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Irish Writers’ Weekend Opens With Maggie O’Farrell At The British Library
The Irish Writers’ Weekend runs at the British Library’s Knowledge Centre in London from Friday, November 27 to Sunday, November 29, 2026, opening with Maggie O’Farrell in conversation.
O’Farrell, the author of Hamnet, opens a weekend that gathers some of the most celebrated voices in Irish writing in one place. Irish literature has rarely stood taller in the world’s imagination, and a full weekend of readings, conversations and new work in the national library is a landmark for readers as much as for writers.
The British Library gives the weekend a home worthy of it, with the writers appearing in the building that holds the nation’s written memory.
We Speak Media will be watching the London weekend closely, and we will bring readers the full story from the festival.
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The Human Appeal Winter Comedy Tour reaches The New Bingley Hall in Birmingham on Sunday, December 20, 2026, as the Muslim Comedy Takeover closes its twelfth year of touring in aid of orphaned children.
Guz Khan, Tez Ilyas, Kae Kurd, Aatif Nawaz and Riaad Moosa share the bill on a tour that has become one of the fixtures of the British comedy winter, playing arena scale rooms across the country. The Birmingham date closes a leg that also calls at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Sheffield and Manchester.
Comedy for a cause at this scale is its own kind of show, part stand up spectacular and part community gathering, and the Bingley Hall is ready for a full house.
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Irish Writers’ Weekend Opens With Maggie O’Farrell At The British LibraryDamrau And Finley Sing Brahms With The Philharmonia In LondonPappano And Jansen Premiere A New Concerto With The LSOSantos Hits Walk-Off Field Goal as Bears Beat Buccaneers 27-24 on Sunday Night Football Despite Five TurnoversNFL Sunday Roundup: Stroud Throws Five Touchdowns in Texans Rout, Packers Hang 45 on Patriots, Giants Stun EaglesNBA Roundup: Reaves Scores 43 as Doncic-Less Lakers Top Pistons, Flagg Dishes Career-High 12 AssistsKneecap Bring The World Tour To Wolverhampton-
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