8. Natasha Carthew: Rough Edges
Beyond the picture postcards, Britain’s coastal communities are suffering. Crowds flood the beaches during summer heatwaves, but they quickly vanish again, leaving behind drifts of rubbish and unstable seasonal jobs. Seaside property is in high demand but affordable only for landlords and gentrifiers. Cornish writer and poet Natasha Carthew travelled the UK coastline to meet the people fighting to keep these places alive. Her book Rough Edges is a rallying cry for the beauty and importance of our coast and the people who call it home.
Seasoned ILF host Becky is primarily a ghostwriter. She has written for pink-pound entrepreneurs, survivors of trauma and abuse, mindfulness mentors, pole dancers, photographers and (nearly) a panto star. Her regular columns for The Yorkshire Post and Families Magazine were often a humorous take on life juggling teenage daughters, a mother with dementia and a dad whose ashes lived in a wine bottle in the kitchen cupboard.
Event Details
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- Date: Saturday 3rd October
- Time: 3:45 pm
- Price£12/9 concessions
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