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Folk East Virtual Festival
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INSPIRATIONAL: The Hut People
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson
KEN COCKBURN guides us through a survey of Chekov’s early short fiction, and the groundwork it laid for his later masterpieces
ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in a hugely enjoyable but deadly serious examination of the 1930s, that is an indictment of our own era
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UNSURPRISINGLY, this has been a terrible year for folk festivals, with all the major events cancelled due to Covid-19.
It seemed that there was little light at the end of the tunnel but lockdown has also provided an opportunity for creativity and innovation, with some festivals offering a virtual online experience.
One such is Folk East Festival in Suffolk, which managed to put together a fine afternoon of performances, with local duo Honey and the Bear getting the afternoon off to a relaxing start, followed by north-east duo Katherine Priddy and George Boomsma with a performance of songs based on Greek myths.
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