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Cunard ConneXions TM
With Cunard ConneXions TM , you can dabble in any number of topical issues presented by trendsetters in fashion, music and the arts, by historians and scientists, by leading chefs, college professors and top diplomats. Join a class ranging from computers to wine appreciation, foreign languages to photography. Go to sea with Queen Mary 2 and go someplace you've never been before!
(all names and programmes are subject to change)
| May 22, 2005 – May 28, 2005 |
Southampton to New York
Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt's first book, Angela's Ashes, won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, with sales in the tens of millions world-wide. Working as a writing teacher at Stuyvesant High School, McCourt performed with his brother Malachy in a musical review about their Irish youth. |
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| May 28, 2005 – June 3, 2005 |
New York to Southampton
David Cannadine
David Cannadine is a member of that small group of historians whose writings, while highly regarded by his academic peers, have also found a large, popular audience. His work on the decline of the British aristocracy, made into a BBC series, became something of a cause celebre among both admirers and critics, while his review essays have long been required reading on both sides of the Atlantic. Cannadine is the Director of the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London. |
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| May 28, 2005 – June 3, 2005 |
New York to Southampton
Linda Colley
Linda Colley, historian at Columbia University, will speak about historical and modern empire. Colley is also the Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton. Her most recent book is Captives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600-1850 (Pantheon). |
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| June 9, 2005 – June 15, 2005 |
New York to Southampton
John Cleese
John Cleese, British Comic Actor and Writer, started his carreer as a Cambridge undergraduate in the Footlights Revue 1963. He appeared in the Broadway production of "Half a Sixpence" and returned to Britain to write and perform in such television series as “The Frost Report” and "Monty Python's Flying Circus,“ an anarchic series that changed the face of British television humor with its inspired lunacy, surreal comedy, and animated graphics. The troupe subsequently collaborated on such films as “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” “The Life of Brian,” and ”The Meaning of Life.” Cleese then enjoyed spectacular success as the writer and star of the series “Fawlty Towers” and the film "A Fish Called Wanda.“ Later films include "Clock Wise,” "Fierce Creatures,” “Mary Shelles Frankenstien," "The Out of Towners,” “Rat Race," ”Die Another Day,” and "Shrek 2.” |
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| July 5, 2005 – July 11, 2005 |
New York to Southampton
John Maxtone-Graham
John Maxtone-Graham's book, The Only Way to Cross, became an instant classic in the field of maritime history. As a Maritime historian and author, he has written books about passenger vessels old and new, including Liners to the Sun and Crossing and Cruising. He also wrote Cunard: 150 Glorious Years for the company's 150th anniversary, Safe Return Doubtful, about the heroic age of polar exploration, and Titanic Survivor, a book about an extraordinary White Star stewardess who survived the sinking of both Titanic and her sister ship Britannic. Maxtone-Graham has appeared on PBS, the Learning Channel, Australia's version of “60 Minutes,” and the Discovery Channel. |
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| July 11, 2005 – July 17, 2005 |
Southampton to New York
John Maxtone-Graham
John Maxtone-Graham's book, The Only Way to Cross, became an instant classic in the field of maritime history. As a Maritime historian and author, he has written books about passenger vessels old and new, including Liners to the Sun and Crossing and Cruising. He also wrote Cunard: 150 Glorious Years for the company's 150th anniversary, Safe Return Doubtful, about the heroic age of polar exploration, and Titanic Survivor, a book about an extraordinary White Star stewardess who survived the sinking of both Titanic and her sister ship Britannic. Maxtone-Graham has appeared on PBS, the Learning Channel, Australia's version of “60 Minutes,” and the Discovery Channel. |
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| July 17, 2005 – July 23, 2005 |
New York to Southampton
John Maxtone-Graham
John Maxtone-Graham's book, The Only Way to Cross, became an instant classic in the field of maritime history. As a Maritime historian and author, he has written books about passenger vessels old and new, including Liners to the Sun and Crossing and Cruising. He also wrote Cunard: 150 Glorious Years for the company's 150th anniversary, Safe Return Doubtful, about the heroic age of polar exploration, and Titanic Survivor, a book about an extraordinary White Star stewardess who survived the sinking of both Titanic and her sister ship Britannic. Maxtone-Graham has appeared on PBS, the Learning Channel, Australia's version of “60 Minutes,” and the Discovery Channel. |
