Freud began writing her ninth novel in late 2015, the same year the Irish government launched a formal investigation into the practices of the Irish mother-and-baby homes
Helena Bonham Carter
Spokeswoman Tracy Jones said: “Drawing on the rich history of the house and its occupants, this June to September’s outdoor programme brings Britain’s leading artists, writers and thinkers on art, film, literature, music and society to Sussex.
“Featuring famous writers Antonia Fraser, Jeanette Winterson and John Cooper Clarke, renowned fashion editor Alexandra Shulman, artist Jeremy Deller and Hollywood actor Helena Bonham-Carter, Charleston’s wide-ranging summer programme, on a new outdoor stage designed by Pup Architects, explores such diverse themes as 19th-century women’s rights, artificial intelligence (AI) and economist John Maynard Keynes as you have never seen him before.
vintage fairground, with traditional funfair attractions
Historical encampment that will take visitors bake through time from the
Stone Age right through to the
Second World War
A new
Speaker’s Corner for shorter talks, late evening story-telling by the fire, live music every day, a chance to view the country’s only working Soviet T-34 tank
The History Tellers Picture by Elizabeth Perry
For the first time, there will be a
Second World War Soldier School where instructors will take young recruits from the parade ground to handling weapons
Food, hygiene and the home will be themes alongside Roman road-building, the age of chivalry, medicine and treating casualties in the trenches, and body snatching in the early 19th century
Jules Button of Woodbridge Emporium bookshop
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Did you count down the days until you could go back to a real-life bookshop?
As independent bookshops in Suffolk and Essex reopen their doors following easing of lockdown restrictions, shop staff have been overwhelmed with the welcome from their regular customers.
But some are worried about whether the support will continue once the initial enthusiasm wears off - and are calling for people to use their local bookshops regularly, rather than buying from Amazon.
Jules Button, outside Woodbridge Emporium bookshop
- Credit: Charlotte Bond/Archant
So important to support high street