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Mrs H & the Sing-along Band
11th October, 10:30am - 6th December
Led by the charming and passionate Mrs H, the Sing-along Band bring their unique family music to Folkestone with a line-up of musicians including...
Doc Club: Apollo 11 (cert U) + Skype Q&A
13th November, 7:30pm
From director Todd Douglas Miller (Dinosaur 13) comes a cinematic experience fifty years in the making. Crafted from a newly discovered trove...
Ben Okri: Prayer for the Living
15th November, 7pm
Prayer for the Living, the new collection from the Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri, brings together stories from different worlds that...
First Reformed (15)
15th November, 9pm
Written & directed by Paul Schrader. Starring Ethan Hawke & Amanda Seyfried.Academy Award nominee for Best Original Screenplay, First Reformed...
Words & Music Time Machine Events - 1876: USA & Russia
16th November, 10:30am
Strange Concords: Words & Music Time Machine Events The Seasons by Petyr Ilych Tchaikovsky for solo piano, performed by Saskia Giorgini and...
Martian Invasion with Charlie Evaristo-Boyce
16th November, 11am
Join Charlie Evaristo-Boyce for an experimental drawing and sculpture workshop inspired by the book 'War Of The Worlds' by H.G Wells, which...
Insight: Discussion on Whitman and Tchaikovsky
16th November, 12pm
Inspired by Wells’ The Time Machine, we travel back in time in this year's Strange Concords: Words and Music Time Machine Events to alight...
Lauren Martin & Barney Hoskyns: The Future of Music
16th November, 12pm
When music is discussed, the same words keep coming up: “streaming”, “playlists”, “distribution”, “sampling”, “platforms”,...
Words & Music Time Machine Events - 1876: USA & Russia
16th November, 1pm
Strange Concords: Words & Music Time Machine Events The Seasons by Petyr Ilych Tchaikovsky for solo piano, performed by Saskia Giorgini and...
Caroline Lucas - The Future Is Green
16th November, 2pm
At a time of ecological and political crises, both nationally and globally, Caroline Lucas discusses the challenges that face us and the possible...
Anthony Seldon & Isabel Hardman - Plan Your Exit!
16th November, 3:30pm
In politics they say timing is everything. Anthony Seldon and Isabel Hardman explore the role of leadership and those leaders’ ability...
Carrie Gracie: Equal
16th November, 6pm
Carrie Gracie was part of a high-profile-group of BBC women who challenged the national broadcaster over equal pay after enforced disclosures...
Elif Shafak - 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
16th November, 8pm
"In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore....
Laura Barton: After Hours DJ Set
16th November, 9:30pm
Laura Barton selects ground-breaking music from previous years that is still influential and plays the sounds that she thinks will influence...
Block 67 Workshop: Hannah Lee: My Hair
17th November, 11am
My birthday's coming up so soon,I'll need new clothes to wear.But most of all, I need to know,how shall I style my hair? Hannah Lee’s new...
William Feaver: The Lives of Lucian Freud
17th November, 12pm
Lucian Freud (1922–2011) is one of the great painters of the twentieth and twenty- first centuries. Though ferociously private, he spoke...
Insight: Discussion on Jean Rhys and Charlotte Brontë
17th November, 2pm
Inspired by Wells’ The Time Machine, we travel back in time in this year's Strange Concords: Words and Music Time Machine Events to alight...
Paul Mason: Clear Bright Future
17th November, 2pm
"Our True Nationality is Mankind" H G WellsGlobalisation, Nationalism & Migration - FuturesHave capitalism and technology stripped us of our...
Words & Music Time Machine Events - 1966: Caribbean & England
17th November, 3pm
Strange Concords: Words & Music Time Machine Events Excerpts of Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys read by Imogen Stubbs and Alex Jennings; Ruby...
Rabbi Baroness Neuberger DBE - Antisemitism: What It Is. What It Isn't. Why It Matters
17th November, 4pm
"Our True Nationality is Mankind" H G WellsGlobalisation, Nationalism & Migration - FuturesThere has been a disturbing rise in antisemitism...
Lindsey Hilsum: In Defence of Journalism
17th November, 6pm
WELLS SAID:"I would rather be called a journalist than an artist."With journalists across the world under threat today and with the very centralities...
Words & Music Time Machine Events - 1966: Caribbean & England
17th November, 8pm
Strange Concords: Words & Music Time Machine Events Excerpts of Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys read by Imogen Stubbs and Alex Jennings; Ruby...
Ali Sparkes: Cryobaby
18th November, 11:30am
In a special event focused on the festival theme of ‘futures’ Ali Sparkes focuses on her award-winning Frozen in Time (the world as seen...
Ali Sparkes: Cryobaby
18th November, 1:30pm
In a special event focused on the festival theme of ‘futures’ Ali Sparkes focuses on her award-winning Frozen in Time (the world as seen...