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Festival FactsMost of the festival events (except events 19 and 20) take place in St Edmund’s Hall which is situated on Cumberland Road, IP18 6JW. There is on-road parking around the Hall and the town’s car parks are no more than a 10 minute walk.There will be a small café running upstairs at the Hall during the festival serving hot drinks, cakes, soup, quiches, salads.

INSIDE, OUTSIDE AND ROUNDABOUT AT WAYS WITH WORDS AT SOUTHWOLD

Southwold is a special place with its inland lighthouse, colourful beach huts, artistic pier and inspiring galleries. Exploring this unspoilt, seaside town affords great pleasure to festival attendees.

There is a lively atmosphere inside St. Edmund’s Hall (and St. Edmund’s Church on Monday morning too). The speakers give their audiences much to think about.

Whether it is enjoying a pint of Adnams in the stylish bars of The Crown or The Swan, walking along the seafront, calling at the fishermen’s huts by the harbour or listening to inspiring talks, a visit to Ways With Words at Southwold is a transformative experience.

Kay Dunbar, Stephen BristowChloë and Videl Bar-KarFestival Directors

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Jancis RobinsonIn Vino Veritas1) 1.30pm St Edmund’s Hall £12

Jancis Robinson’s ‘The Oxford Companion

to Wine’ is required reading for anyone

who enjoys wine. It is considered one of the

most useful and enjoyable books on wine.

She is a highly respected wine critic and

journalist. She will explain how her interest

in wine began.

Jancis Robsinson’s event will be chaired by

Simon Loftus (ex-CEO of Adnams).

Ticket holders will be offered a glass of wine

on arrival from the ‘Adnams Selection’.

Thursday Day Ticket : £30

Patrick BarkhamBritain’s Coast2) 3.15pm St Edmund’s Hall £12

Patrick Barkham, Guardian journalist and

author of impressive books on butterflies

and badgers, tells of his journey around

the coast of Britain weaving together local

histories, personal stories and the natural

history of the most beautiful and treasured

parts of the coast.

Melvyn BraggPassion And Peasants3) 5pm St Edmund’s Hall £12

Lord Bragg’s latest novel ‘Now is the Time’

is set in 1381 at the time of The Peasants’

Revolt, the biggest rebellion in English

history. The novel is a powerful re-telling

of this extraordinary episode and captures

all the drama, passion, patriotism and anger

of that time.

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Friday Day Ticket : £50

Douglas HurdLong To Reign Over Us4) 10am St Edmund’s Hall £12

Elizabeth II is the longest-serving monarch

who ever sat on the English or British

throne. Yet her personality and influence

remain elusive. Douglas Hurd, a politician,

distinguished historian, biographer and

novelist who served in the governments

of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, has

spent significant periods of time in her

company. He gives a fresh, expert account

of her role.

Thomas PakenhamMan Of Trees5) 11.45am St Edmund’s Hall £12

Thomas Pakenham, a regular broadcaster

and lecturer, is a senior member of the

famous Pakenham dynasty of writers – his

sisters are Antonia Fraser and Rachel

Billington; his parents, Lord and Lady

Longford. Lavishly illustrated, his book ‘The

Company of Trees’ recounts his personal

quest to establish a large arboretum at

Tullynally, the family’s Irish estate. He

shares his profound love of trees and

reverence for nature.

Michael BuerkInside The Human Zoo:What’s Real About Reality Television?6) 1.30pm St Edmund’s Hall £12

We can’t promise that this will be

answered today, but at least Michael Buerk

(of BBC Radio 4’s The Moral Maze and

recently featuring in ‘I’m a Celebrity Get

Me Out of Here’) is bringing his superb

mind to the question of the unreality of

reality television.

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On Friday 6 November

from 6.30pm - 8pm Adnams

invites all festival-goers to call

in to the Cellar & Kitchen

Store on Victoria Street for a

drinks reception and a chance

to browse round the store.

Perfect for Christmas.

Adnams’ Cellar & Kitchen Store

Friday Day Ticket : £50

Paul HeineyThe Quest7) 3.15pm St Edmund’s Hall £12

After his son committed suicide, aged

only 23, television presenter Paul Heiney

decided to set sail on a voyage to Cape

Horn to connect with his son’s ‘voice’. This

turned out to be an important emotional

journey. Paul Heiney currently presents the

ITV prime-time show ‘Countrywise’.

Maggi Hambling and James Cahill in conversationHer War Work8) 5pm St Edmund’s Hall £12

The reproductions of Maggi Hambling’s

work and the discussion at this

session explore the many and various

manifestations of war imagery in Hambling’s

art and traces the underlying themes that

have come to define her work: those

of memory and forgetting and death’s

teetering proximity to life.

James Cahill is an art critic and author of

‘War Requiem & Aftermath’ where he

considers Hambling’s newest works in

the context of her wider oeuvre, while

reassessing her importance within the

international contemporary art scene.

