Literature
Brussels What's on
Around the world in 80 letters
Like Jules Verne's novel, this exhibition takes a journey around the globe with 80 travel-themed letters by famous figures from the world of the arts and science.
It includes Eugène Delacroi...
Oxford What's on
Magical Books: From the Middle Ages to Middle-earth
For its summer exhibition the Bodleian celebrates children's fantasy literature with a display of original documents relating to some of the genre's foremost modern exponents, such as C.S. Lewis, J.R....
Madrid What's on
Spectres of Artaud: Language and the Arts in the 1950s
19 September - 17 December. This exhibition examines the influence that French poet and playwright Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) had on the lives of international artists linked to the avant-garde moveme...
Oxford What's on
2 June - 28 October. The Bodleian Library celebrates the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens with an exhibition that recalls the world in which he lived.
Prompted by quotations from his w...
Jersey What's on
Jersey Archive Saturday opening
The Jersey Archive is running a new series of talks called
Oxford What's on
The Oxford Book lecture series.
10 Feb-10 March 2009. Since Oxford University printed its first book in 1478, the city of Oxford has built a reputation of excellence in printing and publishing. The Oxford Museum presents a brief lec...
Madrid What's on
Shirin Ebadi talks on human rights.
17 Feb 2009. The Casa Encendida hosts 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi for a lecture on
Barcelona What's on
?Impurity: Observations on the Human Condition
19 Jan-20 April 2009. European writers and intellectuals speak on the concept of impurity and imperfection as a natural element of the human condition in this cycle of lectures held at the Centro de C...
Amsterdam What's on
21 Jan-15 Sept 2009. The Stadsschouwburg hosts a series of monthly lectures aimed at reviving the over-used concept of
Jersey What's on
22 Nov 2008. A Christmas Cracker. Historian, travel writer and broadcasting personality will be in Jersey to share an evening of anecdotes, prose and poetry. 20.00.
Oxford What's on
Climate change lecture at the Playhouse.
1 Feb 2008. Climate change expert and director of the Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre, Bill McGuire, presents a talk on saving planet earth at the Oxford Playhouse. With new research pointing to i...
Brussels What's on
Nawal El Saadawi in conversation.
30 Nov 2007. Renowned Egyptian novelist and feminist activist Nawal El Saadawi is guest speaker for the
Oxford What's on
10 Nov 2006. One of Britains favourite contemporary poets, Roger McGough, comes to the Oxford Playhouse for an evening of informal storytelling with a musical backdrop provided by his long-time friend...
