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MARCH 2009
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Hugh Chatwin,
Jonathan Chatwin
and Nicholas Murray
Bruce Chatwin Remembered
2pm / Bodleian Library, Divinity School,
Catte Street / £8.00
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2009 marks the twentieth anniversary of Bruce Chatwin’s
death. In this session, a panel of the author’s friends,
family and critics will examine Chatwin’s work and
legacy, discussing the significant contribution of the
author to post-war British fiction and travel writing.
The panel will include Hugh Chatwin, Bruce’s brother,
and the Chatwin scholars Nicholas Murray and
Jonathan Chatwin, amongst others, and will take
audience questions at the end of the session.
Sponsored by Cox & Kings
Albert Roux interviewed
by Sue Wilkins
Meet One of the Most Influential
Chefs of our Time
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4pm / Oriel Senior Library, Oriel, Oriel Square / £8.00
Albert Roux, OBE and Legion d’Honneur, is one of
the world’s most respected and best-loved chefs.
His life-long passion for the culinary arts began
when he took up a post as an apprentice patissier
when he was just 14. He came to the UK when he
was 18 years old to spend time as a commis de cuisine
at Nancy Astor’s country home in Clivedon. In1967 he
and his younger brother Michel opened Le Gavroche,
Britain’s first Michelin-starred restaurant in London.
Although Albert Roux has now retired from the kitchen,
he still has a great deal to offer. His appearance at the
Festival provides us all with the chance to meet one
of the most influential chefs of the age.
MONDAY MARCH 2009
Orwell vs Dickens –
Who is the Greater Writer
Chaired by Francine Stock
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Josephine Hart 204
The Truth about Love
Jenny Hartley and
Hardeep Singh Kohli
4pm / Garden Marquee, Christ Church / £7.50
In 1939, George Orwell composed a famous essay
about Charles Dickens. “When one reads any strongly
individual piece of writing, one has the impression
of seeing a face somewhere behind the page,” wrote
Orwell. But in this contest between two of Britain’s
greatest writers, which face will fit Both Orwell and
Dickens will have one advocate speaking up for them
in this debate – and you, the audience, will get to vote
on which is the greatest author.
For Orwell: Hardeep Singh Kohli
(writer and broadcaster)
For Dickens: Jenny Hartley
(author, Dickens and the House of Fallen Women)
Chaired by Francine Stock (BBC Radio 4)
4pm / Blue Boar Marquee, Christ Church / £7.50
A young man shields his terrible wounds from
his mother; a husband believes he can love his
grief-stricken wife back to life; a young girl puts her
own life on hold until her family can find their way
back from blinding pain; a man surrenders to the
helplessness of obsessive love. Set in Ireland, this
brilliant, intense novel by the author of Damage is
about a family named O’Hara who chose to remain
in the place of their loss, and the stranger from
Germany who has run from his.
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