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Politics
and Society at Durham Book Festival
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A strong theme of politics and society runs through this year’s
Durham Book Festival, taking place between 7 and 16 October.
Following the success of last year’s Durham Moot, we will be
revisiting this forum, discussing the political, social and cultural
issues facing the North East.
There are new memoirs from two festival favourites, Chris Mullin
and Alan Johnson,
and discussions on some of society’s big issues around the environment,
immigration, feminism and class.
We hope that you can join us.
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Lynsey
Hanley and Mike Savage: The Experience of Class
Saturday 8 October, 7pm-8pm, Palace
Green Library
With issues of inequality and wealth at the forefront of public
debate, the subject of class has re-emerged as a topic of public
attention. In Social Class in the 21st Century, Mike Savage and the
team of sociologists...read more
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Laura
Bates: Girl Up
Saturday 8
October, 10.30am–11.30am, Durham Town Hall
They told you to be beautiful, to wear longer skirts, to avoid going
out late. They told you to use enough make-up to look presentable, but
not enough to be slutty. They told you ‘see it as a compliment’. They
warned that taking control meant being bossy, a ballbreaker. Laura
Bates is here to...read more
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Nikesh
Shukla, Coco Khan and Miss L: The Good Immigrant
Sunday 9 October, 2.30pm–3.30pm,
Durham Town Hall
Durham Book Festival is proud to present this extraordinary state of
the nation collection, from 21 diverse and exciting British BAME
voices. The collection was crowd-funded by Unbound in just three days,
with widespread...read more
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Owen
Jones: The Politics of Hope
Tuesday 11
October, 7.30pm-8.30pm, Gala Theatre
How we can build societies run in the interests of working people,
not run as a racket for the mean and the greedy at the top? By looking
at some alternatives across the world, we can end the inevitability of
widening inequalities and injustice...read more
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Where
Does The Power Lie in The Media?
Saturday 8
October, 1.30pm-2.30pm, Palace Green Library
This event explores where the power currently lies in the media we
consume, particularly in the North of England. Northern Correspondent
editor Ian Wylie presents a newly commissioned essay and will be joined
by...read more
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An
Evening with Alan Johnson
Thursday 13
October, 7.30pm-9pm, Gala Theatre
We’re delighted to welcome one of our bestloved politicians back to
Durham Book Festival this year. Alan Johnson is a Labour party MP who
served as Home Secretary and filled a wide variety of cabinet positions
in the Brown and Blair...read more
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Who
Runs The North East? (And does it matter?)
Saturday 8
October, 6pm-7pm, Durham Town Hall (Burlison Gallery)
Professor Fred Robinson of Durham University and Professor Keith
Shaw of Northumbria University talk about democracy and accountability
in the North East. Who are the people running...read more
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Through the Weather Glass
Saturday 8
October, 11am-4pm, Durham Clayport Library
What if we can’t solve climate change? What if, instead of staring
at our reflections in the weather glass, we travelled through
everything we know about climate change and participated in the world
beyond?...read more
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TippingPoint:
Climate Change and the Stories We Tell
Sunday 9 October,
11am-12pm, Palace Green Library
We hear many stories about climate change – from scientists,
economists and environmentalists. But what can the worlds of fiction,
poetry...read more
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Sebastian
Barry, Lucy Popescu and Tim Finch: A Country of Refuge
Sunday 9 October,
4.30pm–5.30pm, Palace Green Library
Most of the refugee stories we read about in the media are negative.
But the reality for those fleeing persecution is more often about the
emotional scars of torture and the struggles of building a new life...read more
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Chris
Mullin: Hinterland
Saturday 8
October, 4.30pm-5.30pm, Durham Town Hall
Durham Book Festival favourite Chris Mullin returns to introduce his
memoirs, Hinterland. All serious politicians are supposed to possess a
hinterland, but not all do. Chris Mullin was one who certainly did. By
the time he entered parliament he had reported...read more
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Inua
Ellams and Fuel present An Evening with an Immigrant
Saturday 8
October, 4.30pm-6pm, Gala Theatre Studio
Born to a Muslim father and a Christian mother in what is now
considered by many to be Boko Haram territory, award-winning poet and
playwright Inua Ellams left Nigeria for England in 1996...read more
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