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Swindon Wide

What's on and where at Swindon's Festival of Literature

Monday Bank Holiday 1 May The Tuppenny, Devizes Road CROWTHER, and GILLIAN BEST
DAWN CHORUS 5.30am Lawn Thursday 4 May 7.30pm
Woods, High Street, Old Town POLLY TOYNBEE & DAVID WALKER Arts Centre, Devizes Road
RAIN, SPEED AND STEAM! 1pm 12.30pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road MARK SHERRATT 9pm
Richard Jefferies Museum, BRIAN CLEGG 6.30pm Arts Centre, The Tuppenny, Devizes Road
Marlborough Road, Coate Devizes Road Thursday 11 May
FREEDOM RUN 2pm ELIZABETH ST JOHN 7.30pm ELLI WOOLLARD – STORYWALK
Lydiard House, Lydiard Park Lydiard House, Lydiard Park 10am
HEALTH WALK 2pm MARCUS DU SAUTOY 8pm Richard Jefferies Museum, Coate
Lydiard House, Lydiard Park Arts Centre, Devizes Road INGRID SEWARD 12.30pm
SARAH FINCH-CRISP 3pm WAYNE HOLLOWAY-SMITH 9pm FRANCESCA MARTINEZ 6.30pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road
Lydiard House, Lydiard Park The Tuppenny, Devizes Road Arts Centre, Devizes Road XIAOLU GUO 6.30pm
CHRISTOPHER SOMERVILLE 7pm Friday 5 May POETRY IN THE SITTING ROOM 6pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road
Lower Shaw Farm FIONA MADDOCKS 12.30pm Richard Jefferies Museum, Coate ROMAN KRZNARIC 8pm
Tuesday 2 May Arts Centre, Devizes Road LIONEL SHRIVER 8pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road
GRAHAM HARVEY 12.30pm DAVID OWEN 6.30pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road A HIP-HOP PANEL 9pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road Arts Centre, Devizes Road Tuesday 9 May The Tuppenny, Devizes Road
HILARY BRADT 6.30pm POLLY MORLAND 8pm CHARLOTTE GREEN 12.30pm Friday 12 May
Arts Centre, Devizes Road Arts Centre, Devizes Road Arts Centre, Devizes Road SN1 4BJ LAURENCE REES 12.30pm
JOANNA HICKSON 7pm Saturday 6 May 01793 524481 Arts Centre, Devizes Road
Central Library Regent Circus NICOLA MILLBANK 12.30pm PHILIP HOOK 6.30pm STEPHEN LAW 6.30pm
WONDERWORDS 7.30pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road Arts Centre, Devizes Road Arts Centre, Devizes Road
Central Community Centre SWINDON SLAM! 7.30pm MARIANNE TAYLOR & RACHEL HENRY HEMMING 1pm
BENEDICT ALLEN 8pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road WARREN CHADD 7pm Central Library, Regent Circus
Arts Centre, Devizes Road Sunday 7 May Central Library Regent Circus THINK SLAM! 8pm
Wednesday 3 May CHILDREN & FAMILIES DAY JOHN REES 8pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road
IRVING FINKEL 12.30pm 10.30am – 4pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road Saturday 13 May
Arts Centre, Devizes Road Lower Shaw Farm Wednesday 10 May WRITING WORKSHOP & WRITERS’
OLIVER JAMES 6.30pm THREE ACRES AND A COW 7pm CLOVER STROUD 12.30pm LUNCH 12.30pm
Arts Centre, Devizes Road Lower Shaw Farm. Arts Centre, Devizes Road Lower Shaw Farm
MARK LAWSON 8pm Monday 8 May CATHERINE MAYER 6.30pm FESTIVAL FINALE: STORIES, POEMS,
Arts Centre, Devizes Road TERRY WAITE 12.30pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road & MUSIC 7.30pm
THE SWINDONIAN EVENING 9pm Arts Centre, Devizes Road VANESSA LAFAYE, RACHEL Town Hall, Regents Circus

Charity nights going strong
at Swindon restaurants GO ALL INCLUSIVE

Started in 2008, popular Indian
restaurant Bengal Square in
Peatmoor has consistently run
charitable fundraising nights
donating all profits to worthy
causes across the Swindon area.
Now, the restaurant is expanding
this charitable evening to their
newly reopened sister site Mantra
in Old Town.
Held every Monday and Tuesday
at Bengal Square, and every
Tuesday at Mantra, the charity
nights have raised over £100,000
to date which has been shared amongst local causes from
youth football teams to Macmillan cancer research.
Owner Hanif Robbani said: “We donate all profits raised on the
evening to the cause of choice, and this can be further added to
if the organisers hold a raffle, quiz or auction.
“Donations from ourselves of £350+ are not uncommon and the
best night we’ve ever had raised a grand total of over £3,000.
“We are happy to host events for any worthwhile cause and it 2 Roughmoor Village Centre,
doesn’t necessarily have to be a charity.” Peatmoor, Swindon SN5 5DJ
To host a fundraising event at Mantra, email your event details 01793 887799 01793 882233
to: [email protected]
Or to host your event at Bengal Square email: [email protected]
[email protected] www.bengalsquare.co.uk

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