Featuring JAMES NAUGHTIE JENNI MURRAY DAVID SUCHET …...DAVID SUCHET PRUE LEITH OBE TRISTRAM HUNT JENNY ECLAIR and more Box Office opens Wednesday 2 October See for tickets and more

Featuring

JAMES NAUGHTIEJENNI MURRAYDAVID SUCHET

PRUE LEITH OBETRISTRAM HUNTJENNY ECLAIR

and more

Box Office opens Wednesday 2 OctoberSee www.petworthfestival.org.uk for tickets and more details Or phone 01798 344 576

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The ninth Petworth Festival Literary Week is upon us, and welcome to what at first – and indeed second – glance is a wide ranging and exciting series of events that celebrate this country’s hugely vibrant literary scene.

I coined a phrase earlier in the year which I feel has pretty much become the strapline for our week of events: ‘Petworth’s Open University’ is indeed open for business. The week offers over 30 opportunities to learn from genuine experts about a huge range of subjects as we dip into history, politics, religion, food, sport, poetry and travel and hopefully come out much the wiser – and probably with a few extra books for our shelves. As ever, I’d like to welcome and thank Steve Howe and his team from the Petworth Bookshop, all of whom are essential cogs in the literary festival’s machine.

Audiences have been loving the literary week in rapidly growing numbers over our short life. We hope that the details which follow will ensure that this trend continues. It is proving an exciting journey!

Stewart CollinsArtistic Director

PS A bit of an ‘elephant in the room’ is that, at the time of writing at least, Thursday 31st October is pencilled in as Brexit day… You’ll note a number of politicians and journalists are appearing over the week. They will of course expect questions on the subject, but hopefully not to the exclusion of all else!

PETWORTH FESTIVAL 2020:Tuesday 14 July – Saturday 1 August

PETWORTH FESTIVAL LITERARY WEEK 2020:Saturday 24 October – Sunday 1 November

Saturday 26 October2.30pm Leconfield Hall Rachel Reeves Women of Westminster5.00pm Leconfield Hall Steve Richards The Prime Ministers7.30pm Seaford College James Naughtie in conversation with Douglas Rae

Sunday 27 October3.00pm Seaford College Max Hastings Chastise: The Dambusters Story7.30pm Seaford College Hugh Bonneville in conversation with Olivia Cole

Monday 28 October12 noon St Mary’s Jenni Murray A History of the World in 21 Women3.00pm St Mary’s AN Wilson Prince Albert7.30pm St Mary’s George Alagiah The Burning Land

Tuesday 29 October12 noon Leconfield Hall Steve Jones Here Comes the Sun3.00pm Leconfield Hall Vic Marks Original Spin7.30pm Leconfield Hall Jenny Eclair Inheritance

Wednesday 30 October12 noon Leconfield Hall Pat Davies and Christian Lamb Women of World War II2.30pm Leconfield Hall Sophia Money-Coutts The Plus One 5.00pm Leconfield Hall Charles Moore Margaret Thatcher7.30pm Leconfield Hall Lynne Truss The Man That Got Away

Thursday 31 October12 noon Leconfield Hall David Whitehouse Apollo 11: The Whole Story 2.30pm Leconfield Hall Tom Holland Dominion5.00pm Leconfield Hall Jonathan Glancey The Journey Matters7.30pm Leconfield Hall Mike Read A Thousand Years of a London Street

Friday 1 November12 noon St Mary’s Prue Leith OBE in conversation with Mandy Morton2.30pm St Mary’s Jonathan Rugman The Killing in the Consulate5.00pm St Mary’s Richard Porter How to be F1 Champion7.30pm St Mary’s Tristram Hunt V&A: Preserving the Past, Curating the Future

Saturday 2 November12 noon Leconfield Hall Christopher Tugendhat A History of Britain Through Books2.30pm Leconfield Hall Amelia Gentleman The Windrush - Betrayal5.00pm Leconfield Hall Daisy Dunn In the Shadow of Vesuvius 7.30pm Midhurst Rother David Suchet Behind the Lens

Sunday 3 November11.00am Leconfield Hall The Petworth Poetry Breakfast 2.30pm Leconfield Hall Gillian Moore Rite of Spring 5.00pm Leconfield Hall Adrian Tinniswood The House Party7.30pm Leconfield Hall Tom Bower Dangerous Hero

AT A GLANCE

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In your schoolwith Andréa PriorThe first of two extensive schools’ projects. The Petworth Literary Festival, in association with the South Downs Poetry Festival, is working with popular children’s author and illustrator Andréa Prior, who will be performing readings from her books in our local schools. Helping to fulfil Petworth Festival’s mission to place itself at the heart of our community and for our children to enjoy reading poetry and rhyme from a young age, Andréa’s rhymes are written to inspire, entertain and educate children of 5-9 years. Her reading sessions encourage children to have fun with literacy and language. You can find out more about Andréa on www.andreaprior.me.

Participating schools include Amberley Primary, Conifers Midhurst, Duncton C of E, Easebourne C of E, Graffham C of E, Highfield and Brookham, Northchapel Community Primary, Petworth C of E, St James C of E Coldwaltham, St Mary’s C of E Pulborough, Wisborough Green Primary School.

Truth in Naturewith Antosh WojcikThe festival is once again delighted to link up with The Arts Society to promote the creation and performance of poems with pupils from schools across the area. Working with pupils from schools in Petworth, West Chiltington, Duncton, Bury, Fittleworth, Plaistow and Kirdford, Antosh will lead sessions in Petworth Park leading to the creation of new poems reflecting the theme Truth in Nature. Come and hear a number of our young poets perform their work at the Poetry Breakfast on Sunday 3rd November (see page 19).

Antosh Wojcik is a poet, drummer and sound artist. His debut solo theatre piece, How To Keep Time: A Drum Solo for Dementia combines drumming & spoken word to explore vascular dementia. It is produced by Penned In The Margins and debuted at Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe ’18 and has toured the UK throughout 2019 with support from Arts Council England.

