An Evening With Susie Dent
Schedule
Mon Sep 30 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
The Tabernacle | London, EN
About this Event
The genius of Countdown’s dictionary corner Susie Dent is the master of the English language. Lexicographer and etymologist by training, she has spent 30 years on our screens explaining the history and origin of words on one of the world’s longest-running game shows, Channel 4’s Countdown.
On September 30 Dent comes to the Intelligence Squared stage to discuss her life-long love affair with the English language and how it has culminated in her debut crime novel Guilt by Definition — a glorious celebration of the English dictionary. As all good crime novels begin, it unfolds around a mysterious disappearance. And the protagonist, Martha Thornhill, Senior Editor of the Clarendon English Dictionary, uses words, and their peculiarly precise meanings, as clues in her quest to find out what really happened.
Join us live at the Tabernacle where Dent will talk about her engrossing new mystery novel and her fascination with words and the stories they tell us.
Where is it happening?
The Tabernacle, 34-35 Powis Square, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 21.97 to GBP 51.16
