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12
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11 May 2024 12:00 13:00
Join Peter Frankopan, bestselling author of The Silk Roads,
talk about his latest book, The Earth Transformed, which shows the natural environment’s influence on global history.
Tickets £12 (plus Eventbrite booking fees)
Tickets from https://dulwichfestival.co.uk/event/the-earth-transformed-by-peter-frankopan/
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13
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11 May 2024 13:00 14:30
Concrete & Clay: Belvoir Rd and Dawson's Heights: Dulwich local history walk by Ian McInnes of the Dulwich Society's Local History Group
Many people know the recently restored 'concrete house' on Lordship Lane but few know the back story, or the other concrete houses in Belvoir & Overhill Roads and local resident, concrete pioneer Joseph Tall. This walk will also cover the story of Dawson's brickworks, the gipsies who camped there, and the iconic Dawson's Heights, recently added to the local list of important buildings by Southwark Council - plus Adon Mount, the home of South London Press founder James Henderson. Meet at the junction of Underhill Rd and Lordship Lane, SE22. Ends at The Plough pub, Lordship Lane. Proceeds to the Dulwich Festival and St Christopher's Hospice.
Tickets £4/£7 here: https://dulwichfestival.co.uk/event/concrete-and-clay/
Part of the Dulwich Festival
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11 May 2024 14:00 15:00
2.6 billion people are inhabitants of former British colonies. The empire’s influence upon the quarter of the planet it occupied, and its gravitational influence upon the world outside it, has been profound: from the spread of Christianity by missionaries to nearly 1 in 3 driving on the left side of the road, and even shaping the origins of international law. Yet Britain’s idea of its imperial history and the world’s experience of it are two very different things.
In Empireworld, award-winning author and journalist, Sathnam Sanghera extends his examination of British imperial legacies beyond Britain. Travelling the globe to trace its international legacies – from Barbados and Mauritius to India and Nigeria and beyond – Sanghera demonstrates just how deeply British imperialism is baked into our world. And why it’s time Britain was finally honest with itself about empire.
‘A remarkable and important work – one that is finely judged, beautifully written and not just a welcome corrective but a book for our times. This is essential reading. – Peter Frankopan
Tickets: £12 (plus Eventbrite fee)
Buy tickets HERE
A Village Books and Dulwich Festival event
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15
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11 May 2024 15:00 16:30
Concrete & Clay: Belvoir Rd and Dawson's Heights: Dulwich local history walk by Ian McInnes of the Dulwich Society's Local History Group
Many people know the recently restored 'concrete house' on Lordship Lane but few know the back story, or the other concrete houses in Belvoir & Overhill Roads and local resident, concrete pioneer Joseph Tall. This walk will also cover the story of Dawson's brickworks, the gipsies who camped there, and the iconic Dawson's Heights, recently added to the local list of important buildings by Southwark Council - plus Adon Mount, the home of South London Press founder James Henderson. Meet at the junction of Underhill Rd and Lordship Lane, SE22. Ends at The Plough pub, Lordship Lane. Proceeds to the Dulwich Festival and St Christopher's Hospice.
Tickets £4/£7 here:https://dulwichfestival.co.uk/event/concrete-and-clay-belvoir-road-dawsons-heights-4pm/
Part of the Dulwich Festival
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16
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11 May 2024 16:00 17:00
In his bestselling book, How They Broke Britain, LBC’s James O’Brien discusses the shady network that made Britain a place of strikes, shortages and scandals.
This is a Dulwich Festival event Supported by Dulwich Books.
Tickets £12 (plus Eventbrite booking fees)
Tickets from https://dulwichfestival.co.uk/event/how-they-broke-britain-by-james-obrien/
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