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and film makers DrHeatherCouper The Mayorand Mayoress of Swindon coun Maurice and Sheila Fanning
and Nigel Henbest will give an launches the festival programme on 19 March with festival director Matt
illustrated talk, with humour, about Holland and performance poet Cynthia Hamilton SPRI NG[RS
life beyond earth. There isn't enough space to list ever Clive Brain Memorial Lecture
Howard Marks, known by 43 the complete 10 day line up: writers in memory of the late principal of
aliases and to M16, is fresh out of Libby Purves and Deborah Swindon College. Oxford college Summer '98 styles
America's toughest prison where Moggach, children's writer Bel warden Sir Christopher Ball, now now in stock
he taught philosophy. A likeable Mooney, Swindon Town chairman President of the new National
chap, he will be talking about his life Rikki Hunt, the Mayor telling tall Campaign for Learning will address Sunswirl £35
avoiding drug squads and the clink. tales in Penhill, journalist Paul Foot the question: Lifelong Learning for Wheat/
Professor Anthony Clare, known at Lydiard House and more all: dream or reality? Tan Nubuck
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AlphaPlus Training is sponsoring a writing competition in the Festival of
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