‘Space may produce new worlds’ – Ali Smith and Sarah Wood on ‘The New Space Age’
Electronic interference, bird song. Grainy, VCR-style footage of boats and a riverbed. ‘Here’s a joke from the nineteen-seventies’, comes a […]
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“Kindness in a Cup of Tea”
UEA Live. Where words come to play.
Playful, witty, and essential – the timelessness of Ali Smith –
‘Whatever their form, Smith’s fictions return to certain themes – duality, love and its loss, time and its passing, how […]
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‘Another door that’s opened’: The Future of Creative Writing in the Age of Technology in UEA Live’s ‘Future and Form’
The arrival of spring and the clocks changing typically announce a time of year when our thoughts turn to the […]
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‘The Possible Rift in Thought and Action’ – A Poetry Reading by Inua Ellams
It was an absolute pleasure to listen to Inua Ellams in conversation with Alison Winch, reading from his poetry collection […]
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Fostering a Global Literary Community with the Booker Prize Foundation
The Booker Prize conversation was a fascinating and educational opportunity to learn more about the Booker Prize Foundation and how […]
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Christie Watson on ‘The Courage to Care’
From Claps for Carers to controversially low pay rises, the animated discourse surrounding the NHS only shows how important it […]
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UEA Live event: Ellah Wakatama in conversation with Tsitsi Dangarembga
It was a delight to listen to the riveting conversation between Ellah Wakatama and Tsitsi Dangarembga, chaired by Jean McNeil, […]
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“Kindness in a Cup of Tea”
Written exclusively for UEA Live by Raffaella Barker A year ago we were all sent home to stay safe […]
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