel of the life of Kiki de Montparnasse, Man Ray’s celebrated muse and 1920s Parisienne girl. It’s a real departure for us and not to be missed!
For a different point of view…We’re still reaping the whirlwind of the #nancial crisis; as cuts begin to bite come and hear some of the country’s top economic minds - including Alistair Darling, Will Hutton, Paul Mason and John Kay.
Cheltenham Moments
‘WHEN I TOOK MYCHILDREN TO SEEMARTIN JARVISREADING ‘JUSTWILLIAM’ I ENDEDUP LAUGHINGHARDER THANTHEY DID!’CHRIS,CHELTENHAM
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Ben FogleRay GaltonMisha GlennyDave GormanRobin Hanbury-TenisonAlexandra HarrisAdam Hart-DaviesAngela HartnettMax HastingsJohn HegartyIan HislopSimon HoggartMatthew HollisAnne HoltSimon HopkinsonBettany HughesKate HumbleWill HuttonWiti IhimaeraCelia Imrie Father Christopher JamisonSimon JenkinsSue JohnstonJohn KayPenelope KeithStephen KelmanA L KennedyNicholas KenyonIan KershawLarry LambJohn Landis
David LodgeBen MacintyreRuss MalkinJill MansellHoward MarksPaul MasonFiona MacCarthyA P McCoyAllegra McEvedyRoger McGoughRory McGrathAndy McNabChina MiévilleShazia MirzaSimon Sebag Monte#oreCaitlin MoranMichael MorpurgoBlake MorrisonFranny MoyleVirginia NicholsonEdna O'BrienBen OkriNeil OliverChristopher OndaatjeAdele ParksJeremy PaxmanArlene PhillipsMichael PortilloDipika RaiLisa RandallNicholas RankinMeg Roso!
Will SelfJo ShapcottFrancesca SimonAlan SimpsonJoe SimpsonMartin SixsmithTom Rob SmithFrancine StockRoy StrongD J TaylorFiona ThornewillColin ThubronClaire TomalinMark TullyValentine WarnerMark WatsonAlison WeirSara WheelerSarah WinmanRichard WisemanTerry WoganLewis WolpertConor WoodmanLucy WorsleyAndrea Wulf
Full lineup revealed to Members in early August.
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Caitlin Moran Evan Davis Grace Dent Ian Hislop Leila AboulelaMarcus Brigstocke Lucy Worsley Terry Wogan
Cold Comfort FarmStella Gibbons
A classic of its kind and a dazzling period parody, Cold Comfort Farm stars the redoubtable Flora Poste, who has been expensively educated to do everything but earn her own living.
When she is orphaned at nineteen, she decides her only option is to go and live with her eccentric relatives the Starkadders and bring order to the chaos, with wonderfully comic results. There’s something nasty in the woodshed …
Gormenghast Mervyn Peake
A tour de force of gothic fantasy and one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable feats of imaginative writing, Gormenghast takes you to a new world.
Enter a vast crumbling castle with a gothic labyrinth of roofs and turrets, cloisters and corridors, stairwells and dungeons and discover a world primed to implode beneath the weight of centuries of intrigue, treachery, manipulation and murder.
The Sun King Nancy Mitford
Louis XIV was the most powerful king in Europe and deployed his charm and talents for spin and intrigue to hold his court and country within his absolute control.
Nancy Mitford, no stranger herself to the intricate world of aristocratic society, describes the daily life of The Sun King’s splendid Versailles court in sumptuous detail, bringing the distant past to vibrant life.
Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë’s classic commentary on class, morality, love and independence follows heroine Jane Eyre through her life as an orphaned school girl to the secretive world of Thorn#eld Hall.
A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre dazzled and shocked readers with its passionate depiction of a woman’s search for equality and freedom and with numerous #lm and TV adaptations, still has the power to fascinate.
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Join us as we revisit four very di!erent classic novels at this year’s Festival and see your favourite brought to life.
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Fiona Ross reads last year’s title
TRUE LOVEIs there (and has there ever been) such a thing as true love? .('A')Parks, Penny Vincenzi and Jill Mansell, three of the country’s +(/"&/0''$//102&%(+-)"3'&*'"3()&4%3"$%/5&$6.2(%$& what place love has in modern women’s lives and how our attitude to love and romance has changed throughout time.
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THE BONNE MAMAN BIG READ…
BIBLIOTHERAPY Exclusively for Members Once upon a time, it was easy to #nd books you could enjoy. Now a new book is published every 30 seconds and it would take 163 lifetimes to get through all the titles o!ered on Amazon.
The School of Life will be providing a Bibliotherapy service for Members: the perfect way to discover amazing but elusive works of literature that can illuminate and even change your life.
Make an appointment and whatever your concerns, dreams or challenges, they’ll take exceptional care to create a reading prescription that’s perfect for you.
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Joseph Heller, author of this year’s acclaimed title, Catch-22, made three Festival appearances at Cheltenham; in 1962, soon after the book’s release, in 1993 and just two months before his death in 1999.
Join us as we enter the surreal world of Yossarian, a World War II bombardier who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him.
Reading Joseph Heller’s classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage, and is a hilarious and tragic satire on military madness and the tale of one man’s e!orts to survive it.
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Take partWhether you’re new to the book or simply want to revisit it, we’d love you to take part in this year’s Bonne Maman Big Read and join our book groups throughout the Festival, including our special Members’ group with afternoon tea. See brochure for details.
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We love your feedback: several events taking place this year were suggested by previous years’ audiences. So please do let us know who and what you’d like to see.Sarah, Artistic DirectorPrepare ‘Read the programme thoroughly and immediately tick the ones to book. Then phone your friends…’Majorie, Cheltenham
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‘Don’t just choose writers you know and leave time for coffee and sitting in the sun.’Marion, London
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Top tips for a perfect Literature Festival
‘Look at the topic as well as the speaker. We’re really careful about choosing our speakers, so if it’s a subject that interests you, don’t miss it.’ Christin, Festival Producer
‘Come for a few days, but book your accommodation well in advance. If you can’t stay in central Cheltenham, there are all kinds of beautiful places nearby and good road links.’Nicola, Festival Co-ordinator
‘Authors love the Literature Festival audience: you always ask the most unexpected questions! It’s what the speakers look forward to, so don’t hold back.’ Amy, Press and PR Manager
‘If you’re desperate to see someone, check out the book tent as most -0"#(%/&,(&/3>)3)>/:&?(0922&*),&"#$&oddest combinations there too; last year, I saw Dawn French sitting next to Gok Wan and the Duchess of Devonshire next to a Dr Who Cyberman – amazing!’ Judith, Festival Manager
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Cheltenham Moments
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