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MALVERN
FRINGE ARTS
P R E S E N T 2008 Fringe Lectures Wednesday 7th May 2008 doors open: 6.45pm 7pm - JOHN WHITE "FACING THE FEAR OF CONFRONTING THE REAL" 9pm - Prof JOHN G. RARITY "TELEPORTATION & TIME TRAVEL WITH PHOTONS” Wednesday 14th May 2008 doors open:6.45pm 7.30pm - FIONA HOPES "SYMBOLIC AND SACRED GARDENS & LANDSCAPES" Wednesday 21st May 2008 doors open: 6.45pm 7pm - HOWARD HUDSON - "HOOKED ON BOOKS" 9pm - VIVIEN NOAKES - "VOICES OF SILENCE: SOME UNKNOWN POETRY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.” All lectures - Entrance £3 Lyttleton Rooms (by Malvern Priory) |
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FRINGE ARTS present 2008 Fringe Lectures LYTTLETON ROOMS - (by Priory) All Lectures - £3 each WEDS 7th MAY 7pm - JOHN WHITE - "FACING THE FEAR OF CONFRONTING THE REAL" John shares his thoughts on the environmental situation, looks at what may be behind the attitudes blocking effective change, both on a personal and societal level, and sketches out how he thinks we could develop as a civilisation if we can face the challenges from within. www.malvernmessages.com 9pm - Prof JOHN G. RARITY - "TELEPORTATION & TIME TRAVEL WITH PHOTONS” Can you travel in time - the famous grandfather paradox states that it’s impossible because any change you cause in the past will necessarily change the future. It turns out that some of the experiments we can do with particles of light (photons) may shed light on this paradox. John Rarity will explain the wave and particle like nature of light and various quantum paradoxes that result. Key to the time travel example is the exploitation of strong correlations between photons (entanglement) which allows one to 'teleport' the quantum property of one photon to another some distance away. This concept can be extended to teleportation back in time and used to illustrate the grandfather paradox. This may all sound quite bizarre but John's aim (challenge) is to make this understandable to the layman in the lecture. WEDS 14th MAY 7pm - FIONA HOPES - "SYMBOLIC AND SACRED GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES" This talk is a journey through the use of symbolism used in gardens and in the landscape, exploring the concept of what makes a place sacred or particularly special. Illustrated with masses of stunning slides, we will look at ley lines, energy patterns, the Tree of Life, sacred geometry, the symbolism of phi, three, four, five, eight and twelve, holy wells, plant spirits, dragons and many other amazing things that are in the land for those with eyes to see. There will be a display of Fiona's work, and books to buy. www.song-of-the-earth.com WEDS 21st MAY 7pm - HOWARD HUDSON - "HOOKED ON BOOKS" Howard Hudson, Propieter of The Malvern Bookshop, shares his passion for secondhand books - how to buy, sell, value and generally look after them. A professional & entertaining speaker, Howard will show us his most valuable 'finds', also a few 'disasters', and offer plenty of practical hints and tips on collecting and caring for old books. and, as he says, 'when I've show you mine, please show me yours!'. To that end Howard will be giving FREE book valuations throughout the Festival @ The Malvern Bookshop, 7 Abbey Road (Tel. 01684 575915 to arrange an appointment) 9pm - VIVIEN NOAKES - "VOICES OF SILENCE: SOME UNKNOWN POETRY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.” Interest in the Great War poets continues to grow, but what of the forgotten poets of those years? Vivien Noakes has explored widely in trench newspapers, hospital gazettes, old newspapers, private scrapbooks and autograph albums, even an illicit handwritten magazine put together by jailed conscientious objectors to rediscover the forgotten writings of ordinary men and women. Exciting, often humorous, and deeply moving, these poems help us to understand how they were able to endure. 'She will be talking about her search, and reading some of the poems.’ |
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