Previous events
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SEP 16
Pam Warren talks about From Behind the Mask
The harrowing image of Pam Warren’s charred and swollen face encased in a plastic mask became the grim incarnation of the tragedy that was the Paddington Rail Crash of 1999. Almost 15 years later, “the lady in the mask” tells her inspirational and heart-rending story. Pam tells how the crash impacted her life, how it affected the relationships with those...
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SEP 15
The Too Difficult Box: The Big Issues Politicians Can't Crack with Charles Clarke
Charles Clarke, author of Too Difficult Box, will be at Policy Exchange to discuss his book, a collection of essays that shed light on the difficult situations that politicians try to avoid. Some problems facing our society continue to defy the efforts of successive governments. It’s no secret that many difficult long-term issues are simply set aside...
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SEP 14
Secret Scientists and Spies: Nigel West & Taylor Downing Talk to Paula Kitching
Top secret activities are a vital to the successful outcome of modern warfare. In 1921, MI5 commissioned a detailed review of its First World War operations. Bestselling writer and historian Nigel West’s MI5 in the Great War is a version of that top-secret history, edited and brought up to date. Taylor Downing’s Secret Warriors delves into previously...
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AUG 28
Referendum Debate at Waterstones Sauchiehall Street
Referendum Question Time with Jim Murphy, Alan Cochrane and James Dornan Come and join us at Waterstones in Sauchiehall Street with Jim Murphy MP, James Dornan MSP, Jamie Maxwell, George Keravan, Alan Cochrane and award winning author Sara Sheridan (chair) for an evening of debate.. This is the perfect opportunity to ask your questions from both sides...
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AUG 28
Lord Fowler at Prowler, Soho
Norman Fowler, Health Secretary under Margaret Thatcher, defied all odds by driving through a ground-breaking health campaign AIDS Don’t Die of Ignorance. It’s fair to say his work has helped saved thousands, if not millions, of lives. You can meet Lord Fowler in person at Prowler Soho, buy his incredible new book AIDS Don’t Die of Prejudice and discover...
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AUG 19
Michael Waterhouse with Tam Dalyell
The Man Who Took Britain to War ‘I hate war!’ These were the words uttered by Sir Edward Grey in 1914 after persuading the House of Commons that war was inevitable. Did the hapless Foreign Secretary allow the world to sleepwalk into global conflict? Or was he a genuinely good man faced with an impossible task? The veteran politician Tam Dalyell interviews...
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AUG 08
Victoria Panton Bacon at Holt Bookshop
Victoria Panton Bacon will be at the Holt Bookshop to talk about her Grandfather’s book Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer. Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer is a vivid and unique memoir of life as an RAF reconnaissance pilot in France during the hellish summer of 1940. It brings to life the fear, loneliness, pain and terrible sadness Panton and his comrades...
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JUL 29
Jim Murphy talks '10 Football Matches' at Waterstones Newton Mearns!
Jim Murphy takes us on a journey around the world and through the years, from Franco’s Spain to Africa’s Alcatraz, Robben Island. Charting the match that sparked a Central American war, the Barcelona team threatened at gunpoint, and the game that helped save Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, among much else, Murphy lends a fresh new perspective to some of...
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JUL 27
Jim's Glasgow Launch of his book 'The 10 Football matches that Changed the World'
Just when you thought you were going to get a break from football before the new season starts, Jim Murphy would like to invite you to the Scottish launch of his book ‘The 10 Football Matches that Changed the World and the One that Didn’t’. It’s the story of the ten most important football matches ever played. The launch and signing event will take place...
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JUL 22
Victoria Panton Bacon's Launch of her Book Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer
To celebrate her first publication, Victoria Panton Bacon would like to invite you to Jarrolds Department Store in Norwich for the launch of Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer, the memoir of her grandfather, Alastair Panton, that she stumbled upon in a garage. Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer is a vivid and lyrical memoir of life as an RAF reconnaissance pilot...
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