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Friday 24 May

The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London SE1 Free 0844 875 0073

18:00 – 20:00
The Beginning

Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11 £10 (£8) 020 7223 2223

18:00 – 21:30
Dialogue

Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11 Phone for prices 020 7223 2223

18:00 – 20:00
Dr Kevin Fong: Talk

Althorp, Northampton £15 Day Ticket (up to four events) £40, Two Day Ticket (up to four events each day) £65, Three Day Tickets (up to four events each day) £95 01604 770107

Hendrick's Carnival of Knowledge, Hove £15 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

18:00
There May Be Explosions

The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol £5

18:15
Lee Smolin: Time Reborn: Talk

St George's Bristol £8; £6.50 disabled (Children £6.50; £6.50; £6.50) 0845 402 4001

18:30
Between The Woods And The Water

The Old Passage, Gloucester Free 01453 751440

18:30 – 19:30
Bodies Of Pompeii And Herculaneum: Lecture

BP Lecture Theatre at British Museum, London WC1B £5 (£3; £3) 020 7323 8299

18:30 – 20:00
Pin Drop

Simon Oldfield Gallery, London W1K Prices to be confirmed 020 7404 0884

This week it's Roshi Fernando, author of Homesick and shortlister for the EFG Sunday Times Short Story Prize, 2011.

18:30 – 20:00
Propaganda And Politics In The Modern Age: Panel Discussion

Conference Centre at The British Library, London NW1 £7.50 adv booking required (£5 adv booking required) 0843 208 1144

Stanfords, Bristol £5 inc glass of wine, adv booking required 0117 929 9966

London Review Bookshop, WC1A £10 020 7269 9030

19:00
Luke Wright: Your New Favourite Poet

Leicester Square Theatre, London WC2H £10 (£8) 0844 873 3433

19:00
Sara Rees: Talk

Small World Centre, Cardigan Phone for prices 01239 615952

19:00
Scott Ian: Speaking Words

O2 Academy Oxford £15 0844 477 2000

The Hellenic Centre, London W1U Free 020 7487 5060

19:15
Preamble: Scratch

Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11 Donations welcome 020 7223 2223

19:30
Andie Airfix

Space at Create, Brighton £9 (£6) 01273 917272

19:30
Chris Skidmore: Bosworth

Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, Nuneaton £10 inc refreshment 01455 290429

19:30
Embryo 78

The King's Arms, Salford £5 0161 832 3605

RADA, London WC1E £6 (£5) 020 7908 4800

19:30
Jean Harrison & Pauline Yarwood

Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal £5 01539 725133

19:30
Not I

Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at Jerwood Theatre At The Royal Court, London SW1W £20; £12 balcony and restricted view 020 7565 5000

Bath Royal Literary And Scientific Institute £4 ( £2; £2) 01225 312084

19:30
Rising Magazine

Upstairs at The Betsey Trotwood, London EC1R Free 020 7253 4285

19:30 – 21:00
Virginia Gilmer: The Feminine Impulse. Plato As The Nun Hroswitha: Talk

Rudolf Steiner House, London NW1 £3.50 (£1) 020 7723 4400

The English Language Centre, Hove £8 (£6) 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

19:45
The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs

Harlow Playhouse £12 (£10) 01279 431945

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London SE1 £12–£15 Booking: £1.75 (Members £0.00) (£50) 0844 875 0073

Hendrick's Carnival of Knowledge, Hove £12 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

20:00
Michael Burleigh: Talk

Topping & Co Booksellers, Bath £7; £6 adv 01225 428111

20:00
New Town Readings

Nottingham Playhouse £5 0115 941 9419

21:30 – 23:30
Scribblers

Gateshead Central Library Free 0191 433 8420

Saturday 25 May

Booked!

West Dunbartonshire Times vary / Free 01389 608978

Burns an' a' That! Festival

Belleisle Park, Ayr Times & prices vary 01292 616143

Florilegium

Saison Poetry Library, London SE1 Times to be confirmed / Free 0844 875 0073

10:00 – 22:00
Artist Rooms: Lawrence Weiner

Tate Modern, London SE1 Free 020 7887 8888

10:00
Daddy Cool Story Time

Saffron Walden Library Free 01799 523178

10:00 – 12:30
Deborah Moggach: Talk

Althorp, Northampton £15 Day Ticket (up to four events) £40, Two Day Ticket (up to four events each day) £65, Three Day Tickets (up to four events each day) £95 01604 770107

10:00 – 18:00
Dieter Roth: Diaries

Camden Arts Centre, London NW3 Free 020 7472 5500

10:00 – 11:00
Fun Reading Groups (Ages 6-12)

Wanstead Library, London E11 Free, adv booking required 020 8708 7400

10:00 – 15:00
Greek Myths Activity Day!

Waterstones, Ipswich Free 01473 289044

10:00 – 18:00
Leafing through Natural Scotland Exhibition

John Hope Gateway Centre at Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Free 0131 248 2909

10:00 – 17:00
Maria Walker & Angela Topping: The Lightfoot Letters

Lauriston Gallery at Waterside Arts Centre, Sale Free 0161 912 5616

10:00
Paddy Ashdown: Talk

Althorp, Northampton £15 Day Ticket (up to four events) £40, Two Day Ticket (up to four events each day) £65, Three Day Tickets (up to four events each day) £95 01604 770107