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The Royal Festival Hall is closed on Thursday 3 September, re-opening at 5pm to ticket holders only for Letters Live at 7.30pm. The National Poetry Library remains open with entry via the Royal Festival Hall Artists’ Entrance.

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Phineas Harper

Phineas Harper is an architecture critic, broadcaster and kinetic sculptor. They are former chief executive of Open City and former Chief Curator of the Oslo Architecture Triennale. A trustee of the Twentieth Century Society, Harper is an innovative leader in developing sustainable cultural programmes that engage broad audiences with architecture and design.