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Performance for the World Storytelling Cafe

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“Tangier: From the Romans to The Rolling Stones”

‘In Tangier,’ the Moroccan novelist Mohamed Choukri wrote, ‘everything is surreal and everything is possible.’ In this intimate portrait of a city, Richard explores its hotels, cafes, alleyways and darkest secrets to find out what it is that has inspired so many international writers, artists and musicians. Delving down through complex historical layers, he finds … Continue reading »

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Richard gives guest lectures on board The World

In April (2018) Richard was invited to give three guest lectures on board The World. His talks included an introduction to Morocco, a history of Casablanca and a cultural history of Tangier. Richard also read stories from The Last Storytellers. The ship is the world’s largest private yacht.

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“The Red Lantern” included in Calm app sleep stories

The Calm app has included one of the stories from Richard Hamilton’s The Last Storytellers in the app. Richard recorded the story specially and users of the app can now listen to The Red Lantern. When I recorded The Last Storytellers for Calm’s Sleep Stories collection, the producers asked me to read it quite softly … Continue reading »

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The House of Stories

Richard’s latest project is the House of Stories – a collection of videos of traditional storytellers from all over the world. Following on from The Last Storytellers, which aimed to preserve traditional tales from Morocco, the House of Stories hopes to do the same for endangered folk tales, legends and myths across the globe. Its … Continue reading »

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Marrakech Arts Festival February 2014

) Richard speaking at the Marrakech Arts Festival February 2014

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Global Business Policy Council

In June 2013 Richard read stories from his book to delegates attending the prestigious Global Business Policy Council in Marrakech

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Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival 2013

Richard presented his book at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival in March 2013    

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BBC website article

Can the art of storytelling be preserved? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15091860

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Wanderlust competition

Wanderlust competition http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/magazine/competitions/win-richard-hamiltons-the-last-storytellers

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