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£10.00
DATE: Monday 8th June
TIME: 13:30 – 14:45
LOCATION: Monks Yard
DESCRIPTION :
In “Stories That Must Be Told” Johnny Ball recounts his roller-coaster career presenting, writing and lecturing on a huge range of subjects, always in support of new ideas and initiatives. More often than not, he came out smiling and armed with new, funnier or sometimes more shocking stories that simply just “must be told”. Through it all, one thing remains certain: it’s still a laugh-a-minute adventure. Enjoy the ride!
Sponsored By: A J Wakely and Sons
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£10.00
DATE: Thursday 4th June
TIME: 15:30 – 16:45
LOCATION: Monks Yard
DESCRIPTION
We tend to take costumes in films for granted – unless of course there is a howling inaccuracy – when we delight in muttering about the lack of authenticity. But who, if anyone, has ever dared to criticise the iconic costumes of “Doctor Zhivago”; “Oliver”; “Lawrence of Arabia”; or Olivier’s “Henry V”? These films of course are among the many for which the costumes were created by Phyllis Dalton, one of cinemas great costumiers. Alexander Ballinger’s book gives a unique insight into Dalton’s world and reveals the rigorous historical research, collaboration with experts , materials identification and cinematography analysis, which lead to the perfect costumes in film. So, just as costumes bring the characters in the films alive, does Alexander Ballinger’s book bring to life the world of costume design in the cinema. Based both on Ballinger’s many conversations with Phyllis Dalton and on her personal archive, “Phyllis Dalton: A Career in Costume” entrancingly introduces us to a world which most of us, as cinema goers, take for granted.
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£15.00
DATE: Thursday 4th June
TIME: 13:30 – 14:45
LOCATION: Monks Yard
DESCRIPTION
In “Entitled: – The Rise and Fall of The House of York Lownie traces Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, as we must now refer to him, and Sarah Ferguson’s life in parallel through all the stages of their relationship. Stages including the time when they claimed to be “the happiest divorced couple in the world”.
Andrew Lownie is a renowned royal biographer, having written about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (“Traitor King”) and the Mountbattens (“Their Lives and Loves”). “Entitled….” was a Book of the Year for The Times, the Financial Times and Waterstones.
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£10.00
DATE: Wednesday 3rd June
TIME: 13:30 – 14:45
LOCATION: Monks Yard
DESCRIPTION
“Atlantic Furies” is Midge Gillies’ latest book, telling the story of the six women who battled to be the first female to fly the Atlantic Ocean. The Telegraph rated it “superb” and the Daily Mail “compulsive………..part Barbie movie and part Wacky Races”.
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£10.00
DATE: Thursday 4th June
TIME: 10:30 – 11:45
LOCATION: Monks Yard
DESCRIPTION
In “Muv – the story of the Mitford Girls’ Mother” Rachel Trethewey uncovers Sydney Redesdale’s pivotal role in shaping her daughters’ strong wills, confidence and perhaps their extremism. Each daughter had a wildly differing view. The daughters themselves were celebrated and sometimes scandalous figures. One journalist described the Mitford sisters as “Diana the Fascist, Jessica the Communist, Unity the Hitler-lover; Nancy the Novelist; Deborah the Duchess and Pamela the unobtrusive poultry connoisseur”. Rachel’s scholarship brings alive the interplay between “Muv” and her famous, or infamous, six daughters.
