• [11AM]
  • Folkestone Classic Film Club
  • Great Expectations (1946)
  • Silver Screen Cinema
  • The first great Dickens adaptation, thought by many to be Lean’s masterpiece. The black and white photography won an Oscar. Starry cast headed by
    John Mills, Finlay Currie, Martita Hunt, Jean Simmons and Alec Guiness.
  • £4.50 / £3
  • [2PM]
  • Adam Nicolson
  • Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History
  • University Centre Folkstone
  • Award-winning author, Adam Nicolson, gives a fascinating account on the history of his own national treasure, his family home: Sissinghurst. The story of this piece of land, an estate in the Weald of Kent, is told here for the first time from the very beginning.
  • £6 / £5
  • [3.30PM]
  • Mary Berry’s Stress-Free Kitchen
  • The Triple A's Check It Out
  • Folkestone Academy
  • Do you love dinner parties, but never know what to cook? From impressive dinner party dishes to comforting kitchen suppers, Mary Berry has the answer. Author of over thirty very popular cookery books, including her AGA book, Mary Berry has presented several television cookery series and is a regular guest on programmes such as ‘Saturday Kitchen’.
  • £8 / £7
  • [5.30PM]
  • denis norden in conversation with Paul Blezard
  • Clips from a Life
  • Folkestone Academy
  • This is the extraordinary life story of comic legend Denis Norden, told in momentary snapshots by the master British comedian himself. Brimming with his unique wit and personal warmth, this is a rich and compelling mix of anecdote and autobiography from one of Britain’s most cherished entertainers.
  • £12 / £11
  • [7PM]
  • maureen lipman
  • Past-it Notes
  • Folkestone Academy
  • Award-winning actress and best-selling author Maureen Lipman recalls her personal and professional adventures and misadventures. Drawing on material from her six previous books, laced in a heady dose of hilarious new autobiographical material, Past-it Notes is packed with beguiling showbiz anecdotes, wonderful stories and memorable encounters.
  • £12 / £11
  • [8.30PM]
  • will self
  • Liver: A Fictional Organ with a Surface Anatomy of Four Lobes
  • University Centre Folkstone
  • A regular broadcaster on television and radio and contributor to numerous newspapers and magazines
    Will Self comes to present his latest book, a collection of remarkable new pieces each featuring the largest of our internal organs: the liver, in varying states of disease and decay.
  • £12 / £11