WoWFEST19 presents...Will Self: Keynote Speech

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Will Self, one of the UK’s most admired and widely read writers and political commentators, launched WoWFEST19 with a keynote speech responding to our festival theme ‘Where Are We Now?’.
Will Self’s twelve novels, including Phone (2017), Umbrella (2012), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Shark (2014) have been translated into 22 languages, his nonfiction and journalism appears in The Guardian, Harper's, The New York Times and the London Review of Books. Always outspoken, often controversial, watch Will Self and WoW to try and work out some answers to where we are now and where we might be going.
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[@cormacobrien7647]

Thanks SO much for putting this up.
I love listening to Will Self.

[@jasonhylnd001]

He's a piece of shit who defended chikd-killer Jon Venables, I guess you're not too far behind you scumbag.

[@inhuctran2197]

T

[@9000ck]

Will Self seems to be becoming more kind as he ages. I like this.

[@michaellabram5980]

Love it... Has eased a mild depression.

[@milododd]

That point about locating yourself within the geometry of an entire country or landmass is something I experienced once in Australia.
One of the shortest common flight paths in Australia is between Sydney and Canberra and there is a point as you fly over the Illawarra bushland where you can just about see both cities from from seat window. It's an extraordinary feeling, though rather more transcendental than 'grounding' as in Will's example.

[@sherlockholmeslives.1605]

I think it is Moel Famau in the Clwydian Range in Wales, that Will Self could see from the flat in Liverpool, that he thinks is Snowdon.
Cheers - Mike.

[@patrickmccormack4318]

As of this day PGPS40, thanks for posting.
Careful as we will, careful as we go.

[@MrSamQuinn]

Enjoyed this, thanks for posting. Did you film the Q&A? Would be good to see.

[@WoWFestLiverpool]

Hi there, Q&A wasn't filmed unfortunately.

[@drts6955]

"The hope of the stairs" lmfao

[@gymnosophy]

Where's the Q&A?

[@WoWFestLiverpool]

Hi there, Q&A wasn't filmed unfortunately.

[@geoffreynhill2833]

You've got a funny idea of "knowledge", Will !

[@allenperdue7723]

I really rather enjoy will Self except for his pernicious stance on open borders! The UK is losing its historic culture.