BRISTOL Folk House: Sunday 24 November

SWANSEA Elysium: Wednesday 27 November

Events to launch the new, updated edition of ‘A Perfect Silence’, Ben Wardle’s acclaimed biography of Talk Talk leader, the late Mark Hollis.

Published in 2021, A Perfect Silence was described as ‘Beautiful’ by Stewart Maconie in Radio Times, while journalist Jude Rogers said it had “a revelation on every page”.

Many more friends and collaborators of Hollis have been interviewed for the new edition of the book, which Ben will be introducing at events around the country in conversation with journalist Duncan Steer. There will also be a playback of Talk Talk’s classic album Spirit of Eden, recreating the studio atmosphere in which it was recorded – in darkness with the room lit only by abstract images from an oil projector.