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Events for Spring 2020
Festival offers something for everyone
MiliM is our Leeds Festival of Words and Ideas and March is our Month of Jewish Words for All. This year is our fifth year and our programme includes an exciting range of events in a variety of venues across North Leeds and the City Centre. We are sure there is something for everyone.
To mark International Women’s Day on Sunday 8thMarch 2020, we are hosting an all women panel discussion on the theme of œIf I can do it so can you
On Thursday 19th March we will be celebrating the centenary of Leeds United with an evening of talk and debate about the club and its history.
MiliM is now a firm part of the Leeds literary scene and once again we are contributing four events to the Leeds Lit Fest. As in previous years, there will be a joint event with the Leeds Jewish Historical Society.
We are very grateful to all our sponsors and supporters whose generosity helps us to keep costs low so more people can attend our events.
Milim Spring 2019
Helen Taylor
Why Women Read Fiction
Richard Zimler
The Gospel According to Lazarus: a Biblical Thriller
The best selling international author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, Hunting Midnight, Guardian of the Dawn and The Seventh Gate will be talking about his
latest work The Gospel According to Lazarus
International Women’s Day
If I Can Do It So Can You
She Business founder Paula Grizzard chairs a panel which includes Leeds University academic, Eva Frojmovic, social entrepreneur Anna Dyson founder of ToastLoveCoffee, and Rabbi Eryn London who discuss their personal journeys.
Myra Kersner
The Coronation Street Prequels
Myra Kersner, writing as Maggie Sullivan, will be talking about her books –
Christmas on Coronation Street, Mother’s Day on Coronation Street and Snow on the Cobbles of Coronation Street, which cover the early lives of Elsie Tanner, Annie Walker and Hilda Ogden.
William Miller
Gloucester Crescent – Me, My Dad and Other Grown-Ups
William Miller will be in discussion with Brian Daniels about his life as the
son of the late Jonathan Miller, director, actor, writer, presenter and former
doctor.
Lance Foreman
Forman’s – They’re Not Just A Smokehouse. They’re A Salmon Theme-Park
A journey from Smoked Salmon to Brexit via the London Olympics of a community, a life-enhancer and, sometimes, a life-saver – Lance Forman tells all.
Marching on together – celebrating 100 years of Leeds United
Marking the centenary of Leeds united, an evening of lively discussion and debate about the club, its players and management .
Fans, former players and their families of Leeds United are warmly invited to join TalkSPORT broadcaster and sports psychotherapist, Gary Bloom (OL76) and his panel of special guests for an evening to celebrate 100 years of marching on together. Guests are welcome to submit their questions about the club, its history and its future to our panel. Panel guests include Anthony Clavane, sportswriter, and author of Promised Land and A Yorkshire Tragedy, Adam Pope, sports broadcaster for the BBC, Andrew ‘Stats’ Dalton, football historian, author and statistician (is there anything he doesn’t know about Leeds United?) and his co-author, Heidi Haigh, also an avid Leeds United fan. There are a few more panel members still to be announced. There should be a few former players attending too so there will be ample opportunities for ‘selfies’ and to check out the archive display of Leeds United through the years.
The event is hosted in conjunction with The Grammar School at Leeds and sponsored by Front Row Legal
The event will take place in the theatre foyer at The Grammar School at Leeds.
Doors open at 7pm when there will be a cash bar and refreshments available. The event starts at 7.30pm and ends at 9.00pm.
Norman Lebrecht
Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World 1847-1947
The world’s best-selling author on classical music now turns his attention to how a handful of men and women changed the way we see the world
Vanessa Rosenthal
Nina Queen of Bohemia
Vanessa will be performing her one woman play inspired by her long held fascination with Roger Fry’s portrait of Nina that hangs in the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery in The University of Leeds.
Paula Kitching
Britain’s Jews and the First World War
Britain’s Jews and the First World War Historian and writer Paula Kitching will be talking about her new book which looks at the involvement of British Jewish in the Great War. Amongst the hundreds of thousands who died during the conflict, 137 Jewish men from Leeds perished in service of King and Country
Helen Taylor
Why Women Read Fiction
Richard Zimler
The Gospel According to Lazarus: a Biblical Thriller
The best selling international author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, Hunting Midnight, Guardian of the Dawn and The Seventh Gate will be talking about his
latest work The Gospel According to Lazarus
International Women’s Day
If I Can Do It So Can You
She Business founder Paula Grizzard chairs a panel which includes Leeds University academic, Eva Frojmovic, social entrepreneur Anna Dyson founder of ToastLoveCoffee, and Rabbi Eryn London who discuss their personal journeys.
Myra Kersner
The Coronation Street Prequels
Myra Kersner, writing as Maggie Sullivan, will be talking about her books –
Christmas on Coronation Street, Mother’s Day on Coronation Street and Snow on the Cobbles of Coronation Street, which cover the early lives of Elsie Tanner, Annie Walker and Hilda Ogden.
William Miller
Gloucester Crescent – Me, My Dad and Other Grown-Ups
William Miller will be in discussion with Brian Daniels about his life as the
son of the late Jonathan Miller, director, actor, writer, presenter and former
doctor.
Lance Foreman
Forman’s – They’re Not Just A Smokehouse. They’re A Salmon Theme-Park
A journey from Smoked Salmon to Brexit via the London Olympics of a community, a life-enhancer and, sometimes, a life-saver – Lance Forman tells all.
Marching on together – celebrating 100 years of Leeds United
Marking the centenary of Leeds united, an evening of lively discussion and debate about the club, its players and management .
Fans, former players and their families of Leeds United are warmly invited to join TalkSPORT broadcaster and sports psychotherapist, Gary Bloom (OL76) and his panel of special guests for an evening to celebrate 100 years of marching on together. Guests are welcome to submit their questions about the club, its history and its future to our panel. Panel guests include Anthony Clavane, sportswriter, and author of Promised Land and A Yorkshire Tragedy, Adam Pope, sports broadcaster for the BBC, Andrew ‘Stats’ Dalton, football historian, author and statistician (is there anything he doesn’t know about Leeds United?) and his co-author, Heidi Haigh, also an avid Leeds United fan. There are a few more panel members still to be announced. There should be a few former players attending too so there will be ample opportunities for ‘selfies’ and to check out the archive display of Leeds United through the years.
The event is hosted in conjunction with The Grammar School at Leeds and sponsored by Front Row Legal
The event will take place in the theatre foyer at The Grammar School at Leeds.
Doors open at 7pm when there will be a cash bar and refreshments available. The event starts at 7.30pm and ends at 9.00pm.
Norman Lebrecht
Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World 1847-1947
The world’s best-selling author on classical music now turns his attention to how a handful of men and women changed the way we see the world
Vanessa Rosenthal
Nina Queen of Bohemia
Vanessa will be performing her one woman play inspired by her long held fascination with Roger Fry’s portrait of Nina that hangs in the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery in The University of Leeds.
Paula Kitching
Britain’s Jews and the First World War
Britain’s Jews and the First World War Historian and writer Paula Kitching will be talking about her new book which looks at the involvement of British Jewish in the Great War. Amongst the hundreds of thousands who died during the conflict, 137 Jewish men from Leeds perished in service of King and Country
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