Geoffrey Robertson at Wigtown Book Festival
- 6 Oct 2019
- 13:30 -14:30
- Festival Marquee
In a talk on his revealing and very funny memoir, Geoffrey Robertson QC recalls battles on behalf of George Harrison and Julian Assange, Salman Rushdie, Mike Tyson and the Sex Pistols – and those against General Pinochet and Mrs Thatcher. How did a pimply comprehensive schoolboy end up founding the UK’s leading human rights practice and become a first line of defence for troublemakers around the world? The legendary barrister spills the beans.
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