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Terry WaiteLife’s Vicissitudes And Writing Fiction9) 10am St Edmund’s Hall £12

It is unbelievable that being a hostage in

Lebanon with well over four years spent

in solitary confinement means you learn

to make people laugh, yet Terry Waite

has written a charming, funny story that

reminds the reader that life is worth living.

Polly Toynbee andDavid WalkerRadical Rule10) 11.45am St Edmund’s Hall £12

In their latest book Polly Toynbee and

David Walker warn against dismissing

Cameron as bland. He is more radical

than Margaret Thatcher, they suggest. She

privatised industries; he plans to dismantle

the whole of the welfare state in the next

five years. Come to argue or agree with

these Guardian journalists.

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Giles RadicePolitical Pairings11) 1.30pm St Edmund’s Hall £12

There are many interesting pairs of

political leaders from Churchill and Attlee

to Cameron and Clegg. Sometimes these

result in intense rivalry, while others

illustrate the profound political impact of

a successful working relationship. Lord

Radice was Labour MP for Durham North

and Chairman of the Treasury Committee

until he was appointed a Life Peer.

Hugh FraserFrom Stage To Page12) 3.15pm St Edmund’s Hall £12

Hugh Fraser is best known as the actor

who played Captain Hastings alongside

David Suchet’s Poirot in the long-running

and much-loved television series. It seems

that some of Agatha Christie’s imagination

for criminal plots has influenced him as in

July 2015 Hugh makes his debut as a writer

with his first novel, ‘Harm’.

Peter StanfordJudas13) 5pm St Edmund’s Hall £12

Writer and broadcaster Peter Stanford

deconstructs that most vilified of Bible

characters: Judas Iscariot, who famously

betrayed Jesus with a kiss. He investigates

how the very name Judas came to be

synonymous with betrayal and, ultimately,

human evil.

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Penelope Lively andPeter KempRemembering P.D. James14) 10am St Edmund’s Hall £12

The late P.D. James was considered ‘the

grande dame of mystery’. After Agatha

Christie’s death, James was called the

new Queen of Crime. Two of her oldest

friends, the writer Penelope Lively and the

senior fiction editor of The Sunday Times,

Peter Kemp, share their memories of the

distinguished author and warm character

who was a Southwold resident.

Peter HennessyPolitics Today15) 11.45am St Edmund’s Hall £12

Baron Hennessy is an English historian

and academic specialising in the history of

government. He has unearthed the hidden

wiring of the constitution and the power of

the machinery of government in Britain. His

aim has been to write the history of this

country for academic and public audiences

alike. He looks at the past and the present

in his talk today.

Robert KelseyYour Potential And How TO ACHIEVE IT16) 1.30pm St Edmund’s Hall £12

Alienation, isolation, poor-confidence are

the likely causes of not being successful.

Robert Kelsey’s international bestsellers

‘What’s Stopping You?’ and ‘Get Things

Done’ have sold over 100,000 copies.

His latest book ‘The Outside Edge’ gives

practical guidance to help tackle the

insecurities that blunt one’s potential for

achievement. He offers advice for all.

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Charlotte HigginsLiterary Dinner –The BBC19) 7 for 7.30pm The Swan Hotel £50

(to include a copy of ‘This New Noise’)

Charlotte Higgins studied Classics at Balliol

College, Oxford, is the arts editor of the

Guardian and a member of its editorial

board. ‘This New Noise’ is her latest book,

based on a nine-part series of essays on the

BBC. She explores the powerful, maddening,

unique institution that has transformed

Britain and its place in the world.

Wendy Holden and Eva ClarkeMiracle Babies Of The Holocaust17) 3.15pm St Edmund’s Hall £12

Journalist and biographer Wendy Holden

tells the remarkable story of three ‘miracle

babies’ secretly born in the German slave

labour camp, Mauthausen during World

War II. United by their experiences, they

now consider each other ‘siblings of the

heart’. Wendy Holden will be joined by Eva

Clarke, one of the ‘miracle babies’.

Salley VickersFiction –Short and Long18) 5pm St Edmund’s Hall £12

Salley Vickers talks about her new

collection of short stories. Former

psychoanalyst and lecturer in literature,

author of the best-selling ‘Miss Garnet’s

Angel’ and six other acclaimed novels,

including her latest ‘The Cleaner of

Chartres’, Salley Vickers’ thoughtful ideas

always leave the audience asking questions

about literature and life.

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TERMS & CONDITIONS

Ways With Words (WWW) reserves the right without prior warning to alter the programme if circumstances dictate.

For full details of our policy on event cancellations, ticket refunds, exchanges and re-sales please refer to the website www.wayswithwords.co.uk/terms

LOST TICKETS: Please take great care of your tickets. WWW will not replace lost tickets.

No unauthorised photographing or recording of events.

Become a Friend of Ways With Wordsand receive hard copies of all our programmes. Many people use the Friends’ early booking scheme when applying for tickets. Call 01803 867373 or email admin@wayswithwords.co.uk

Shirley WilliamsAfter The Election20) 10.30am St Edmund’s Church £12

Baroness Williams sits as a Liberal Democrat in the

House of Lords. What does it feel like for her party to

have had such a severe defeat in the General Election?

