This is an archive of information advertised in 2024. Dates, prices and booking details below are historical. See the organiser’s current information.
The 2024 Buxton International Festival ran from 4 to 21 July. Its programme listed Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram, the Mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region, to discuss their book Head North at Buxton Opera House on 6 July 2024. Contemporary previews advertised the event for 12.30pm; the festival listed Ian Muir-Cochrane as interviewer.
In Head North, the authors argue for more decision-making outside Westminster and discuss devolution and inequality between regions.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown described the book as “path-breaking” in a quotation used in the festival’s event listing.
Victoria Dawson, then the festival’s Director of Books, said in the 2024 announcement: “I’m delighted to be hosting Andy and Steve at Buxton.” She described Head North as a book of ideas.
The book draws on the mayors’ experiences in national and regional politics, including the impact of the Hillsborough disaster and the COVID-19 pandemic.
See the festival’s 2024 event listing.
Buxton International Festival, 3 The Square, Buxton, SK17 6AZ
T: 01298 72190 (Box Office) / 01298 70395 (Festival Office)
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