Past event

Southbank Centre, 2014

Date:
23 April 2014

Programme

Wednesday, 23rd April 2014

 

Andrew Motion

 
Live like a Mighty River

Ted Hughes

 
All the Ladies Like Whiskers

Abraham Lincoln’s response to Grace Bedell

 

 

Andrew O’Hagan

 
I am Very Real

Kurt Vonnegut

 

 

Caitlin Moran

 
Ought Women not to be abolished altogether?

Clementine Churchill to The Times

 
Shine, constantly and steadily

Caitlin Moran to Her Daughter

 

 

Clarke Peters

 
Music is Life Itself
 
Love, Dad

Ronald Reagan to Michael Reagan

 

 

David Nicholls and Louise Brealey

 
Chris and Bessie
 

 

James Rhodes

 
Chopin letter
 
Schumann letter
 
 

John Niven

 
People simply empty out

Charles Bukowski to John Martin

 

 

Kerry Fox

 
It’s up to you now

Bette Davis to B.D. Hyman

 
All the ladies like whiskers

Grace Bedell to Abraham Lincoln

 

 

Lisa Dwan

 
Sex Does Not Thrive on Monotony

Anaïs Nin to The Collector

 
You Must Know Again My Reluctance to Marry

Amelia Earhart

 

 

Matt Berry

 
Federal Agent at Large

Elvis Presley to US President Richard Nixon

 
P.S. This is my favorite memo ever

Matt Stone to MPAA

 

 

Morgana Robinson

 
One’s Drop Scones

The Queen

 

 

Russell Brand

 
Mick Jagger to Andy Warhol
 
 

Stephen Fry

 
An idiot of the 33rd degree

Mark Twain to A Salesman

 

 

Viv Albertine

 
Hang on My Love and Grow Strong

Iggy Pop to Laurence

 

 
 

Music

 
 

James Rhodes

 
Chopin piece
Schumann piece

 
 

 

 

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