Date Author / Event Number of adult tickets

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Sat 26 October Rachel Reeves Adult £10 18 & under £5Sat 26 October Steve Richards Adult £10 18 & under £5Sat 26 October James Naughtie Adult £12 18 & under £5Sun 27 October Max Hastings Adult £12 18 & under £5Sun 27 October Hugh Bonneville Adult £12 18 & under £5Mon 28 October Jenni Murray Adult £12 18 & under £5Mon 28 October A N Wilson Adult £10 18 & under £5Mon 28 October George Alagiah Adult £12 18 & under £5Tues 29 October Steve Jones Adult £10 18 & under £5Tues 29 October Vic Marks Adult £10 18 & under £5Tues 29 October Jenny Eclair Adult £12 18 & under £5Wed 30 October Women of World War II Adult £10 18 & under £5Wed 30 October Sophia Money-Coutts Adult £10 18 & under £5Wed 30 October Charles Moore Adult £10 18 & under £5Wed 30 October Lynne Truss Adult £12 18 & under £5Thur 31 October David Whitehouse Adult £10 18 & under £5Thur 31 October Tom Holland Adult £10 18 & under £5Thur 31 October Jonathan Glancey Adult £10 18 & under £5Thur 31 October Mike Read Adult £12 18 & under £3Fri 1 November Prue Leith OBE Adult £12 18 & under £5Fri 1 November Jonathan Rugman Adult £10 18 & under £5Fri 1 November Richard Porter Adult £10 18 & under £5Fri 1 November Tristram Hunt Adult £12 18 & under £5Sat 2 November Christopher Tugendhat Adult £10 18 & under £5Sat 2 November Amelia Gentleman Adult £10 18 & under £5Sat 2 November Daisy Dunn Adult £10 18 & under £5Sat 2 November David Suchet Adult £12 18 & under £5Sun 3 November Poetry Breakfast Adult £10 18 & under £5Sun 3 November Gillian Moore Adult £10 18 & under £5Sun 3 November Adrian Tinniswood Adult £10 18 & under £5Sun 3 November Tom Bower Adult £12 18 & under £5

NB: reserved seating in Leconfield Hall. Please let us know if you have a preference for raked or floor seating

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Schools and Community Events


Saturday 26 October 2.30pm – 3.30pm | Leconfield Hall

Rachel Reevesin conversation with Gerry Foley

Women of WestminsterA blockbuster opening day in which we talk politics (although not exclusively!). How can you avoid it in these ‘interesting times’? Firstly, we welcome Rachel Reeves MP, in conversation with journalist and broadcaster Gerry Foley, to talk us through the increasing presence and influence of women in Westminster.

In 1919 Nancy Astor was elected as the Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton, becoming the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons. Her achievement was all the more remarkable given that women had only been entitled to vote for just over a year.

In the past 100 years, a total of 489 women have been elected to Parliament and the achievements of these political pioneers have been remarkable. Britain has now had two female Prime Ministers, and women MPs have made significant strides in fighting for gender equality, from the earliest suffrage campaigns to Barbara Castle’s fight for equal pay to Harriet Harman’s recent legislation on the gender pay gap. Reeves’ new book features insightful and honest interviews with leading women including Theresa May, Diane Abbott and Harriet Harman, and celebrates the inspirational achievements of women in parliament over the course of the past 100 years.

Rachel Reeves is Labour MP for Leeds West and former Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions. Prior to her parliamentary career, she worked as an economist.

tickets: Adults £10/ 18 and under £5

Saturday 26 October 5.00pm – 6.00pm | Leconfield Hall

Steve RichardsThe Prime MinistersPolitical columnist, journalist and presenter Steve Richards talks about his landmark history of the men and women who have defined the UK’s role in the modern world - and what makes them special.

At a time of unprecedented political upheaval, this magisterial history explains who leads us and why. From Harold Wilson to Theresa May, it brilliantly brings to life all nine inhabitants of 10 Downing Street over the past fifty years, vividly outlining their successes and failures - and what made each of them special.

Steve Richards is a political columnist, journalist, and presenter. He regularly presents The Week in Westminster on BBC Radio 4 and has presented BBC radio series on Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Theresa May. He also presented the BBC TV programmes Leadership Reflections: The Modern Prime Ministers and Reflections: The Prime Ministers We Never Had.


Saturday 26 October 7.30pm – 8.30pm | Seaford College

James Naughtiein conversation with Douglas Rae

James Naughtie is special correspondent for BBC News, and one of the country’s best-known broadcasters. He presented Today on Radio 4 for 21 years and has reported for the BBC from around the world for more than three decades. He has written and presented many documentaries for radio and television, and has chaired every edition of Bookclub on Radio 4 since it began in 1997. His own books include The Rivals, the ground-breaking story of the stormy relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, The Making of Music, a history of classical music which also produced a 60-part radio series, and two novels - the spy thrillers The Madness of July and Paris Spring. Next spring he will publish an account of experiences in America over four decades, On the Road - Adventures from Nixon to Trump. He talks to Douglas Rae, the founder of Ecosse Films who lives in Lurgashall. Douglas is producing a new Profumo Affair series for BBC1 and a major new series on Josephine and Napoleon based on books by Kate Williams and Andrew Roberts.


“Our past isn’t made up just of his stories, but her stories too - Rachel uncovers the best of them - the lives of those political women who wouldn’t be stopped.“

Laura Kuenssberg

‘Fascinating, revealing and entertaining.’John Humphrys

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Sunday 27 October 3.00pm – 4.00pm | Seaford College

Max Hastings Chastise: The Dambusters Story The prolific Max Hastings presents his masterly account of one of the most extraordinary episodes in British history revealing for the first time the full extent of the human story behind the Dambusters legend. Operation Chastise, the overnight destruction of the Mohne and Eder dams in north-west Germany by the RAF’s 617 Squadron, was an epic that has passed into Britain’s national legend.

