The John Brooks Memorial Lecture
Brazilian Diaries
Michael Palin, CBE, FRGS in conversation with Alan Charlton CMG CVO
When: Thursday 5 February 2015 18.00 – 19.30
Where: The Beveridge Hall Ground floor, Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU
All welcome. RSVP: olga.jimenez@sas.ac.uk
Michael Palin established his reputation with Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Ripping Yarns. His work also includes several films with Monty Python, as well as The Missionary, A Private Function, an award-winning performance as the hapless Ken in A Fish Called Wanda, American Friends and Fierce Creatures. His television credits include two films for the BBC’s Great Railway Journeys, the plays East of Ipswich and Number 27, and Alan Bleasdale’s GBH. He recently starred in a three part drama for the BBC called Remember Me. He has written books to accompany his eight very successful travel series, including Around the World in 80 Days, Pole to Pole, Full Circle, Sahara and Brazil. He is also the author of a number of children’s stories, the play The Weekend and the novels Hemingway’s Chair and The Truth. In July 2014, Michael, with his fellow Pythons, performed a ten night sell-out show at the 02 Arena – Monty Python Live.
Michael was made a CBE in the 2000 New Year’s Honours List for services to television drama and travel. In 2002, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Comedy Awards.
In 2005, he was given a BAFTA Special Award and in 2013 he was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship. Between 2009 and 2012, Michael was President of the Royal Geographical Society.
Alan Charlton was British Ambassador to Brazil 2008-2013. He continues his association with Brazil and Latin America through the Robin Humphreys Fellowship.
He also advises De Montfort University on their Latin America strategy as a consultant and governor and holds advisory board memberships of the Brazil Institute, King’s College London,
and ILAS. He has founded the British-Brazilian Conversa, a bilateral group seeking greater bilateral co-operation in public policy, business and education- the first meeting was held in
Cambridge in September 2014 and a second is planned for the last quarter of 2015. He has lectured widely on Brazil and Diplomacy. He is also a governor of Sherborne School.