Books & Spoken Word
James Meek: Dreams of Leaving and Remaining
Award-winning author and journalist, James Meek, introduces his latest book, Dreams of Leaving and Remaining, which examines the anatomy of Britain on the edge of Brexit.
“In March 2019, the UK will (probably) leave the EU, facing an unpredictable future. Since the referendum in 2016, the nation has been split into two dreams of leaving and remaining. Over the last few years, award-winning journalist James Meek has been searching for the stories and consequences of this rupture.
“What can we recover from the debris of an old nation as we head towards new horizons? What must we leave behind? There aren’t any easy answers that will satisfy Brexiteers or Remainers. Instead, he paints a portrait of an anxious nation and offers a dissection of the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the present moment.”
This event is part of Festival of Ideas annual Coleridge Series, inspired by Coleridge’s wide-ranging and radical lectures in Bristol in the 1790s.
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