Chastise offers a fascinating retake on legend by a master of the art. Hastings sets the dams’ raid in the big picture of the bomber offensive and of the Second World War; of designer extraordinaire Barnes Wallis; the monstrous ‘Bomber’ Harris; the tragic pilot Guy Gibson, together with superb narrative of the action captured so memorably in the classic 1955 film The Dambusters.

Max Hastings is the author of 27 books, most about conflict, and between 1986 and 2002 served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph, then as editor of the Evening Standard. He has won many prizes both for journalism and his books, of which the most recent are The Sunday Times bestseller Vietnam, The Secret War, Catastrophe and Nemesis. He was knighted in 2002 and lives with his wife Penny in West Berkshire, where they garden enthusiastically.


Sunday 27 October 7.30pm – 8.30pm | Seaford College

Hugh Bonnevillein conversation with Olivia Cole

Petworth Festival welcomes one of Britain’s most loved actors, Hugh Bonneville. Hugh’s many film credits include Notting Hill, Iris, The Monuments Men, Viceroy’s House, the two Paddington films and most recently, Downton Abbey written by Julian Fellowes and directed by Michael Engler. His television roles include the BAFTA-winning Twenty Twelve and W1A (BBC) and Robert Crawley in ITV’s global hit, Downton Abbey, for which he received nominations for a Golden Globe, two Emmys and along with his fellow cast members won three SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Hugh recently appeared on stage as C.S. Lewis in Shadowlands at Chichester Festival Theatre.

He is a patron of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, The National Youth Arts Trust, Scene & Heard, The Primary Shakespeare Company and the South Downs National Park Trust.

Olivia Cole is a writer and literary editor for British GQ. She writes about film, books, travel and culture and has contributed to many titles including Vanity Fair, the Evening Standard and The Spectator, as well as frequently speaking at festivals and on the radio and TV. Olivia read English at Christ Church, Oxford and is also an award-winning poet and author of the collection Restricted View.


Monday 28 October 12 noon – 1.00pm | St Mary’s Church

Jenni Murray in conversation with Gerry Foley

A History of the World in 21 Women We welcome the writer and broadcaster and presenter of Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour since 1987, Jenni Murray, in conversation with Gerry Foley. She discusses her sequel to her bestselling A History of Britain in 21 Women which celebrates the lives, struggles and achievements of extraordinary women from around the globe: rulers, leaders, pioneers in the arts and geniuses of science who spoke the truth, fought for change and had a profound impact on the shaping of our world. Jenni’s 21 women include Joan of Arc, Angela Merkel, Benazir Bhutto, Hillary Clinton, Hatshepsut, Madonna and Coco Chanel. Jenni Murray is the author of several books, including A History of Britain in 21 Women and Memoirs of a Not So Dutiful Daughter. She lives in North London.

tickets: Adults £12 & £5 / 18 and Under £5 or Free in adult £5 seats

Monday 28 October 3.00pm – 4.00pm | St Mary’s Church

A N Wilson Prince Albert We welcome back A N Wilson to talk about his recent study of one of the 19th century’s most influential figures, Prince Albert. For more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height of its power, but beside her for more than twenty of those years was the love of her life, her trusted husband and father of their nine children, Prince Albert. Prince Albert was at the vanguard of Victorian Britain’s transformation as a vibrant and extraordinary centre of political, technological, scientific and intellectual advancement. A composer, engineer, soldier, politician, linguist and bibliophile, Prince Albert, more than any other royal, was truly a ‘genius’.

A N Wilson grew up in Staffordshire and was educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is a prolific and award-winning biographer and celebrated novelist. He lives in North London.


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Published by Oneworld 6 September 2018

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‘Illuminating and inspiring’ – CHARLOTTE GORDON

‘Who better than Jenni Murray to curate this whistle-stop tour of the globe and introduce twenty-one women who in different times and different places dared

to be different?’ - Dr ANNA WHITELOCK In the sequel to her bestselling A History of Britain in 21 Women, Jenni Murray celebrates the lives, struggles and achievements of extraordinary women from around the globe. They ruled empires, they led nations. They were pioneers in the arts and geniuses of science. They spoke truth to power and fought for change. All have had a profound impact on the shaping of our world.

Jenni’s 21 women are:

Joan of Arc Artemisia Gentileschi Angela Merkel Benazir Bhutto Hillary Clinton Coco Chanel Dowager Empress Cixi Catherine the Great Clara Schumann Hatshepsut Wangari Maathai Golda Meir Frida Kahlo Toni Morrison Margaret Atwood Isabella of Castile Cathy Freeman Anna Politkovskaya Sirimavo Bandaranaike Madonna Marie Curie

JENNI MURRAY is a journalist and broadcaster who has presented BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour since 1987. She is the author of several books, including A History of Britain in 21 Women and Memoirs of a Not So Dutiful Daughter. She lives in North London.

Jenni Murray is available for interview. For further information, contact Margot Weale, Publicity Director at Oneworld Tel: 020 7307 8908 email: [email protected]

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Tuesday 29 October 12 noon – 1.00pm | Leconfield Hall

Steve JonesHere Comes the SunOur sun drives the weather, forms the landscape, feeds and fuels - but sometimes destroys - the creatures that live upon it, controls their patterns of activity, makes chemicals in the skin that cheer up those who bask in its rays, and for the ancients was the seat of divine authority.

In Here Comes the Sun, Steve Jones shows how life on Earth is ruled by our nearest star. It is filled with unexpected connections; between the need to stay cool and man’s ability to stand upright, between the power of memory and the onset of darkness, between the flow of solar energy through the plants and animals and of wealth through society, and between Joseph Goebbels’ 1938 scheme to make Edinburgh the summer capital of a defeated Britain and the widening gap in the life expectancy of Scottish men compared to that of other European men brought on by that nation’s cloudy climate.

A much in demand broadcaster and writer, Steve Jones is Emeritus Professor of Human Genetics at University College London and is a leading communicator on evolution and genetics.

