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Programme A5 pages 1-23 ARTWORK_Layout 1 22/07/2014 15:35 Page 1 3 – 12 October 2014 cheltenhamfestivals.com _ _ Is Democracy at Risk? What Future for Words? Celebrity Culture: Where Will it All End? Is Technology Changing our Brains? What Will the Buildings of the Future Look Like? A Good School For All? Feeding the World or Farmageddon? What Does the Next Century Hold? Does Privacy Exist Anymore? What is the Lure of the Dystopia? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Brave New Worlds_ Programme A5 pages 1-23 ARTWORK_Layout 1 22/07/2014 15:35 Page 2 Programme A5 pages 1-23 ARTWORK_Layout 1 22/07/2014 15:35 Page 3 page 003 Box Office 0844 880 8094 Welcome_ Thank you to our partners and supporters cheltenhamfestivals.com Title Partner In Association with Principal Partners Contents_ A warm welcome to the 2014 More than anything, it is the unwavering Cheltenham Literature Festival – support of our fantastic audiences that page 004 - 017 jointly supported this year for the makes Cheltenham so special. As a Behind the programme first time by The Times and The not-for-profit organisation, Cheltenham Find out what’s new and Sunday Times. I am pleased to Festivals must actively raise 96% of discover our event introduce you to this year's our funding every year to bring the arts collections programme, which over the course and sciences live to audiences, Global Banking Partner of 10 days, I hope, will inspire, support emerging talent, and deliver page 018 - 021 challenge, surprise and entertain educational programmes. Please do Festival Guide you in equal measure. support us in any way you can – Your guide to the Festival donating, becoming a patron, dining sites, getting to Cheltenham It has been a year since I took over as with us on site or booking that one and how to find your venue Chair of Cheltenham Literature Festival extra event so that we can continue to and my enthusiasm for the energy, bring you these unparalleled page 024 - 099 imagination and intellectual breadth of experiences and memories. Festival Programme the event only continues to grow. In an Official Wine & Champagne Your day-by-day guide to age of digital consumption, the I hope you are as excited about this what’s on opportunity for readers to meet well year’s programme as we are and known authors, explore new ideas and I look forward to welcoming you to page 110 - 112 discover new talent is ever more the Festival. Index important to our cultural life as a nation. Major Partners A full speaker list Gail Rebuck In order to bring you world-class Chair, The Times and The Sunday page 114 authors and speakers and the most Times Cheltenham Literature Festival Booking Information fascinating debates, we work with an How to book your tickets_ advisory committee of top literary agents, critics, writers and journalists, alongside a number of external programmers and our wonderful guest directors. Of course, none of this would Official Supplier be possible without the exceptional support and dedication of our partners, especially The Times and The Sunday Times, the marvellous booksellers from Waterstones, our speakers and their publishers and our army of volunteers, to whom the Official Cider Festival owes a great deal. Go to cheltenhamfestivals.com/booking Official Travel Partner to create your Wish List for quicker, easier booking Programme A5 pages 1-23 ARTWORK_Layout 1 22/07/2014 15:35 Page 4 Programme A5 pages 1-23 ARTWORK_Layout 1 22/07/2014 15:35 Page 5 Festival Theme_ page 004 page 005 Box Office 0844 880 8094 Festival Theme_ cheltenhamfestivals.com Prophecies, predictions and dreams - one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays and Aldous Huxley’s prescient masterpiece kickstart this Brave New year’s theme of Brave New Worlds, as we ask: what does the future hold? Sarah Smyth From the printing press to the aeroplane, Artistic Director every generation likes to think that they’re on Worlds the cusp of a brave new world – but with the advent of the digital age it feels like the ground really has shifted, with every aspect of the world around us becoming fluid and rewritable. Should we celebrate, stick our heads in the digital sand, or just tweet about O brave new it? Just how optimistic should we be? At the heart of the Festival are our ten Brave New Worlds debates asking: Is democracy at risk? What does the future hold for our world that children’s education? What will the buildings of the future look like and what is the future of food? Is the written word itself under threat? Does the right to privacy exist anymore and is technology rewiring our brains? What will the world really look like in a hundred years’ time? has such Is the idea of the Dystopia a noble or a dangerous one? And finally: celebrity culture – where will it all end? What does the future hold? We may not know the people in’t! answer but join us to explore the possibilities_ _ We would like to thank the supporters of