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Robin Lustig: And The Cello Came Too
In conversation with Afua Hirsch
Award-winning foreign correspondent Robin Lustig presents a family chronicle spanning centuries of Jewish life in Europe, its near-destruction under the Nazis and its slow rebirth in the years after the Second World War. The book focuses on Robin’s father, Fritz Lustig, a refugee from Berlin whose cello accompanied him through upheaval, war and into a new life in Britain. Deeply moving, the book illustrates how one family’s journey can illuminate the universal struggle to survive, remember, and belong.
Robin pieces together a sweeping narrative from letters, memoirs, and memory. This is a history not just of persecution but also of resilience. Moving, intimate, and meticulously researched, And the Cello Came Too shows how one family’s journey can illuminate the universal struggle to survive, remember, and belong.
Robin discusses some of the themes from his book with best-selling author and film-maker Afua Hirsch. How do we define identity in today’s Britain? What does it mean to grow up with a foreign name? Are the British-born children of immigrants really British?
Robin Lustig is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster who presented The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4 and Newshour on BBC World Service between 1989 and 2012.
Price: £12 or £20 combined ticket with Afua Hirsch: Decolonising My Body