‘One of the world’s best writer-scientists’Financial Times


Monday 28 October 7.30pm – 8.30pm | St Mary’s Church

George Alagiah in conversation with Stewart Collins

The Burning Land One of the most recognisable faces from the BBC News team joins us to talk about his new novel, a sharp and nuanced thriller set in the land grabs of post-apartheid South Africa. The Burning Land is based on real events Alagiah witnessed but was unable to report on during his eight years as BBC correspondent for South Africa and deals with themes of political activism, xenophobia, the environment, globalism and what happens when events spiral out of the control of those who sparked them.

George Alagiah is presenter of BBC 1’s News at Six, Britain’s most watched news programme. That role followed ten years as a foreign correspondent, covering the 9/11 attacks on New York, the genocide in Rwanda, civil wars in Liberia, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone, and Nelson Mandela’s presidency. He has won numerous awards and an OBE for services to journalism.

Tickets: Adults £12 & £5 / 18 and Under £5 or Free in adult £5 seats

Tuesday 29 October 3.00pm – 4.00pm | Leconfield Hall

Vic Marks in conversation with Mark Church

Original SpinIn conversation with sports journalist Mark Church, the much-loved former England cricketer, journalist and broadcaster tells the story of his life in cricket.

In an irresistible memoir of a life lived in cricket, Vic Marks returns to the heady days when cricketing giants Viv Richards and Ian Botham were young men and yet to unleash their talents on the world stage. After the high-octane dramas of Somerset, playing for England was almost an anti-climax for Marks, who became an unlikely all-rounder in the mercurial side for the 1980s.

Moving from the dressing room to the press box, with trenchant observations about the modern game along the way, Original Spin is a charmingly wry, shrewdly observed account of a golden age in cricket.

Vic Marks is a former Somerset and England cricketer, who played in six Tests and 34 one-day internationals.


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Wednesday 30 October 12 noon – 1.00pm | Leconfield Hall

Pat Davies and Christian Lambin conversation with Simon Robinson

Women of World War IIOur Secret War - Veteran Women Remember WRNS, Station X and SOE. A unique opportunity to hear from two veteran women and their first-hand accounts of Britain’s Secret War 80 years on. .

In I Only Joined For the Hat we meet Christian Lamb who, with a strong naval background saw the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) as the obvious choice for a young women ‘wanting to do her bit’. And besides it had by far the most attractive uniform - topped by the splendid tricorne hat. But her hopes were dashed when, joining as a lowly Wren rating, she found this crowning glory was strictly for officers only. It was to be the first of many nasty surprises.

We also hear the story of Colonel Cary Owtram who, after being captured in Singapore and transported to the infamous Burma railway was appointed the British Camp Commandant at Chungkai, one of the largest POW camps. Simon Robinson talks to daughter Pat Davies about her father and his powerful memoire 1000 Days on the River Kwai and about her own war. Her own last mission is to have her father and his contribution in protecting the 5000 men in his charge fully recognised


Wednesday 30 October 2.30pm – 3.30pm | Leconfield Hall

Sophia Money-Coutts in conversation with Olivia Cole

What Happens Now? Sophia Money-Coutts is a journalist who spent five years studying the British aristocracy while working as Features Director at Tatler. Prior to that she worked as a writer and an editor for the Evening Standard and The Daily Mail in London, and The National in Abu Dhabi. So she knows….

Published in August, Sophia talks about What Happens Now? to GQ journalist, Olivia Cole (see page 6).

After eight years together, Lil Bailey thought she’d already found ‘the one’ – that is, until he dumped her for a blonde twenty-something colleague. So she does what any self-respecting singleton would do: swipes right, puts on her best bra and finds herself on a first date with a handsome mountaineer called Max. What’s the worst that can happen? Well it’s pretty bad actually and Lil finds herself single, thirty-one and living in a thimble-sized flat in London. It’s hardly the happily-ever-after she was looking for.

tickets: Adults £10/ 18 and under £5‘As fun and fizzy as a chilled glass of prosecco…the perfect holiday read.’ The Daily Express


Charles Moore Margaret ThatcherThe distinguished journalist and author Charles Moore discusses the latest volume of the prize winning biography of one of Britain’s most remarkable but controversial leaders. In volume 3 he asks how Margaret Thatcher changed and divided Britain? How did her model of combative female leadership help shape the way we live now? And how did the woman who won the Cold War and three general elections in succession find herself pushed out by her own MPs?

Moore’s remarkable account is based on unique access to Margaret Thatcher herself, her papers and her closest associates, and tells the story of her last period in office, her combative retirement and the controversy that surrounded her even in death. It includes the fall of the Berlin Wall, which she had fought for, and the rise of the modern EU, which she feared. It also lays bare her growing quarrels with colleagues and reveals the truth about her political assassination.

Charles Moore joined the staff of The Daily Telegraph in 1979, and as a political columnist in the 1980s covered several years of Mrs Thatcher’s first and second governments. He was Editor of The Spectator 1984-90, Editor of The Sunday Telegraph 1992-95 and Editor of The Daily Telegraph 1995-2003, for which he is still a regular columnist. The first volume of his biography won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, the HW Fisher Best First Biography Prize and Political Book of the Year at the Paddy Power Political Book Awards. tickets: Adults £10/ 18 and under £5

Tuesday 29 October 7.30pm – 8.30pm | Leconfield Hall

Jenny Eclair in conversation with Stewart Collins

Inheritance The first woman to win ‘the Perrier’ - the UK’s top comedy award - in 1995, Jenny Eclair has also found fame as the author of four critically acclaimed novels. She discusses her latest, Inheritance, with Festival Director Stewart Collins, a novel which combines incredible poignancy and unforgettable characters, all with Jenny Eclair’s trademark wit

In deepest Cornwall, the mansion Kittiwake has seen many pass through its doors since it was bought by American heiress Peggy Carmichael seventy years ago. Over the decades, the keys have been handed down through the family, and now it belongs to Bel’s adoptive brother, Lance. It’s where he’ll be celebrating his 50th birthday, and Bel is invited. Bel will be returning to the place where it all began Jenni Eclair’s latest solo comedy show How to be a Middle-Aged Woman (without going insane) sold out in venues across the UK and as far afield as Australia. She is the writer of the popular BBC Radio 4 series of monologues, Little Lifetimes. Eclair and Judith Holder co-host the Menopausal-friendly podcast, Older and Wider and has many TV and radio credits to her name. She lives in South-East London.