our Brave New Worlds theme for 2014_ _ (The Tempest) Programme A5 pages 1-23 ARTWORK_Layout 1 22/07/2014 15:35 Page 6 Programme A5 pages 1-23 ARTWORK_Layout 1 22/07/2014 15:35 Page 7 Guest Directors_ page 006 page 007 Box Office 0844 880 8094 Guest Directors_ cheltenhamfestivals.com Guest Directors_ Introducing our erudite, creative and Shami Chakrabarti_ Amit Chaudhuri_ Sophie Hannah_ Omid Djalili_ energetic quartet of Guest Directors Shami Chakrabarti has been Director Amit Chaudhuri is the author of five Sophie Hannah is the author of nine British-born Iranian comic and actor for 2014. of Liberty since 2003. A barrister by award-winning novels, two books of internationally bestselling Omid Djalili's stage and screen background, she worked as a lawyer essays, a critical study, and a book of psychological thrillers, as well as the performances have won him plaudits Every year we invite our Guest in the Home Office from 1996 until stories. His sixth novel, Odysseus first novel to feature Hercule Poirot the world over. He has starred in a 2001. Since becoming Liberty’s Abroad, is published in the UK next since Agatha Christie’s death. She number of Hollywood blockbusters, as Directors not only to join us on the Director she has written, spoken and year. He is Fellow of the Royal Society lives in Cambridge, where she is a well as fronting two series of The Festival stage, but to work with the broadcast widely about Liberty's work of Literature, and Professor of Fellow Commoner of Lucy Cavendish Omid Djalili Show. As one of the UK’s team to bring unusual and innovative on equality, human rights and the rule Contemporary Literature at the College. Her website is most popular stand-up comedians, he of law. University of East Anglia. He is also an www.sophiehannah.com and she’s on often tours the UK with sell out live events to the programme. Throwing acclaimed musician who has Twitter as @sophiehannahcb1. shows. In 2014 he wrote an England open their contact books and giving “We understand our world through the performed all over the world. World Cup song with accompanying generously of their time and ideas, stories we tell; they shape and move “Cheltenham is one of my favourite video starring the biggest names in us to action, often more powerfully “It’s an honour to be invited to be a literature festivals. I’ve never had British comedy. Like the England team, our Guest Directors are a defining than political polemic or even Guest Director for the Festival, which anything but a great time there, it failed miserably. feature of what makes Cheltenham legislation. That’s why writers have is surely one of the most beloved of whatever the event or occasion. It’s both special and different. Meet our always been a big part of Liberty and English institutions. I’m excited to wonderfully exciting to be attending “I’m flattered and honoured to be Guest why it’s thrilling to be involved with have the opportunity to both involve this year with Hercule Poirot!” Director at this wonderful festival. I’ve fab four_ this brilliant, engaging festival.” writers I admire and to initiate often felt falling flat on your face is discussions on themes that really Look for_ the essence of all learning. The bigger Look for_ interest me, from Indian reworkings of Agatha Christie and The the mistake, the more one learns and Shami Chakrabarti Shakespeare to assessing whether or Monogram Murders as I can think of few mistakes bigger L303, p.087 not the ‘idea of India’ has run out of L177, p. 062 than appointing me as a Guest Does Privacy Exist Anymore? steam. And, of course, to participate Why Do We All Love a Mystery? Director, I feel we're all going to learn L315, p.089 as both writer and musician.” L186, p.063 an awful lot.” Policing the Police Dead Good Crime Fiction L328, p.094 Look for_ events Look for_ India Day Introduction Omid Djalili L250, p.076 L238, p.073 India as an Article of Faith Celebrity Culture: How Will it L257, p.077 All End? Amit Chaudhuri L290, p.085 L268, p.079 Reworking The Classics L287, p.084 The Writing Life L338, p. 095 Join the conversation with #cheltlitfest Programme A5 pages 1-23 ARTWORK_Layout 1 22/07/2014 15:35 Page 8 Programme A5 pages 1-23 ARTWORK_Layout 1 22/07/2014 15:35 Page 9 Collections_ page 008 page 009 Box Office 0844 880 8094 Collections_ cheltenhamfestivals.com Ancient World Art & Design Business & Economics Classic Literature Dead Good Crime Fiction Fiction History India Journalism Lifestyle Supported by Sir Michael Locally Sourced and Lady McWilliam Natural World Poetry Politics & Current Affairs Psychology Religion & Spirituality Science & Technology Spain Sport Studio, Stage & Screen Travel Book ahead and save 10% Thank you to Cheltenham Ladies’ College who support our Inspirational Women events, University of Gloucestershire for their support of the Laurie Lee collection and the Arts & on tickets with Membership Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for their series exploring digital transformations.