WORDS BY THE WATER - PROGRAMME CHANGES

Since going to press there have been a few changes to the programme. They are as follows:


ALISTAIR DARLING (Chancellor of the Exchequer in the last Labour Government)
Alistair Darling is now unable to attend on Saturday 10 March at 1pm as stated in the programme.
Instead he will come on Saturday 3 March at 1pm to do the same event. Title: One Thousand Days at Number Eleven.

Event price £8.50 – Main House day ticket for Saturday 3 March now £36 for 6 events (not including 8pm event)

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The space on Saturday 10 March at 1pm will be taken by Denis Avey on his book, “The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz”. He will talk to novelist James Long.
Details:
Denis Avey is 93 years old. He has always been a dare-devil and early in the Second World War, he joined the 7th Armoured Brigade, the original 'Desert Rats', fighting in the Libyan Desert. At the bloody battle of Sidi Rezegh he was shot through the shoulder and captured by Rommel's Afrika Korps. En route to an Italian PoW camp, his ship was torpedoed. Diving over the side, he was washed ashore on the coast of occupied Greece and eventually recaptured. After escape attempts he was sent to a PoW camp with a difference, a hard labour camp in a small Polish town called Oswiecim. We now know it as Auschwitz.

What he did next has been labelled unbelievable by a small number of sceptics. Working alongside Jewish prisoners in the IG Farben factory site, Denis decided to find out for himself what conditions in the Jewish camp were like and to try to get the names of those responsible. Changing clothes with a Dutch Jew, he twice spent a night in the Monowitz camp. Denis is bemused by the controversy over that part of the story. 'It was a lot less dangerous than what I had to do in the desert,' he insists.

Now the publishers have added an extra chapter to his book, to explain the research process that lay behind it and rebut his small handful of critics. The writer, James Long, who has been closely involved in that research will interview Denis Avey.

Event price £8.50 – Main House day ticket remains the same as before.

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RORY STEWART (MP for Penrith and The Border)
Rory Stewart is unable to join the discussion on Saturday 3 March at 5.30pm with Chris Mullin and Bob Marshall-Andrews.
Instead he has agreed to do an event on Friday 2 March at 12.30pm – title:  “The Mood of Britain”.
Details:
Rory Stewart is the Conservative MP for Penrith and The Border. He is widely admired for his commitment to human rights and his work in Afghanistan and Iraq. His book, ‘The Places In Between’, won major awards. His next book, ‘The Prince of the Marshes’, led a reviewer in The New York Times to remark, “Stewart seems to be living one of the most remarkable lives on record”. He will give his original and challenging views on how he perceives the mood of Britain today.

Event price £8.50 – Main House day ticket for Friday 2 March now £30 for 5 events (not including 8pm event)

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CLARISSA DICKSON WRIGHT
Clarissa Dickson Wright has had to cancel her event on Saturday 10 March at 2.30pm and sadly is unable to attend at any other time.

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CONOR WOODMAN
Conor Woodman (Saturday 3 March, 3.45pm) has had to cancel his event.

We have scheduled a new event to ake place at the same time on Saturday 3 March:
GERVASE WILLIAMS – SLOW FINANCE
Gervais Williams offers up a thought-provoking analysis of attitudes towards investment. His book Slow Finance anticipates a profound change in public attitudes. It outlines how credit growth and globalisation have contributed to the dominance of the financial sector and argues that investors and policy-makers alike would be better off seeking a more sustainable approach to investment.

Following the philiosophy of the Slow Food movement, which said no to fast-food chains and advocated buying local, Gervais Williams suggests a similar approach to financial investment. Slow Finance explores how these trends can be reflected in the investment world.

Challenging ideas for challenging times!

Event price £7.50 – Studio day ticket remains the same as before.

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