Threads From the Refugee Crisis (Festival of Ideas)

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850,000 people fled to Europe last year. Many thousands died in the Mediterranean Sea. A few thousand washed up Calais. Combining the techniques of eyewitness reportage with comic-book storytelling, Kate…

Songs of Hope (Festival of Ideas)

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In this creative singing workshop, we will sing and harmonise together on the theme of hope. Liz Johnson will teach songs from the Colwall Requiem for Peace and during the workshop we…

My Battle For Justice (Festival of Ideas)

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Danielle Hindley is a businesswoman and a mother, who found herself targeted by a national newspaper. Danielle tells the story of how an inaccurate and damaging article severely impacted her…

Tales From The Motherland (Festival of Ideas)

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Storyteller Peter Chand presents a heady collection of some of his favourite traditional stories, some of which he has collected from India, translated, and shares now with us in his own…

Humans, Not Numbers (Festival of Ideas)

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Humans, Not Numbers: Knowing the stories of migrants and asylum seekers Journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores the personal narratives of migrants and asylum seekers, transcending statistics. She advocates for empathy, dispels…