After a fantastic summer of sport, it seems only fitting that North Down Borough Council should welcome one of the UK’s best known and respected sports writers to this year’s Aspects Festival.
A man who has reported on football for many years for The Guardian, Kevin McCarra will be reading and talking about what’s involved in covering the ‘Beautiful Game’ on Friday 28th September 2012 at 7.00pm. Tickets cost £9 (£7 concession).
Kevin McCarra was born in Scotland and has for many years written for the Guardian on all elements of the ups and downs of each football season, also contributing to the weekly Guardian football podcasts. Working on matches at every level, from this summer’s Euro 2012 championships through to the weekly cut and thrust of goals given and disputed, transfer windows and reflections on the wider issues at play in football, Kevin has seen it all and written about it with his trademark insight and gift for making sport live on paper.
This is a great opportunity to hear a writer passionate about the sport he covers talk about writing and analysing football – and if you’re an intrigued Guardian reader, who knows? He may even offer some clues to the identity of the paper’s ‘Secret Footballer’!
This year’s Aspects line-up is packed with something for everyone; for the crime lover there’s Colin Bateman’s Crime Night featuring Chris Brookmyre, poetry lovers will love Bernard MacLaverty, or if you’re just looking for a laugh Owen O’Neill is the show for you. Actor Stephen Rea is also making an appearance narrating Flann O’Brien’s ‘The Third Policeman.’ A show not to be missed! For the full line-up, please download a programme at www.northdown.gov.uk
Tickets are available at www.northdown.gov.uk/bookings, from the festival Box Office at North Down Museum (028 9127 1200) and from Bangor Tourist Information Office (028 9127 0069).