FBF: Philip Marsden & Guests

A special book festival conversation exploring Falmouth's past, present, and future, focusing on its maritime heritage and relationship with the natural environment.

This conversation brings together three people with different relationships to Falmouth to explore its history, present, and future. Writer Philip Marsden, whose book The Levelling Sea explores the town’s maritime history, is joined by BBC TV presenter and naturalist Gillian Burke and Matt Slater of Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Falmouth-based artist and writer Helen Trevaskis will steer the conversation, discussing the town's fierce independence and its evolving identity.