How healthy is our food? In an age of salads washed in chlorine and factory ‘food solutions’, what guarantees are there that what we eat isn’t detrimental to our health, and what positive steps can we take to do something about it? Food writer Joanna Blythman, author of Swallow This and How To Eat, and chef Oliver Rowe, author of Food for All Seasons, debate the issues with Steven Gale.
What is distinctive about England, and what are the ideas and influences that have shaped its culture and society? In Exotic England, the redoubtable Yasmin Alibhai-Brown casts her gimlet eye over this ‘curious nation’ and asks what ‘Englishness’ really means. Join her in conversation with Joanna Blythman.
Julie Myerson Sat 7 May, 7.30pm
Omnibus
£8 | £7 concessions
Best-selling author Julie Myerson’s The Stopped Heart is a devastating story of loss, longing, love and true evil, which has garnered excellent reviews (‘heart wrenching’, The Independent; ‘beautifully written’, The Guardian). Join her in conversation with Roland Gulliver.
What are black holes? Can time run backwards? Why doesn’t the moon fall down? Marcus Chown, author of What a Wonderful World and Tweeting the Universe, knows the answers. Come along with your questions and Ask Marcus Chown Anything!
Omnibus Edition is brought to you by Omnibus in partnership with Clapham Books, Clapham Library and claphamwriters. With many thanks to festival curator Steven Gale and publishing houses Granta, Faber and Jonathan Cape.