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Thursday 31 October 12 noon – 1.00pm | Leconfield Hall

David Whitehouse Apollo 11: The Whole Story An opportunity to hear in detail about one of the 20th century’s most remarkable achievements – the first moon landing. In the most authoritative book ever written about Apollo, former BBC Science Editor David Whitehouse reveals the true drama behind the mission, telling the story in the words of those who took part – based around exclusive interviews with the key players.

His enthralling book takes us from the early rocket pioneers to the shock America received from the Soviets’ launch of the first satellite, Sputnik; from the race to put the first person into space, through President Kennedy’s enthusiasm and later doubts, to the astronauts’ intense competition to leave the first footprint.

David Whitehouse is a regular on BBC Radio 4’s Today, Sky News, The Jeremy Vine Show and many others, and one of the world’s most cited journalists. Before becoming a journalist he was a scientist at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory of University College London and received his doctorate from Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory.


Thursday 31 October 2.30pm – 3.30pm | Leconfield Hall

Tom Holland in conversation with Claire Armitstead

DominionWhy Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world

In Dominion, Tom Holland places the story of how we came to be what we are, and how we think the way that we do, in the broadest historical context. From the Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC to the migration crisis in Europe today, and from Nebuchadnezzar to the Beatles, he explores what it was that made Christianity so revolutionary and disruptive; how completely it came to saturate the mind-set of Latin Christendom; and why, in a West that has become increasingly doubtful of religion’s claims, so many of its instincts remain irredeemably Christian. Whether you are atheist, agnostic or believer in any faith, Holland’s argument could hardly be more topical.

TOM HOLLAND is an award-winning historian, biographer and broadcaster. He is a prolific author, his bibliography includes Rubicon: The Triumph and the Tragedy of the Roman Republic, which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History; Dynasty, a portrait of Rome’s first imperial dynasty and he has adapted Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides and Virgil for the BBC. Holland is the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Making History. He has written and presented several TV documentaries on subjects ranging from ISIS to dinosaurs. Tom appears in conversation with The Guardian’s Claire Armitstead.

tickets: Adults £10/ 18 and under £5Thursday 31 October 5.00pm – 6.00pm | Leconfield Hall

Jonathan Glancey The Journey Matters Known to many as the former architecture and design correspondent of The Guardian and Independent newspapers, Jonathan Glancey’s latest oeuvre celebrates the best journeys that ordinary passengers could take by rail, road, sea and air throughout the twentieth century.

What was it really like to take the LNER’s Art Deco Coronation streamliner from King’s Cross to Edinburgh, to cross the Atlantic by the SS Normandie, to fly with Imperial Airways from Southampton to Singapore, to steam from Manhattan to Chicago on board the New York Central’s 20th Century Limited or to dine and sleep aboard the Graf Zeppelin? In the course of The Journey Matters, Jonathan Glancey travels from the early 1930s to the turn of the century on some of what he considers to be the most truly glamorous and romantic trips he has ever dreamed of or made in real life.

Jonathan Glancey is also a steam locomotive enthusiast and pilot. A frequent broadcaster, his books include Concorde, Harrier, Giants of Steam, the bestselling Spitfire: The Biography, and The Train: An Illustrated History.



Lynne Truss in conversation with Simon Brett

The Man That Got Away CRIME! One of the great literary genres. Author and crime expert Simon Brett talks to the columnist, writer and broadcaster whose book on punctuation Eats, Shoots & Leaves became an international bestseller. She is also an accomplished author of the crime novels A Shot in the Dark and most recently The Man That Got Away. She has written extensively for radio, and is the author of six previous novels, as well as a non-fiction account (Get Her Off the Pitch!) of her four years as a novice sportswriter for The Times. She lives in Sussex and London with two dogs.

Simon Brett has published over a hundred books, many of them crime novels. His stand-alone thriller, A Shock to the System, was made into a feature film, starring Michael Caine. Simon’s writing for radio and television includes After Henry, No Commitments and Smelling of Roses. Bill Nighy plays Charles Paris in the Radio 4 adaptations of his books. In 2014 Simon was presented with the Crime Writers’ Association’s top award, the Diamond Dagger, and he was made an O.B.E. in the 2016 New Year’s Honours ‘for services to literature’.


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Friday 1 November 12 noon – 1.00pm | St Mary’s Church

Prue Leith OBEin conversation with Mandy Morton Though currently in the limelight because of her role on The Great British Bake Off, Prue Leith has enjoyed a remarkable career over many decades. She has run her own restaurants, catering and cookery school businesses; she has held Board memberships of companies such as Halifax, Safeway, Whitbread, Woolworths, and Belmond (ex-Orient Express) Hotels; and pursued a deep involvement with education: she chaired the first of the companies charged with turning round failing state schools and was Chair of the School Food Trust, responsible for the improvement of school food and food education. She has been active in many charities and is the Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. She has 12 honorary degrees or fellowships from UK universities.

For the Petworth Festival she talks to journalist Mandy Morton about her entire, wide-ranging career which has also included publishing 13 cookbooks, a memoir, Relish: My Life on a Plate, and eight novels, the last three a three-generation trilogy set in the restaurant world with a background of the changing fashions in food from war-time rationing to modern pop up street food. tickets: Adults £12 & £5 / 18 and Under £5 or Free in adult £5 seats

Friday 1 November 2.30pm – 3.30pm | St Mary’s Church

Jonathan Rugmanin conversation with Matthew Stadlen

The Killing in the Consulate A senior Channel 4 journalist unveils a terrible story for our times times in conversation with LBC’s Matthew Stadlen. When Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Turkey on 2 October 2018, he was expecting to pick up the documentation that would enable him to marry his fiancé, Hatice Cengiz, who was waiting for him outside. Little did the Washington Post journalist realise he was entering a trap. A fifteen-man Saudi hit squad was lying in wait and within minutes, he would be brutally murdered and his body disposed of. The Saudis thought they would escape detection, but Turkish intelligence had bugged the building and recorded the killing on audio tape.

