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INSIDE OUT FESTIVAL The Wives and Widows of Sea Captains
Books & Poetry
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- Somerset House,
- Kokoro: The Art of Horiyoshi III, Until Sun Jul 1
- Wendy Ramshaw: Rooms of Dreams, Until Sun Jun 24
- Drowning World, Until Tue Jun 5
- Jim Lee: Arrested, Until Tue Jun 5
- Jim Lee: Arrested, Until Tue Jun 5
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- Youssef Courbage, The Mosaic Rooms
- Ben Anderson, Dulwich Books
- Mark Henderson, Waterstone's
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Robert Hampson, Professor of Modern Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, will compare three representations of captains' wives in Marlow's 'Chance' and in Conrad's 'Typhoon' and 'Falk'. His colleague, Sophie Gilmartin, will talk about her current book project which follows the lives of two women who were on board different ships during the winter of 1856 off Cape Horn. Followed by a Q&A. Booking essential.
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