Latitude reveals Literary Arena, Wellcome Trust Hub, and further Poetry names

Next month's Latitude Festival 2016 happening from Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th July 2016 at Henham Park Estate, in Suffolk has announced the Literary Arena, Wellcome Trust Hub, and further Poetry names performing at this year’s event.

Led by The Observer's Will Hutton discussing social change, and author Ben Macintyre, as well as an exhibition by Victoria & Albert Museum called 'You Say You Want a Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966 – 70' exploring the impact of the late 1960s, expressed through music and performances alongside fashion, film, design and political activism.

In a talk entitled From Prince to Punk, Deirdre Murphy, Senior Curator at the Historic Royal Palaces, will talk about fashion's tribes. Ewen Macaskill will be talking to the Latitude audience about secrets, lies and Edward Snowden, and Jamie Mckelvie & Kieron Gillen will be being interviewed By Emily Mackay.

Festival regular Robin Ince presents The Magick Of Art – The Wizardry Of Thin White Dukes with Daisy Campbell, Andrew O'neill & John Constable where they discuss David Bowie’s final piece of work looking at it both visually and aurally, and how it was the most potent of his career further highlighted by his death three days after the release of Blackstar - exploring art, the occult and magick asking are the great creators shamanic? and is art a spell?

Comedian Sara Pascoe will be sharing her debut book, Animal: How a Woman is Made, Standard Issue bringing some their writers to Latitude for a special event. With Baileys Women's Prize For Fiction will present a trio of event. Also on the bill will be Helen Pearson: The Life Project, Madeleine Shaw, Mark Watson, David Quantick, Sarfraz Manzoor, Viv Groskop, and in Ruth & Martin's Album Club an invited guest will choose an album they've never listened to, laying out any potential prejudice the guest will listen to the album at least three times, leading to a discussion: was it worth it or not?

There's a discussion spanning devastating brain trauma, psychogenic disease and mental illness, heith Suzanne O’sullivan, Cathy Rentzenbrink and Alex Pheby in conversation with Sathnam Sanghera.

There's also more under this year's theme Love Thy Neighbour. Wellcome Trust With Salon London Present Love Thy Neighbour: Feast Of Strangers With Prof Theodore Zeldin invites the Latitude audience to take part in his Feast of Strangers and have a structured conversation with someone they don’t know; and the Refugee Choir will perform a new piece by vocal coach, Juliet Russell.

Love Thy Neighbour: The Rewards With Dr Molly Crockett, Dr Carsten De Dreu And Prof Tim Lewens talk the paranormal, psychological evaluation, and the psychology of magic.

Other subjects under the umbrella of Love Thy Neighbour are The Dark Side With Prof Christopher French, Psycho Games And Dr Gustav Kuhnk Social Standing And Your Health With Sir Prof Michael Marmot And Prof Danny Dorling.

Plus The Porn Perspective With Dr Jack Lewis, Christopher Green, and Martin Daubney chaired by Dr Suzi Gage. Dr Arthur I Miller is in converstion with Dr Robert E Smith: discussing artificial intelligence – Brave New World. Then there's Ed Halliwell on Mindfullness, the Festival Of The Spoken Nerd, Philippa Kennedy, Dr Ben Fincham & Dr Bree Macdonald On Fun, Dr Dean Burnett joins Robin Ince on the Idiot Brain, Dr James Kilner & Meg Mosley talk Selfies, Dr Valerie Voon discusses Keeping Up With The Joneses, and The Psychologist presents Dr Jon Sutton in coinvestaion with Professor Elizabeth Stokoe Prof Carsten De Dreu, Stuart Evers And Jo Griffin On Loneliness.

Your Food, Your Mood: Real Food & Gut Health will feature professor of Genetic Epidemiology Prof Tim Spector (KCL), who conducted the biggest ever experiment in to gut health and its effect on health and mental health: it turns out your biome (the microbes in your stomach) could hold all the keys. In Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind over Body, science writer Jo Marchant will provide a rigorous, sceptical, deeply reported discussion of the new science behind the mind's surprising ability to heal the body.

The Biology of Morality will provide an in depth look at the human's relationship with altruism with psychotherapist Dr Molly Crockett in conversation with Dr Tim Lewens.

