In conversation with City Lit Fellow Ed Balls – in celebration of Lifelong Learning Week

As part of this year’s Lifelong Learning Week, we are delighted to invite you to an in conversation event with City Lit Fellow Ed Balls and City Lit Principal Mark Malcomson CBE to discuss Ed’s life, career, politics and the importance of lifelong learning.

The event will include a book signing in our Gallery & Exhibition Space. A signed copy of Ed’s new book Appetite will be available to purchase on the day.

About Ed Balls

Ed Balls is a dad, cook, pianist, economist, broadcaster, writer, chairman, retired dancer and former Cabinet Minister. On radio and TV, Ed is best known for his BBC series Travels in Trumpland with Ed Balls, his Radio 4 documentary Virtues of Vulnerability, his memorable appearance on the 2016 series of Strictly Come Dancing and as the first winner of Celebrity Best Home Cook. Ed lives in Castleford and London with his wife, Yvette Cooper MP, and their three children. His 2016 book Speaking Out: Lessons in Life and Politics was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller.

About Lifelong Learning Week

#LifelongLearningWeek is an annual week of activity taking place across England, bringing together work from across Learning and Work Institute and beyond. This year’s Lifelong Learning Week is taking place from Monday 8 November until Friday 12 November.