Friends of Clifton Centre and Library
JULIAN BAGGINI - Truth, Trust and Character In today’s world truth is disputed, denied, hidden and distorted. The very possibility of objective truth is dismissed, replaced with the idea that things can only be “true for you” or “true for me”. Yet people still go to court or take to streets to defend the truth. […]
JONATHAN BRADLEY & YEALAND KALFAYAN; 'A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies' Like many wild creatures in Britain butterflies are threatened by damage to their habitats and climate change. Jonathan Bradley will talk about the inspiration for the book and why butterflies matter in the lives of human beings and recount some of the stories that lie behind […]
This event is SOLD OUT - CLARE REDDAWAY; CLIFTON STORY WALK The Story Walk begins at Clifton Library. The Walk is easy and mainly level. Running time is approx 1hr 30 mins. Meet in the courtyard of the library. Join Clare on a walk through Clifton. Listen to snippets of history and slices of fiction […]
LILY DUNN; 'Sins of my Father: A daughter, A cult, A Wild Unravelling' Lily Dunn will discuss her dazzling literary memoir about a pursuit to unravel the mysteries of her delinquent father. A writer, publisher and entrepreneur, with wild and wealthy friends, he abandoned his family to follow Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh to India. Lily discovered […]
This event has been cancelled: BRUCE FELLOWS; 'The Best One There' Unfortunely this event has been cancelled. Bruce Fellows recent novel; The Best One There, in which a young German pilot is forced to grapple with personal beliefs when confronted with the horrific results of Nazi doctrine. Bruce currently writes about books in the local […]
HELEN DOE; 'SS Great Britain: Brunel's Ship, Her Voyages, Passengers and Crew' This was Isambard Brunel's technical triumph, the world's first iron propeller driven ship. It sailed the world, across the Atlantic, both north and south and across the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This ship carried many thousands of passengers and was eventually left abandoned […]
Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances BEN MACDONALD has had to withdraw from this event. All ticket holders will be contacted and tickets refunded Our precious archipelago is ravaged by climate change, bereft of natural ecosystems and now lies at the mercy of global warming, flooding, drought and catastrophic biodiversity loss. Could restoring the species that […]
JENNI MURRAY in conversation with Helen Taylor Dame Jenni Murray, broadcaster and writer, began her career on BBC Radio Bristol's Compass programme, then moved to Southampton's South Today, and finally broadcast with national TV and radio on Newsnight and the Today programme. For 33 years from 1987, she presented Woman's Hour, and now is a […]
CHRIS MULLIN; The Truth About The Birmingham Bombings The Birmingham bombings led to the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history and nearly 50 years on the ripples still spread outwards. Chris Mullin, whose campaign led to the overturning of the convictions, talks about the attempt by the West Midlands Police to force him to […]
TALKING LIBERTIES; A showcase of uplifting, liberating poetry from a diversity of voices hosted by BOB WALTON & SUE HILL Bristol is a city of amazing poetic talent and 'Talking Liberties' presents a brilliant showcase of some of the finest poets in town, featuring the wondrous work and words of Edson Burton, Stephen Lightbrown, Elizabeth […]