- [3.00PM]
- MARC MORRIS
- EDWARD A GREAT AND TERRIBLE KING
- QUARTERHOUSE
- Marc Morris will be presenting his new work Edward the Great and Terrible King, the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king - a man born to rule England, who believed that it was his right to rule all of Britain.In this book, Morris examines afresh the forces that drove Edward throughout his relentless career: his character, his Christian faith, and his sense of England's destiny.The result is a sweeping story, immaculately researched yet compellingly told.
- £6 / £5 CONC. / £4 FRIENDS
- BOOK TICKETS
- [4.30PM]
- THOMAS HENNESSEY AND CLAIRE THOMAS
- SPOOKS: THE UNOFFICIAL HISTORY OF MI5
- UCF
- 'PO Box 500, London W2' - the nondescript address from behind which one of the world's most famous secret services hid: MI5. Drawing on previously secret sources, this book lifts the lid on Britain's Security Service . It tells the sensational stories of the officers and agents and the enemies they confronted, from MI5's creation in 1909, to the present day, and also tells the story of MI5 the organisation and how it has changed and evolved over time to meet new challenges.'
- £6 / £5 CONC. / £4 FRIENDS
- BOOK TICKETS
- [6.00PM]
- SHORT STORY COMPETITION JUDGING EVENT
- With MARC MORRIS, CLAIRE THOMAS, G.P. SIROD
- UCF
- Our panel of judges: Historian Marc Morris (Edward a Great and Terrible King), historian Claire Thomas (Spooks: The Unofficial History of MI5) and local author G. P. Sirod (Scabs) will announce the winners of this year's short story competition. The event will also feature the opportunity to hear the works and congratulate this year's winners.
- FREE
- [7.30PM]
- Starring Roger Llewellyn
- SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE DEATH & LIFE
- QUARTERHOUSE
- In this wryly humorous tale of murder, mystery and the occult, the world's greatest detective refuses to leave the stage! This fantasy based upon fiction finds Conan Doyle tiring of his intolerably arrogant Sherlock Holmes, and inventing the malevolent Moriarty to dispose of him
- £12 / £10 CONC. / £9 FRIENDS
- BOOK TICKETS