Malvern Festival of Ideas 2023
Andy West (Y9)
Sun, 05 Mar
|Malvern St James Girls School
The Life Inside: Andy's book The Life Inside combines stories from the prison classroom with West's personal journey to heal from growing up with his dad, brother and uncle in prison.
Time & Location
05 Mar 2023, 11:00 – 12:00
Malvern St James Girls School, 15 Avenue Rd, Malvern WR14 3BA, UK
About the event
Andy West teaches philosophy in prisons, discussing questions like, 'What does freedom really mean?' with people who are locked up and 'Is shame a teacher or a tyrant?' with people who are contemplating their own crimes. His book The Life Inside combines stories from the prison classroom with West's personal journey to heal from growing up with his dad, brother and uncle in prison.
Andy West is the author of (Picador 2022), which was listed as a Book of the Year in and . He has written for , , , , , , , and . He is philosopher in residence at HMP Brixton. The life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and PhilosophyThe Irish TimesThe i PaperThe GuardianAeon3AM MagazineHuckThe Big IssueOpen DemocracyThe LeadThe Times Education Supplement Bloomsbury
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