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THURSDAY 7th MAY
This Book May Cause Side Effects – with HELEN PILCHER
Arts Centre, Devizes Road SN1 4BJ
Tel 01793 535534
12.30pm ~ 7th May ~ £9 (£8)
What do you know about the placebo’s evil twin, the nocebo effect? How much of wellness and illness is simply a matter of biology? What is the mind’s effect on illness and well-being?
Neuroscientist, contributor to BBC Wildlife, and prize-winning science author Helen Pilcher explores the hidden impact of the nocebo effect, on reasons for ailments and ageing, why people who don't have food allergies have dietary intolerances, and why adults and teenagers are equally susceptible to catching tics through social media. Her latest book explains what happens when illness, psychology, and society meet - and shows us what we can do to become less ill and more well.
We Came by Sea: stories of a greater Britain – with HORATIO CLARE
Arts Centre, Devizes Road SN1 4BJ
Tel 01793 535534
6.30pm ~ 7th May ~ £9 (£8)
What do we really know about ‘the small boat crossings’? Who are the many and good people involved, at all stages? Why do those taking to dinghies believe Britain to be a place of care, kindness, and a country that is truly great and good?
Bestselling travel writer, memoirist, journalist, and author of more than fifteen books for adults and three for children, Horatio Clare has a fascinating but as yet untold story to tell in his latest book, We Came by Sea.
It’s a story which shows the best of us, and bears witness to hope and humanity. It’s a story of helpers and lifeboat crews. It celebrates an unrecognised, uncelebrated, and all but unknown Britain which is giving its all to help the vulnerable and desperate. It is a journey through an unexamined nation; and it is a true story.
No Friend to this House . . . the myth of Medea – with NATALIE HAYNES
Arts Centre, Devizes Road SN1 4BJ
Tel 01793 535534
8pm ~ 7th May ~ £10 (£9)
Where did the Golden Fleece come from? Who guarded it and how could you steal it? What were Jason and his Argonauts really up against? What part did priestess Medea play in their destiny? What was really at the heart of the love between Jason and Medea?
In her latest book, No Friend in this House, prizewinning broadcaster and best-selling author Natalie Haynes, who delights in standing up for the classics and bringing them to a wider audience, reimagines the classic Greek tragedy by Euripides, and shows us Medea as never seen before!
