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Mishal Husain
Broken Threads: A Family from Empire to Independence
An award-winning broadcaster whose work has taken her around the world, Mishal Husain presented her final edition of the Today programme last year, joining Bloomberg News as Editor-at-Large.
Inspired by the fragment of an old sari worn by her grandmother at her wedding, her acclaimed memoir ‘Broken Threads’ takes us on a personal journey through her family’s letters and diaries. Through a patchwork of hurried departures, lucky escapes and homes never seen again, she weaves a story of a generation shaped by the Raj, a world war, independence and partition.
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The festival will continue to present a varied and rich programme of events in addition to opera that includes a wide range of talks and ‘in conversation’ events on visual art, culture, history, politics, wellbeing, sport and design as well as jazz, classical and world music performances, family events and comedy. See the full programme here.
With panoramic views that look out over three counties, performance venues include the estate’s medieval chapel and award-winning theatre, with idyllic gardens designed by Chelsea gold medal winner, Rupert Golby. Festival-goers can enjoy outstanding pieces of modern British sculpture throughout the gardens, including works by Antony Gormley, Rachel Whiteread, Allen Jones and Marc Quinn