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Jonathan Ball: 'From The Great Atlantic Way to The Wild Atlantic Way...and Back Again'

In conversation with Clair Roberts (The Kitchen Front)

Presented by: Bude Literary Festival
0BUDE: St Michael's Church
PThursday 14th May, 2026
N6:00pm

Event information

Architect, writer and Eden Project co-founder Jonathan Ball tells the remarkable story of how his original Great Atlantic Way vision, born in North Cornwall, crossed the sea to inspire Ireland’s globally celebrated Wild Atlantic Way ….and why it is now returning home. This is a tale of place, imagination, cultural identity and renewal, and of how North Cornwall’s churches and landscapes may become the next great expression of Atlantic genius loci.

Refreshments/Parking/Toilets available at the church.
Duration: 60 mins inc Audience Q&A (leaving enough time for you to zip to The Parkhouse Centre for Janet Street-Porter at 8pm!)

Venue information

BUDE: St Michael's Church
0Church Path
Budehaven
Bude
Cornwall
> www.achurchnearyou.com/church/2495/
! 07834459672
` Parking, toilets, refreshments available for all events. Accessible venue.