Food and Drink

In Conversation with… Jack Monroe

Food writer and anti-poverty campaigner. Joined the Essex County Fire and Rescue Service in 2007 working in their control room. Left 2011, unable to work the night shifts as a single parent with a 20-month-old son. Started writing her blog, A Girl Called Jack, in 2012, in response to a local councillor claiming that ‘druggies, drunks and single mums are ruining the High Street.’ An Oxfam ambassador. Her seventh book Thrifty Kitchen, published January 2023, contains over 120 brand-new, delicious, low-cost recipes, plus money-saving household tricks.

• Spoken Word
• £12.50
• 14 August 2026
• 60 minutes
• 12:00
• The Stand's New Town Theatre
• Grand Hall
• Age 12+ (Guideline)
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  Please note: Under 18's must be accompanied by an adult to enter the venue