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The Launch of the Ideas Festival will be set at the Transition Chelmsford.

Expand your mind with Chelmsford Festival of Ideas 2018. In its seventh year, and to mark the centenary of the end of World War One (WW1), we have chosen the theme: ‘100 years on from 1918: where are we now?’

We invite you to take part in an ambitious programme of events designed to explore the culture and heritage of our city and beyond. With an inspiring programme of walks and talks, music and film, workshops and demonstrations, the Ideas Festival aims to bring our community together through a challenging investigation of the lasting influence of WW1 on our culture.

At the launch enjoy an evening of magical readings from the Peace Poem Ideas Festival project, followed by the announcement of the winners of the Peace Poem Competition.

Judges will present awards and prize money/vouchers to winning individuals.