World-class spoken word showcase at Hay Festival 2018
Question: How can you see a huge variety of world-class spoken word events in different venues all on the same day? Answer: Take a trip out to the Hay Festival.
In just one day, at this two-week festival I saw MOBO award-winning poet and musician Akala talk about both Homer’s Odyssey and British race and class issues. I heard specially commissioned Poetic responses to Gustav Klimt from Jo Bran...
18th June 2018
Ways with Words
With Hay imminent, does the world need another Literature Festival? The answer appears to be yes as Ways with Words lands at Opera Holland Park from 18th - 20th May 2012. The line up includes Jung Chang, A.S. Byatt, Andrew Marr, P.D. James, Owen Jones and many others. There do not appear to be...
11th May 2012