IN CONVERSATION WITH -Rosie Boycott

Fri 4th May 7.30 pm *
£6.00

This is the second of a series of “In Conversation with……” evenings that will give our audience the chance to listen to, and question, local personalities that make a difference to our lives.

A regular co-host on radio and TV, Rosie appears on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week, Question Time, Any Questions, The Late Review and various other talk shows and arts programmes. Rosie makes regular appearances on news programmes and current affairs. She was the subject of a one-off documentary on her editorship of The Independent.Rosie is a member of and media advisor for the Council of Europe, a director of the Hay on Wye Literary Festival and is also involved with Warchild and StreetSmart.In 2002 Rosie presented Life Etc for the BBC – a major series which addressed morals, faith and ethics and in the same year also presented the film on Diana, Princess of Wales, for the BBC2’s Great Britons series. In 2005 she wrote and presented The Trouble With Being A Woman for Channel 4 and also made a film about the dangers of cannabis for ITV1’s Tonight with Trevor McDonald. Rosie was a founder of Spare Rib magazine and Virago press, and was the first woman to edit a broadsheet and daily newspaper. She has edited Esquire, The Independent on Sunday, The Independent and The Daily and Sunday Express. She has also contributed to and edited newspapers and magazines in Kuwait, Hong Kong and the USA.Her books include Batty Bloomers and Boycott, A Nice Girl Like Me (her autobiography) and All For Love, a novel.

* Doors - and the bar - will open at 7pm and the evening will begin at 7.30pm with a light-hearted "In conversation with……” session with a well-known local 'character'.........