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Caryl Phillips and Robert Antoni reviewed by Mellissa Hasson
This review was written by a member of the Ilkley Literature Festival review team. The Review Team take part in a special reviewing workshop at the start of the Festival before attending Festival events. Having read (very) brief snippets of both Caryl Phillip’s The Lost Child and Robert Antoni’s…more
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Max Hastings: The Secret War – Spies, Ciphers and Guerrillas in WWII reviewed by Patrick McGuckin
Max Hastings told us about The Secret War. His talk was peppered with accounts of what he called “outlandish and fascinating figures”. These were the spies and those who worked in intelligence during the Second World War. At 6’5″ Hastings towered over the podium to deliver what was more of…more
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Francis Bacon: the Anatomy of an Engima by Michael Peppiatt reviewed by Ruth Hobley
This review was written by a member of the Ilkley Literature Festival review team. The Review Team take part in a special reviewing workshop at the start of the Festival before attending Festival events. Early on in the discussion, Michael Peppiatt explains that as he has developed as a…more
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Quinntesstial Baking with Frances Quinn and Howard Middleton by Patrick McGuckin
This review was written by a member of the Ilkley Literature Festival review team. The Review Team take part in a special reviewing workshop at the start of the Festival before attending Festival events. Given that the week had seen the final of the Great British Bake Off gain…more
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Elaine Feinstein on Slyvia Plath reviewed by Patrick McGuckin
The audience in the packed St Margaret’s Hall waiting to see Elaine Feinstein talk about Sylvia Plath was younger than the average age of those attending most Ilkley Literature Festival events. Most of these younger people were women. This alone is testament to what Feinstein ‘described as the enduring myth…more
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Rosemary Hill on Angela Carter by Rosalind Fairclough
This review was written by a member of the Ilkley Literature Festival review team. The Review Team take part in a special reviewing workshop at the start of the Festival before attending Festival events. It is fitting, Rosemary Hill tells us, that her forthcoming volume of Angela Carter’s poems,…more
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Helen Lederer: losing It reveiwed by Patrick McGuckin
This review was written by a member of the Ilkley Literature Festival review team. The Review Team take part in a special reviewing workshop at the start of the Festival before attending Festival events. I have a confession to make before I start this review, Helen Lederer was my secret…more
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The Munich Art Hoard by Catherine Hickley reviewed by Ruth Hobley
This review was written by a member of the Ilkley Literature Festival review team. The Review Team take part in a special reviewing workshop at the start of the Festival before attending Festival events. Arriving at the Ilkley Playhouse, admittedly a little later than I intended, I was greeted by…more
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Dave Haslam: Life After Dark reviewed by Victoria Benn
This review was written by a member of the Ilkley Literature Festival review team. The Review Team take part in a special reviewing workshop at the start of the Festival before attending Festival events. Dave Haslam is a cool, low key kind of guy; a mood and look that goes…more
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Fire in the North Sky by Adverse Camber reviewed by Rosalind Fairclough
This review was written by a member of the Ilkley Literature Festival review team. The Review Team take part in a special reviewing workshop at the start of the Festival before attending Festival events. It is a cause of some chagrin that the tots of vodka which were presented to…more
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