“Everything is about love, and love is about everything.” So begins Lisa Appignanesi. On Monday 4th July in the Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, as part of the Great Thinkers strand, two writers, Lisa Appignanesi and Hanif Kureishi, discussed the former’s new book – All About Love. We were spoiled to have Kureishi as the [...]
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It is the middle of the 1930s and the artistic world is in crisis. Promising abstract artist John Piper has just released his latest piece, a collage made from coloured paper and paint. There is uproar amongst his contemporaries and the arts graduate is branded a traitor. The unthinkable has happened. The picture is a [...]
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“It was all hell!” For author Alan Hollinghurst, writing the follow-up to his Booker-prize winning novel The Line Of Beauty was clearly not some easy stroll in the park. The award-winning novelist’s appearance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, as part of the 2011 London Literary Festival, follows the release of his new book A Stranger’s [...]
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It is the second night of the London Literary Festival and the artists Gilbert & George are on the stage of the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Next door in the Purcell Room, the first ever theatrical performance of ‘Sexing The Cherry’ is going on. It does appear the festival is having one of its less literary [...]
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By Anita Sethi www.twitter.com/anitasethi This year celebrates the 5th birthday of the London Literature Festival and if you’ve not managed to catch any events yet, don’t fear! There are still 5 days left, and below are a selection of 5 great events that I’m looking forward to. There are plenty more to see, so do browse the [...]
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Philip Pullman launches the 2011 London Literature Festival This year’s London Literary Festival began with a talk from the author Philip Pullman at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. During a fascinating evening, a transfixed audience were taken through the life and works of the Norwich-born writer, everything from the comic book-loving youngster to the much-loved author [...]
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Two legends of the art world convening at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre on Friday 1st July. This was on my must attend list the moment I became aware of it. When I was training to be a lawyer, a copy of Red Morning Trouble was hanging in my flat; and the original is currently hanging [...]
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On Friday 1 July I was happy to be at ‘Future Vintage’ a live poetry and music event, part of Southbank Centre’s free Friday Lunch series at the Central Bar in Royal Festival Hall. ‘Future Vintage’ – an oxymoron I hear you exclaim?! Not so – as proved by poet Tiffany Tondut and gypsy swing [...]
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The London Literature Festival kicked off on Thursday 30th June with novelist power-house Philip Pullman speaking in Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall (QEH), as part of the National Treasures strand. Let’s get my bias out of the way straightaway, His Dark Materials are some of my favourite works of fiction. Ever. I’ve seen Pullman speak [...]
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