2025 Festival Event

Mishal Husain
Photo Credit: Ruth Crafer

Broken Threads

Journalist and broadcaster Mishal Husain talks about her remarkable family memoir which uncovers the stories of her grandparents against a background of empire, political upheaval and the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan.  In conversation with Maria Sturdy-Morton, Mishal explains how a small fragment of sari prompted her to research family memories and diaries – telling of frantic departures, lost homes and lucky escapes.  Interweaving national and personal history, Broken Threads is a powerful family chronicle of lives shaped by war and the creation of new nation states.

Maria Sturdy-Morton
Maria Sturdy-Morton is a media and marketing specialist and the founder of ‘A Bit of TLC’ which curates social and cultural programmes and events.
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2025 Festival Schedule

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6pm

8pm

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11.30am

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2pm

4pm

6pm

8pm

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2pm

4pm

6pm

8pm

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