Events
Martin Bell’s tour supporting A Very British Revolution continues through 2010.
The full list of events is below and we have included links where possible to book tickets.
If you are a bookshop or other organisation interested in inviting Martin to speak, please email Icon Books’ Head of PR Najma Finlay at najma.finlay@iconbooks.co.uk
March
16 “An Audience with Martin Bell” Lincoln info
18 Northampton Library
19 Saffron Walden Literary Festival info
23 Oxford Literary Festival
April
1 A VERY BRITISH REVOLUTION paperback release
8 Nottingham Library
11 Cambridge Wordfest – more info here.
13 Kensington Central Library – more info here.
14 Blackwell’s Liverpool
16 Caxton Books event, hosted at Frinton Golf Club
22 Geri Sager “An audience with Martin Bell”
27 Taunton Brewhouse “An audience with Martin Bell” info
28 Malvern Forum Theatre “An audience with Martin Bell” info
May
4 Pocklington bookshop – talk and signing (contact info for tickets here)
27 Stourbridge Library
June
14 Surrey County Council Library
23 Stevenage and Knebworth Arts Group
July
10 “An Audience with Martin Bell” Deeside
Entries (RSS)
May 15th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Hi Martin Bell,
Why don’t you re-enter the political scene.
We need a NEW, CLEAN Party
I’m sure you would get backing to field candidates in all the seats where the 3 main parties have been abusing the expenses system.
The ones on BBC Question Time (BBC1) looked like rabbits caught in the glare of a car’s headlights in a country lane!!!
Regards,
Mike
May 23rd, 2009 at 12:23 pm
To Martin Bell
Martin
I have worked all my life in business ,often with a sense of guilt that I have been fortunate to be successful and to have enjoyed myself working hard. That guilt resulted in me wanting to pay back to society much of what I had learned in my career , integrity and leadership and the excitement of challenge.
For the last 12 years I have chaired several state schools here in Exeter ,in the poorest and most deprived part of the city .Yes, Exeter does ,like all cities ,have pockets of severe deprivation. I have enjoyed that challenge more than I care to admit and the personal satisfaction of helping organizations be more effective and change peoples lives, is intoxicating. The more you do , the more you are asked to do . People ask me why ,how can I commit so much time and take on such battles . The answer is simple ,it matters ,people deserve to be given as much help as possible in fulfilling their potential and I enjoy it .
Strangely it is the journey that matters to us all , not arriving at the destination, not achieving a specific goal ,which is often anti-climatic when achieved . Have you felt this ?
So , continuing to battle on in education , sending my own children to those ‘bog standard comprehensives’ , seeing them achieve so much with their peers, confirms to me that society has so much good to offer . However it is often under threat not by individuals ,not even by religion or terrorism but by poor leadership in politicians . There are many good politicians however we have a political system that is more interested in protecting the power of the executive than in engaging in true debate. I have seen that at first hand .
So , if you feel this country needs more individuals who would like to help change our system for the better then I would like to help in anyway I can .
I need this like a hole in the head but at present ,the situation is dire . I am a dogged fighter who needs a challenge and ultimately believe that there is good that comes from every crisis….let it not be public indifference which will lead to a poorer society.
Thank you for listening to me
Regards
Matthew Macan