Based on confidential sources, dramatic new evidence and in-depth research, award-winning foreign correspondent Jonathan Rugman reveals in minute-by-minute detail the truth about what happened that day and against the wider background of a battle for regional influence involving Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkey’s president Erdogan.

Jonathan Rugman has been Foreign Affairs Correspondent at Channel 4 News since 2006. A BAFTA award-winning journalist, he was previously based in Washington, D.C. and Istanbul. He has reported from Turkey for more than twenty-five years and also covered the Arab Spring revolts. He has previously worked for the BBC and written for The Guardian and The Observer.



Richard Porter in conversation with Mark Church

How to be F1 Champion The author of over 10 official Top Gear titles and two Grand Tour tie-ins, Richard Porter’s How to be F1 Champion is the first and only practical guide on how to become F1 Champion, for the millions of Grand Prix fans who have ever dreamed of making it onto the podium. The book provides the complete guide to hitting the big time in top-flight motorsport, with advice on the correct look, through to more advanced skills such as remembering to insert ‘for sure’ at the start of every sentence, and tips on mastering the accents most frequently heard at press conferences. You’ll also learn how to manage your social media account and other basics, including the art of Champagne spraying and how to wear a massive free watch. In other words, Porter offers us a hugely informative and massively entertaining account of one of the world’s most extraordinary and extreme sports.

Richard Porter is also the creator of online motoring satire magazine sniffpetrol.com (150k users per month; Twitter 76k), and is also one of the three presenters on podcast Gareth Jones on Speed, which regularly tops the automotive charts with approximately 1,000 downloads a day.


Thursday 31 October 7.30pm – 8.30pm | Leconfield Hall

Mike Readin conversation with Stewart Collins

A Thousand Years of a London StreetA familiar face and voice to millions, former Radio 1 DJ Mike Read is also a popular historian and prolific author. His 40th and latest publication focuses on the iconic Denmark Street in London’s West End – often referred to as London’s ‘tin-pan alley’. The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Kray Twins, David Bowie, Karl Marx, Elton John, Casanova, The Rolling Stones, Denis Nilson, The Sex Pistols, Paul Simon, Charlie Chaplin, and hundreds of other familiar names, all walked, worked, or wrote in this site and The New Musical Express and the Melody Maker were born here. For a century it has been the home of our great songwriters and the British music publishing industry. But Denmark Street has also witnessed a millennium of mass murderers, inventors, serial killers, queens, rebels, rogues, lepers, explorers, arsonists, swordsmen, anarchists, racing drivers, reformers, schemers, dreamers, plague victims, great lovers, pioneers, and regicides. It is a great story!

Mike has been a broadcaster for over 40 years. He spent 5 years presenting the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show from 1981 and has worked for many other radio stations. As a TV presenter, he’s best known for Saturday Superstore and the music game show Pop Quiz. He’s currently the breakfast show presenter for United DJs which was launched last April.



Saturday 2 November 12 noon – 1.00pm | Leconfield Hall

Christopher TugenDhat in conversation with Stewart Collins

A History of Britain Through BooksThere are many ways of studying the tumultuous twentieth century – but one of the most revealing and original must be through the key books of the time. Christopher Tugendhat’s A History of Britain Through Books shows how literature both shaped and reflected public concerns over the decades. Embracing authors as wide ranging as Doris Lessing, Noel Coward, Evelyn Waugh, Elizabeth David and George Orwell, Tugendhat’s analysis shines new light on world wars, the end of Empire, rapid social change, the nuclear age, feminism, gay rights, race and immigration. They provide a stunning kaleidoscope of perspectives, unencumbered by hindsights, into the way people lived, the challenges they faced, and the views they held.

Lord Tugendhat has had a long and distinguished career in government, business and public service. Since 1993 he has been a Conservative member of the House of Lords and currently sits on the Economic Affairs Committee. He was a European Commissioner from 1977 to 1985.

He has been chairman of Abbey National plc (1991-2002) and of Blue Circle Industries plc (1996-2001) and is a former chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority (1986-1991), the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) (1986-1995) and the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (2007-2011). He is the author of Oil: The Biggest Business (1968), The Multinationals (1971), which won the McKinsey foundation Book Award in the US, Making Sense of Europe (1986) and, in conjunction with William Wallace, Options for British Foreign Policy in the 1990s (1988).


Saturday 2 November 2.30pm – 3.30pm | Leconfield Hall

Amelia Gentleman in conversation with Matthew Stadlen

The Windrush BetrayalAmelia Gentleman is a reporter for The Guardian newspaper. She was named journalist of the year (Press Gazette) and won the 2018 Paul Foot journalism award for her reportage on the Windrush scandal, which led to the downfall of the Home Secretary and the government loosening its ‘hostile environment’ policy for migrants. Her new book tells the stories of Paulette Wilson and many others who had always assumed they were British. She had spent most of her life in London working as a cook; she even worked in the House of Commons’ canteen. How could someone who had lived in England since being a primary school pupil suddenly be classified as an illegal immigrant? In The Windrush Betrayal, Gentleman tells the story of the scandal and exposes deeply disturbing truths about modern Britain.

Also the Orwell Prize and Feature Writer of the Year in the British Press Awards, Amelia Gentleman was previously Delhi correspondent for the International Herald Tribune, and Paris and Moscow correspondent for The Guardian.


Saturday 2 November 5.00pm - 6.00pm | Leconfield Hall

Daisy Dunn In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of PlinyAD 79. Above the Bay of Naples, Vesuvius is spewing thick ash into the sky. Pliny the Elder, historian, admiral of the fleet and author, dares to draw closer to the phenomenon. He perishes beneath the volcano. His 17-year-old nephew, Pliny the Younger, survives.

