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Community<br />
COMMUNITY SPIRIT<br />
BUTTERFIELD SPONSORS<br />
GUEST SPEAKER AT<br />
GUERNSEY LITERARY FESTIVAL<br />
Butterfield proudly sponsored guest speaker Anand Menon at the annual<br />
Guernsey Literary Festival, which is fast becoming known as one of the<br />
island’s greatest arts events.<br />
Anand Menon is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at Kings<br />
College and directs the Economic and Social Research Council Initiative,<br />
‘The UK in a Changing Europe’. He has authored a number of books on<br />
contemporary Europe. His talk at the Guernsey Literary Festival focused on his<br />
book, ‘Brexit and British Politics’, co-authored by Geoffrey Evans, which takes a<br />
close look at the reasons why Britain voted Brexit and where we go from here.<br />
Colleen McHugh, Head of Wealth Management at<br />
Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Limited, said: ‘We were<br />
proud to sponsor guest speaker, Anand Menon, at the<br />
Guernsey Literary Festival, which is such an important<br />
event in Guernsey, promoting literacy and inspiring<br />
readers of all ages. As an established writer and<br />
frequent commentator in national and international<br />
media on contemporary politics, Anand was a<br />
fascinating addition to the festival, discussing a current<br />
political topic which divides opinions worldwide.’<br />
Anand Menon said: ‘What a wonderful event.<br />
Flawlessly organised by an efficient and unceasingly<br />
friendly team, offering an eye-watering choice of<br />
brilliant presentations and discussions, and held in<br />
an island that’s well worth a visit in its own right.’<br />
The Guernsey Literary Festival has grown from strength to strength in<br />
the last five years, attracting a number of high quality speakers. It was the<br />
festival’s sixth event and it had a record attendance of more than 5,000<br />
at ticketed events, which is a 34% increase on last year’s event. Anand<br />
Menon was one of 40 prominent speakers over the course of the fourday<br />
festival. Other speakers included BBC’s Evan Davis and Jenni Murray,<br />
novelists Rachel Joyce and Ruth Hogan, TV doctor Rangan Chatterjee and<br />
inspirational speaker Katie Piper.<br />
‘WHAT A WONDERFUL<br />
EVENT...OFFERING<br />
AN EYE-WATERING<br />
CHOICE OF BRILLIANT<br />
PRESENTATIONS AND<br />
DISCUSSIONS, AND<br />
HELD IN AN ISLAND<br />
THAT’S WELL WORTH A<br />
VISIT IN ITS OWN RIGHT.’<br />
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