Tag: Colchester

Tattoos: The Untold History of a Modern Art by Matt Lodder

Essex Book Festival, EA Festival and Firstsite are excited to present a talk with Dr Matt Lodder about his new book, Tattoos. The true history of ...

Some Autumnal Delights …

Essex Book Festival isn’t just for June, we have some fantastic events on the menu coming up over the next six weeks. Chelmsford Science Festival ...

Radical Essex Procession

What a start, and still so much to come…

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our This Land: Launch Day last Saturday at University of Essex. We had the most wonderful time. With a full mix ...

Sixty Stories University of Essex

Sixty Stories for Sixty Years – University of Essex

Sixty Stories for Sixty Years – University of Essex 1964 – 2024 University of Essex are celebrating 60 years of making change happen. 60 ...

Beach of Dreams Flag Procession

Fancy being a flagbearer?

We are very excited to be launching this year’s Essex Book Festival with a Radical Procession led by Beach of Dreams from St Leonard ...

Espionage, betrayal, terrorism, corruption – the truth behind the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher.

A Red Lion Books event: No Ordinary Day – John Murray & Matt Johnson in conversation at Colchester Arts Centre On 17 April 1984, as ...

Walk With Words

Competition deadline extended: Share your story – win £300

Walk with Words is an interactive walking route connecting Colchester City Centre, the University of Essex, and Greenstead. Arranged on 16 posts, a QR ...

The moment Wes Streeting is reunited with his former teacher Dorothy Eden. Photo by Colchester Labour Party

Wes Streeting reunited with teacher who changed his life at Essex Book Festival event

Colchester book launch sees emotional meeting. Wes Streeting, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Health, had an emotional reunion with his former primary ...