Adopted as his son, Pliny the Younger inherited his uncle’s vast compendium of notebooks and knowledge including his extraordinary encyclopaedia Natural History. One of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire, it covers all ancient knowledge - from observations on the moon, to elephants, to the efficacy of ground millipedes in healing ulcers.

In Pliny, Daisy Dunn resurrects this famed ‘father and son’ to explore their beliefs about life, death and the natural world in the first century AD. At its heart is a literary biography of the younger Pliny, who grew up to become a lawyer, senator, poet, collector of villas, curator of drains, and personal representative of the emperor overseas.

Daisy Dunn is a classicist, art historian and cultural critic. She read Classics at Oxford, before completing a doctorate in Classics and History of Art at UCL. She writes and reviews for a number of newspapers and magazines, and is editor of Argo, a Greek culture journal. Her first books Catullus’ Bedspread and The Poems of Catullus, were published in 2016.



Tristram Hunt V&A: Preserving the Past, Curating the FutureFrom the new Exhibition Road Quarter to V&A Dundee, exhibitions on fashion to Food and Cars, the V&A’s past bridges its future. Dr Tristram Hunt will trace the V&A’s genesis from its Victorian roots, discussing how the Museum’s founding commitment to the ‘artisan in design’ continues to define its mission today. By re-embracing its early purpose, the V&A is curating a new direction for the civic museum.

Dr Tristram Hunt is the Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London - the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance. Prior to joining the V&A, Dr Hunt was MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central and Shadow Secretary of State for Education. His doctorate is in Victorian history from Cambridge University and he has written several books, including Ten Cities That Made an Empire.


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Sunday 3 November 2.30pm – 3.30pm | Leconfield Hall

Gillian Moore in conversation with Graham Sheffield

Rite of SpringOn 29 May 1913, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, a new ballet by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky, received its premiere. Many of the cultural big names of Paris were there, or were rumoured to have been there: Debussy, Ravel, Proust, Gertrude Stein, Picasso. When the curtain rose on a cast of frenziedly stamping dancers, a near-riot ensued, ensuring the evening would enter the folklore of modernism. While it was the dancing that triggered the mayhem, Stravinsky’s score contained shocks enough, with its innovations in form, rhythm, dissonance and its sheer sonic power. The Rite of Spring would achieve recognition in its own right as a concert piece, and is now seen as one of the most influential works of the 20th century.

The Director of Music at London’s Southbank Centre Gillian Moore discusses the explosive events with her former colleague Graham Sheffield, explores the cultural climate that created The Rite, and shows how a scandalous novelty of 1913 became a 21st-century concert staple. She also probes The Rite’s impact on film music (including scores for Star Wars and Jaws); its extensive influence on jazz musicians and by artists as diverse as Weather Report, Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa and The Pet Shop Boys.

Graham Sheffield was Director Arts for the British Council until July 2018. He was previously Artistic Director of the Barbican Centre and Music Projects Director at London’s South Bank Centre.


Sunday 3 November 11.00am – 12.30pm | Leconfield Hall

The Petworth Poetry BreakfastPicking up where last year’s popular Poetry Breakfast left off, the Festival joins forces with the South Downs Poetry Festival for an event where coffee, orange juice, croissants, the Sunday newspapers, music and poetry will be the name of the game. Topping the bill in this highly relaxed environment is one of the most admired poets of our times, Grace Nichols, winner of the Commonwealth Poetry Award.

Grace Nichols was born in Guyana but has lived in Britain since 1977. Her first book of poems, I Is A Long-Memoried Woman (Karnac House) won the 1983 Commonwealth Poetry Prize. Among her other books are the popular, The Fat Black Woman’s Poems, Sunris, winner of the Guyana Poetry Prize and Startling The Flying Fish all published by Virago who also brought out her novel, Whole of a Morning Sky. She was poet-in-residence at the Tate Gallery between 1999-2000, is a former winner of the prestigious Cholmondeley Award, and performs all over Britain and internationally.

The cast for the breakfast session also includes distinguished South Downs writer, poet, playwright and novelist, Jeremy Page. Jeremy is the founding editor of the Frogmore Papers and the author of several volumes of poetry, including Closing Time and Stepping Back. As last year, there will also be musical interludes and starring performances from young poets from the area who have been working in schools with poet Antosh Wojcik (see page 3).

Refreshments generously provided by the Hungry Guest and included in the ticket price.


Saturday 2 November 7.30pm – 8.30pm | Midhurst Rother College

David Suchet in conversation with Stewart Collins

Behind the Lens A special evening with one of Britain’s most recognisable actors, David Suchet. The much-loved actor has been a stalwart of British stage and television for fifty years. From Shakespeare to Oscar Wilde, Freud to Poirot, Edward Teller to Doctor Who, right up to 2018’s Press, David has done it all. Throughout this spectacular career, David has never been without a camera, enabling him to vividly document his life in photographs. In conversation with Stewart Collins, David discusses his memoir, Behind the Lens, the story of a remarkable life and career, which showcases his wonderful photographs and is accompanied by a revelatory and engaging commentary.


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How to book Petworth Festival Box OfficeBox office opens on Wednesday 2 OctoberOnline 24 hours a daywww.petworthfestival.org.ukPhone 01798 344 57610.00am – 1.00pm, closed SundaysMost credit and debit cards accepted.

By post Fill in the booking form on p.2 of this brochure and send it with a SAE to: 151 Whites Green Lodge, Lurgashall, Petworth GU28 9BD The booking form can also be downloaded from the website

Wheelchair/disabled customers please telephone01798 343 055 to discuss requirements.

Ticket prices Ticket prices are shown below the event information throughout this brochure.

Format of Events Unless otherwise stated each event will consist of a 40 – 45 minute presentation from the author followed by an opportunity for questions and answers. The authors will then be available to sign their books which will be for sale.

The books are provided by The Petworth Bookshop.

Festival venues St Mary’s Church, Petworth GU28 0ADLeconfield Hall, Market Square, Petworth GU28 0AHThe Johnson Centre, Seaford College GU28 0AWMidhurst Rother College, North Street GU28 9DT

There is numbered seating in all venues.No intervals in any events. All venues have toilet facilities and wheelchair access.

