DR. MARIE DE HENNEZEL ON DEATH An inspirational individual, confidente of President Mitterrand and passionate advocate of humanity. Her career began as a psychologist working with women in distress and with cases of advanced psychosis. In 1987 she joined the staff of the first Palliative Care Unit in a Parisian hospital for people with terminal illnesses, where she gathered the experiences she describes in her book, Intimate Death. She founded the Bernard Dutant association for AIDS and Re-Empowerment in 1990 in memory of a friend who died of AIDS, and she gives lectures on approaching the end of life and seminars on accompanying the dying. YOU ON LOVE Who better to ask about love? Who worse! We collected hundreds of love stories from you, friends and strangers. Your perplexed honesty inspired as many definitions of love as there were individual stories. Thank you again. DR. PAUL BROKS ON EGO / ON EMOTION He trained as a clinical psychologist at Oxford and went on to specialize in neuropsychology. He has pursued a career combining clinical practice, research and creative loafing. Based in Cornwall, he is currently Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Plymouth and Honorary Consultant Neuropsychologist, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust. He writes regularly for Prospect magazine and his work has appeared in The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph and Granta. His first book, Into the Silent Land (Atlantic Books) mixes neurological case stories, fiction and memoir. It was short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award, 2003, and has been translated into 10 foreign languages to date. BILLY BRAGG ON IDENTITY Billy Bragg is a singer/songwriter who has been performing his own unique brand of politically inspired alternative rock which blends punk, folk and protest music since the late 1970s. In 2006 he published his first book The Progressive Patriot—A Search for Belonging.		PROFESSOR A.C. GRAYLING ON RELIGION Renowned humanist, fearless advocate of the secular project and elegant explorer of the meaning of things. Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St. Anne’s College, Oxford. He is the author of numerous philosophical books and is also a distinguished literary journalist and broadcaster. His most recent book is Towards the Light published by Bloomsbury. He is a contributing editor of Prospect magazine and writes a weekly column for The Times Saturday Review. HONEY BROTHERS ON MEMORY honeybrothers are Daniel and Mark Goddard. They started working together in 1998 when asked to make a film for the onedotzero festival at the ica, london. Their work to date has been an investigation of contrasting relationships: Truth and lies, looking at familiar territory from a different angle, re-evaluating the space and environment around us, making people examine and question their preconceptions. They are frequently asked to collaborate with other artists. Their digital films have been show in galleries and festivals worldwide, toured with onedotzero, Film and Video Umbrella and been shown on FilmFour/Channel Four. Recent works include Three Cherries a bitesize commission for Lighthouse/Film Council/Arts council, projections for the opera Another America, performed at Sadler’s Wells, Rolltrappen Transvario video installation at the ROH and Hypnos, first performed at the ICA. Excellent Beauty, a digital dance film commission for Channel 4 television and projection/set design for On Ego at Soho Theatre. | |
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