Faber Social and The RSL present Goodbye To All That

Faber Social and The RSL present Goodbye To All That: Reflections on War from The Somme to Afghanistan

Featuring Edna O'Brien, Andrew O'Hagan, Kate Tempest

Hosted by Kamila Shamsie

Should we rake through painful experiences, and try to learn from them, or are they best forgotten? Why is the truth so often buried in secrets? And how much should we keep from the people we love? These are some of the questions posed by Andrew O'Hagan's fifth novel, The Illuminations, a story of love, memory and war. In collaboration with Faber Social, we present an evening of readings, music and performance. Andrew O'Hagan shares the stage with novelist, poet and playwright Edna O'Brien, whom Philip Roth has described as 'the most gifted woman now writing in English'; and performance poet Kate Tempest, winner of the Ted Hughes Award, and shortlisted for the 2014 Mercury Music Prize.