Parking Parking for St Mary’s and the Leconfield Hall is in the Petworth town car park (GU28 0AP, 2 minutes from the Leconfield Hall and 5 minutes from St Mary’s Church) or additional free parking at the Sylvia Beaufoy Centre (GU28 0ET). Please leave entrance to church free for emergency vehicles. Outside church please do not park half on the pavement – this is an offence. No parking in Lombard Street. Ample parking at Midhurst Rother College and Seaford College, but please leave extra time at Seaford College as the private drive is long and narrow.

Terms and Conditions Refunds are not given unless the event is cancelled. The information contained in this leaflet is correct at the time of printing, but may be subject to subsequent alterations.

Petworth Festival Literary Week


Tom Bower in conversation with Andrew Billen

Jeremy Corbyn: Dangerous Hero The controversial biographer brings the festival to a close for a second year with his forensic investigation into the ‘marmite’ character that is Jeremy Corbyn.

After four decades in politics, Jeremy Corbyn has never been closer to power but until his surprise election as Labour leader in 2015, he had not been a major political player. Since then, he has survived coup attempts, accusations of incompetence, charges of anti-Semitism, bullying and not being the master of his brief.

In conversation with The Times’ Andrew Billen, Tom Bower reveals the hidden truths about Corbyn’s character, the causes and organisations he espouses, and Britain’s likely fate under the Marxist-Trotskyist society he has championed since the early 70s. Based on eyewitness accounts from those who have known Corbyn throughout his life, Bower asks whether a Labour government led by Corbyn would deliver a glowing new era or catastrophe?

Tom Bower is an investigative journalist noted for his biographies of controversial power-brokers including Richard Branson, Tiny Rowland, Robert Maxwell, Conrad Black, Bernie Ecclestone, Mohamed Fayed, Geoffrey Robinson, Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and Prince Charles..



Adrian Tinniswood The House PartyThe author of fourteen books of social and architectural history and a National Trust ‘insider’ for thirty years, celebrated social historian Adrian Tinniswood talks about his recently published evocation of the classic country house party.

The House Party explores privilege and leisure from the viewpoint of the guest and the host, showing us what it was really like to spend a weekend with the Jazz Age industrialist, the bibulous belted earl, and the bright young thing. Tinniswood reveals how the great and good partied at mansions such as Knole and Dunham Massey, how Nancy Astor held court at Cliveden, and what a discreet weekend gathering at Winston Churchill’s Chartwell might entail. Much like the very best country house party, this talk and Tinniswood’s glorious book will keep you highly entertained.

Adrian Tinniswood is a Senior Research Fellow at University of Buckingham and a Visiting Fellow in Heritage and History at Bath Spa University. In 2013 he was awarded an OBE for services to heritage. His most recent book is Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the Royal Household.


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Friends’ Scheme Summer FestivalHave you thought about becoming a Friend? It’s only £30 per annum per household. This will help us to keep our ticket prices low and to put on the diverse and high-calibre events in the delightful but often small venues for which the Petworth Festival has become renowned.

You’ll receive preview information, a priority booking period with reduced ticket prices and an invitation to the 2020 Festival launch party.

Or why not become a Patron? For £100 or more per annum you’ll receive a longer priority period and an invitation to a launch party with our sponsors while helping to support the continuing development of the festival.

For further details contact Kate Wardle on 01798 343 055 or [email protected]

SponsorshipSponsorship of the Petworth Festival Literary Week is essential in helping to keep prices low, to attracting the highest calibre of author to Petworth and therefore to creating a diverse and widely attractive programme.

Support for the Literary Week starts at £300 so if you would like to discuss supporting Petworth Festival in this way please contact Kate Wardle at [email protected] or by telephone on 01798 343 055.

The Petworth Festival is extremely grateful to the following who at the time of going to press have already sponsored the Literary Week:

SilverAlan & Sara BennieTim & Gail DrewThe Franks FamilyJonathan & Claudia GoldenMartin HaslamVeronica HentySarah & Robert JeansKerry & Ian McNallyTina & Gordon Owen CBE And a number of donors who have asked to remain anonymous

BronzeLady Barbara BossomCarol BrigstockePenny & Robin Bryant Cherril CorbenPeter & Jill DrummondBeth DuganMike & Jane ElliottDavid & Caroline FortuneJosceline & Jinnie GroveGuilt LingerieRosemary HarrisAndrew & Judy HowardKevis House GalleryPeter & Jo LavenderPolly & Jeremy LewisDavid & Jenny LoweSue MarshIan & Caroline McNeilTessa PascoePetworth Town CouncilPeter & Frances Rhys-EvansBryan ScholeyRoger & Charlotte Ter HaarPenny & James TreeMichael WhiteRobin & Gillian Wilson And a number of donors who have asked to remain anonymous

Petworth Festival would also like to thank The Petworth Bookshop for supplying the books and organising the book signings, The Arts Society West Sussex Young Arts for supporting one of our community projects, Truth in Nature, and the Hungry Guest for refreshments. Petworth Festival is also extremely grateful to its Principal Sponsor, The Leconfield Estates, for both financial and in-kind support throughout the year.

Who’s WhoPresident Lord Egremont

Festival Board Neil Franks (Chairman), Alan Bennie, Lord Egremont,

Claudia Golden, Sir Geoffrey Pattie, Kate Wardle and Georgina Willis

Artistic Director Stewart CollinsFestival Manager Kate WardleEvent Co-ordinator & Publications Kate LavenderTechnical Management Peter Hall

Rhino Audio Visual LtdAssistant to the Festival Manager Hettie McNeilVenues and Volunteers Manager Liz HarrisBox Office Carole Field, Pam Hampel,

Judy Howard, Imke Sanderson, Deborah Taylor & Kate Wardle

Secretary to the Board Sarah MatthewsDesign & Printing John Good Ltd

Petworth Festival is a company limited by guarantee – registration number 5710001 and a registered charity number 1113784.

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