Speaker: John L. Williams. John will be talking about his new biography of the great Trinidadian historian, radical & cricket-lover: CLR James. His book brings this extraordinary 20th century life into brilliant focus as it moves from Trinidad to London to Lancashire to the USA & back again. ‘CLR James was decades ahead of his time in challenging our thoughts about empire, colonialism, black history &, not least, in writing brilliantly about cricket. He finally has the biography his extraordinary influence deserves’ (Barney Ronay). John is a Cardiff-born novelist & biographer; his subjects range from American crime fiction to Dame Shirley Bassey. Benjamin Zephaniah described John’s account of the Cardiff 3 case, Bloody Valentine, as his favourite book.
7.30pm: Entry. Buffet. Please bring an item if you can: vegetarian or vegan only. No entry before 7.30pm. 8pm: Talk & discussion till about 10pm; back to buffet. Raffle. Open to all. No booking, just turn up.