Science Gallery London’s No Pain, No Gain? invites scientists to explore pain, what it is and how we perceive it, and also how our relationship with pain shapes our experiences (for better or worse!). In The Science of Snogging, Science Gallery London invite the Latitude audience to open wide, to delve into the orifice and think about what is really involved in a kiss. Rosie Wilby and Amie Taylor take their audiences through a series of short comedic, fun and fast paced performance lectures exploring the science, history and anthropology behind kissing, with help from Dr Rebecca Babb.

Scotland’s new national poet Jackie Kay leads the poetry additions including arts organisation Poet In The City, Dizraeli, Caleb Femi, Andy Bennett, Lisa Luxx, and in celebration of 100 years since Roald Dahl's birth Ripped Off present Revolting Rhymes hosted By Laura Mucha with Jemima Foxtrot, Rosy Carrick And Andy Bennett.

Elsewhere in The Faraway Forest there's the addition of Home Live Art, Twice Shy Theatre, and The Reading Agency.

Pandora's Playground adds Dylan's Mobile Bookstore. Whilst Shed Of Stories returns playing host to Commute Blog, Lisa Blower, John Osborne, Esses & De Mesa, and Young Vic Present Cuttin' It discussion and Workshop with Gbolahan Obisesan

These new additions join a music line up fronted by The Maccabees, The National (UK festival exclusive), and New Order who top a bill that includes Soulwax, Beirut, Chvrches, M83, John Grant, The Lumineers, Courtney Barnett, Father John Misty (only UK festival performance), Daughter, Chet Faker, British Sea Power, Squeeze, Laura Mvula, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Michael Kiwanuka, Sturgill Simpson, Alif, Grimes, Of Monsters and Men, Frightened Rabbit, Slaves, Loyle Carner, Billie Marten, Kiran Leonard, Bear's Den, Miike Snow, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Half Moon Run, MØ, Christine and the Queens, Polica, Lapsley, Roots Manuva, Perfume Genius, Oh Wonder, Jamie Woon, Rat Boy, Aurora, Mura Masa, Lucius, Jungle (DJ set), David Rodigan, Mike Skinner & Murkage presents Tonga, Pantha Du Prince presents The Triad, Black Mountain, Anna Meredith, Blanck Mass, Bob Moses, Cloves, Drones Club, Hayden James, Augustines, Junun ft. Shye Ben Tzur and The Rajasthan Express, Gold Panda, Steve Mason, Foy Vance, Emmy the Great, Sidestepper, Lonely The Brave, Artful Dodger, The Anchoress, Sophie, Suggs (DJ Set), DMA's, Dungen, Methyl Ethel, The Invisible, Clean Cut Kid, The Very Best, The Menendez Brothers, Shock Machine, Odetta Hartman, Phoria, Ardyn, Barns Courtney, Danny L Harle, Frances, Hana, Joseph, Kagoule, Kero Kero Bonito, The Magic Gang, Otherkin, Palace Winter, Peluche, Petite Noir, Rationale, Rukhsana Merrise, Skinny Girl Diet, Tibet, Tired Lion, Three Trapped Tigers, White, Highasakite, Holly Macve, Kelly Lee Owens, Lambert, Little Green Cars, Marlon Williams, Money, Protomartyr, Suuns, and more.

Poets include Katie Bonna, Rob Auton, Jemima Foxtrot, Don Paterson, John Hegley, Hollie McNish, Elaine Feinstein, Henry Normal, Michael Pedersen, Buddy Wakefield, Luke Wright, Attila the Stockbroker, Mark Grist, Tim Clare, Tim Wells, Martin Newell & The Hosepipe Band, John Osborne, Benin City, Josh Idehen, Helen Mort, Frankie Vah, Talia Randall, Harry Baker, Derek McLuckie, and Rosy Carrick.

For the line-up details as available see the Latitude line-up page.

Latitude isn't just about music and colourful sheep, but has a full spectrum of art including film, comedy, theatre, cabaret, dance, poetry, literature and art. Each year, a theme or group of ideas underscores Latitude's arts programme. This year's theme is 'Love Thy Neighbour'.

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An adult weekend ticket is priced at £192.50 with a Family Camping option also available, a teen weekend ticket is priced at £132.50, with a weekend ticket for all children aged 5 -12 years priced at £8. Campervan permits are priced at £40, and mobilehome and caravan passes are priced at £60.

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