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September 2019
22 – 28 September: A Banned Book at Bedtime webcast with the Museum of Witchcraft & Magic, Cornwall
Don’t listen with Mother: The Museum of Witchcraft & Magic in Cornwall present a Banned Book at Bedtime – nightly webcasts from the MWM Library. From the Grimoire to the Bodice Ripper; discover ancient magical texts subverted as evidence in witch trials, unpublished transcriptions of conversations with spirits, alchemic formulae, works of occult philosophy and novels so racy and depraved they were banned from sale on the Paris Metro! With special guest Dr Thomas Waters, whose book Cursed Britain is…
28 September: 1984 at 70 – How Has Orwell’s Vision Aged?
It is 70 years since George Orwell published 1984. So how do our political and personal landscapes today compare to Orwell’s dystopia? And can the book shed light on today’s data-driven security and surveillance society? Our panel: Dorian Lynskey, author of The Ministry of Truth, an acclaimed new biography of 1984; award-winning foreign affairs writer David Pratt; and Julia Farrington of Index on Censorship. Chaired by Magnus Linklater. This is a Banned Books Week event in partnership with the British…