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| July 17, 2005 – July 23, 2005 |
New York to Southampton
Bill Miller
Bill Miller is considered an international authority on the subject of ocean liners. This includes great ships of the past and present. Called "Mr. Ocean Liner," he has written nearly 60 books on the subject from early steamers, immigrant ships and liners at war, to other titles on their fabulous interiors and the highly collectible artifacts. He has done specific histories on such celebrated ships as the United States, Queen Mary, Rotterdam France, and Queen Elizabeth 2. |
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| August 3, 2005 – August 9, 2005 |
Southampton to New York
Bill Miller
Bill Miller is considered an international authority on the subject of ocean liners. This includes great ships of the past and present. Called "Mr. Ocean Liner," he has written nearly 60 books on the subject from early steamers, immigrant ships and liners at war, to other titles on their fabulous interiors and the highly collectible artifacts. He has done specific histories on such celebrated ships as the United States, Queen Mary, Rotterdam France, and Queen Elizabeth 2. |
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| August 9, 2005 – August 15, 2005 |
New York to Southampton
David Garrad Lowe
David Garrad Lowe is considered one of the world's leading authorities on architectural history and social criticism. He is author of many critically-acclaimed books, including Lost Chicago, which sold over 60,000 copies in hardcover, Beaux Arts New York (Watson-Guptill), Art Deco New York, and Standford White's New York, which Jackie Onassis — its editor — dubbed her "favorite book." Lowe's articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, American Heritage, and House & Garden. He lectures widely in the United States and Europe including the Smithsonian in Washington, the American Academy in Rome and at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
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| August 15, 2005 – August 27, 2005 |
Mediterranean Explorer II
P. D. James
One of the giants of present day crime fiction, P D James is author of sixteen internationally best-selling crime novels and two non-fiction books. In 1991, she was appointed a Life Peer as Baroness James of Holland Park. Under the Oxford Discovery Programme, PD James will offer Creative Writing: The Life and Work of a Novelist. She will talk about her own writing career and her novels, concentrating on the detective stories. |
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| September 8, 2005 – September 14, 2005 |
Southampton to New York
Dick Francis
Dick Francis, international best-selling author, has been translated into more than 30 languages. Each of his novels has also been recorded on audio tape in both Britain and the United States, and five have been adapted for film or television. Francis was made an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1984, and was promoted to Commander of the Order (CBE) in June 2000. He was awarded the British Crime Writers' Association's Silver Dagger in 1965, Gold Dagger in 1980 and Cartier Diamond Dagger for his life's work in 1990. He is the recipient of four Edgar Allen Poe Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, three for Best Novel of the Year. The Mystery Writers of America also named him Grand Master in 1996 for his life's work. In 1998, Dick Francis was elected as a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature. |
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| September 8, 2005 – September 14, 2005 |
Southampton to New York
David Garrad Lowe
David Garrad Lowe is considered one of the world's leading authorities on architectural history and social criticism. He is author of many critically-acclaimed books, including Lost Chicago, which sold over 60,000 copies in hardcover, Beaux Arts New York (Watson-Guptill), Art Deco New York, and Standford White's New York, which Jackie Onassis — its editor — dubbed her "favorite book." Lowe's articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, American Heritage, and House & Garden. He lectures widely in the United States and Europe including the Smithsonian in Washington, the American Academy in Rome and at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
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| September 8, 2005 – September 14, 2005 |
Southampton to New York
P.D. James
One of the giants of present day crime fiction, P D James is author of sixteen internationally best-selling crime novels and two non-fiction books. In 1991, she was appointed a Life Peer as Baroness James of Holland Park. Under the Oxford Discovery Programme, PD James will offer Creative Writing: The Life and Work of a Novelist. She will talk about her own writing career and her novels, concentrating on the detective stories. |
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