A View from the Chair

Peter Williams has been involved in charitable and cultural initiatives in Kent for some 50 years, from the revival of the Canterbury International Arts Festival, which he chaired for 21 years, to the creation of the new Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury. This book charts those 50 years. "Peter Williams describes in intriguing detail the factions, frictions, negotiations and sheer graft that re-created the Canterbury Festival and have kept it flourishing . Few people are better-qualified to do so. H