Shirley Williams gives her view on the political scene

after the election.

Please note: This event takes place in St. Edmund’s Church.

Words by the Water in the Lake District 4 – 13 March 2016

Ways With Words (our 25th festival)at Dartington Hall, Devon8 – 17 July 2016

And back in Southwold, SuffolkThe Southwold Literature Festival10 – 14 November 2016

Dates for your Diary:

Inspiring landscapes • lovely local walks • delicious foodAll abilities are catered for. All activities are optional. www.wayswithwords.co.uk

Art Tutor (both weeks) : Charles Mitchell

Writing Tutors (week one) : Mark McCrum (week two) : Blake Morrison

Holiday Courses with Ways With Words

Villa Pia, Umbria, ItalyWeek one: 26 Sept. – 3 Oct. 2015 Week two: 3 – 10 Oct. 2015(Some people attend both weeks.)

Writing and Art Course and Discussion Groups in Italy

PACKAGES Ways With Words offers half-board (dinner, B&B) packages inclusive of tickets at both the Swan Hotel and the Crown Hotel in Southwold.

The Swan package is for 4 nights (Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun) and includes tickets for all events during the festival and the literary dinner.

The Crown package is for :• 4 nights (as the Swan above) or,• First 3 nights (Thurs, Fri, Sat nights, including tickets for all events on Thurs, Fri, Sat) or,• Last 3 nights (Fri, Sat, Sun nights, including tickets for all events on Sat, Sun, Mon and the literary dinner).

Packages can be booked at any time using the form opposite or by telephone - 01803 867373(NB. The Ways With Words office will have limited opening during August.)

Both hotels are offering a free dinner for guests wishing to stay on Wednesday 4th and/or Monday 9th November. Please phone the hotel where you are staying quoting ‘WWW 5th Night’.Swan Hotel: 01502 722186Crown Hotel: 01502 722275These must be booked in advance.

HOW TO BOOKThe booking form opposite can be used to book packages and tickets for individual events.

Please send with s.a.e. to:Ways With Words, Droridge Farm,Dartington, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6JG

Payments by cheque (to ‘Ways With Words’) Please date and sign the cheque but leave the rest blank. On the crossed section (where it says A/C Payee) write: “not to exceed: (the amount of your order in words)”.This is in case some of your order is not available, in which case we shall complete your cheque for the lesser amount unless you tell us to do otherwise.

Bookings using credit/debit card can be made by telephone: 01803 867373and online: www.wayswithwords.co.uk (online ticket sales available from 15 Sept.)

PLEASE NOTE:Friends’ booking will start on Tuesday 8 September (post & phone only) (2 tickets per event limit).

General booking will start on Tuesday 15 SeptemberAny postal bookings received before these dates will be filed but will not be processed until booking opens.

PACKAGES

Prices are per person sharing twin / double.Please circle the package you would like. Swan Crown Crown 4 night 4 night 3 nightClassic £708 £648 £482 single occ. £957 N/A N/ASuperior £763 £696 £517Premier £838 £746 £555Single Room £775 £777 £560

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Event £ No.1) Jancis Robinson 122) Patrick Barkham 123) Melvyn Bragg 12All-day Thursday 304) Douglas Hurd 125) Thomas Pakenham 126) Michael Buerk 127) Paul Heiney 128) Maggi Hambling 12All-day Friday 509) Terry Waite 1210) P. Toynbee and D. Walker 1211) Giles Radice 1212) Hugh Fraser 1213) Peter Stanford 12All-day Saturday 5014) P. Lively and P. Kemp 1215) Peter Hennessy 1216) Robert Kelsey 1217) W. Holden and E. Clarke 1218) Salley Vickers 12All-day Sunday 5019) Literary Dinner - C. Higgins 50 phone20) Shirley WIlliams 12

Terms and ConditionsFor package bookings, payment in full is required at the time of booking. Cancellations cannot be refunded. Customers are strongly advised to take out holiday insurance.

For individual tickets, please refer to our website wayswithwords.co.uk for full details of our policy on cancellations, ticket refunds and exchanges, and on lost tickets.

Becoming a FriendIf you would like to join as a Friend of Ways With Words and benefit from the advance booking period as well as receiving programmes for all of Ways With Words’ festivals tick the box and add £15 to your order total.

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Tickets & Information01803 867373wayswithwords.co.uk

Patrick BarkhamMelvyn BraggMichael BuerkEva ClarkeHugh FraserMaggi HamblingPaul HeineyPeter HennessyCharlotte HigginsWendy HoldenDouglas HurdRobert KelseyPeter KempPenelope LivelyThomas PakenhamGiles RadiceJancis RobinsonPeter StanfordPolly ToynbeeSalley VickersTerry WaiteDavid WalkerShirley Williams