Otto English and Kathleen Wyatt - Pants on Fire
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- Tickets
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£11 (£10 ticket charge plus 10% booking fee)
- Dates and times
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21st May 2022
1:15PM - 2:15PM
- Age
- Adult, Over 14s only. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
- Venue
These two
authors should help you to tell the truth from the many, many lies we’ve been
told.
In his fascinating new book Fake History, journalist and author Otto English takes ten great lies from history and shows how our present continues to be manipulated by the fabrications of the past.
He looks at how so much of what we take to be
historical fact is, in fact, fiction. From the myths of WW2 to the adventures
of Columbus, and from the self-serving legends of 'great men' to the origins of
curry – fake history is everywhere and used ever more to impact our modern
world.
Setting out to redress the balance, English tears
apart the lies propagated by politicians and think tanks, the grand narratives
spun by populists and the media, the stories on your friend's Facebook feed and
the tales you were told in childhood. And, in doing so, reclaims the truth from
those who have perverted it.
In a time of deep fakes, alternative truths and
leaked secrets, it would be easy to think that we are surrounded by lies. How
do we do this extraordinary thing – often under the most ordinary of
circumstances? How do we convince each other to suspend disbelief? Do we really
tell more lies today? And considering her own lies, can she even be trusted on
this subject?
In her brilliant, wide-ranging study of lies and lying, The
Social Superpower, Wyatt introduces us to a cast of professionals and
professional liars – from scientists to investigators, from double agents to
toddler specialists, from a fallen titan of industry to a Nobel Peace
Prize-winning journalist. Together, they all help her prove a remarkable
thesis: lies hold us together as much as they push us apart and they are vital
in a healthy society.
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