Get ready for the London Word Festival
For those of you who are after a true celebration of the humble word, events which find a fresh and exciting approach to those little sounds that spill out of our mouths, look no further than London Word Festival. Now in its fourth year, this East London literary festival is as far removed from those stale, celebrity ridden festivals as an aardvark from a zyxt (Kentish second singular indicative present form of the verb see) and boasts a host of exhilarating poets, writers, musicians and comedians.
Tim Key chats about winning the Edinburgh Comedy Award, Alan Partridge and writing the perfect poem
Tim Key picks up the phone and says ‘I thought you were late. I rang my agent to find out where those jokers from Snipe were.’ He continues to explain that he’s using a friend’s phone, a friend who’s continuously late and so has set his clock fifteen minutes early. When I reply that it’s now precisely two thirty (the scheduled time of our phone interview) he adds comically, ‘you guys at Snipe have built your business on punctuality.’
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Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
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- An interview with Desiree Akhavan
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