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APR 24
"We Know How to Win": Words of Defiance from Ukraine
Join CEREES and Mile End Institute to celebrate the publication of Words of Defiance by the former Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba On Friday 24 April, the Centre for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CEREES) is delighted to welcome Dmytro Kuleba, the former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister of Ukraine, to Queen...
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MAY 02
Penny Mordaunt at Hexham Book Festival
Penny Mordaunt – Pomp and Circumstance Penny Mordaunt, who in her ceremonial role as Lord President of the Privy Council famously carried the Sword of State and presented the Sword of Offering to King Charles III at his coronation, examines areas of traditional British culture – including the monarchy, Parliament, the law, sport and local traditions, as...
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MAY 12
Martin Fitzgerald in conversation with Steve Anglesey
Join us we celebrate this refreshing new work on the JFK assassination, from local author, Martin Fitzgerald. Martin will be in conversation with Steve Anglesey (editor of the New World). Dallas, 22 November 1963. The main event is supposed to be downtown, on Main Street. News footage shows office workers leaning out of windows, peering at the motorcade...
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MAY 14
Martin Fitzgerald and Neil Atkinson Discuss The Umbrella Man and Other Stories
We welcome author and screenwriter Martin Fitzgerald who joins us to discuss his brilliantly conceived book The Umbrella Man - And Other Stories which pulls apart all we think we know about the assassination of John F Kennedy. Dallas, 22 November 1963. The main event is supposed to be downtown, on Main Street. News footage shows office workers leaning...
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MAY 17
The Unquiet Conservative: Michael Heseltine with Polly Toynbee at Charleston Festival
Few figures in British politics have loomed as large, or proved as unpredictable, as Michael Heseltine. Under Margaret Thatcher and John Major, he was a central player in government across several decades, but rarely a quiet one. Throughout his career, he showed an instinct to break ranks and challenge orthodoxy, often at the expense of his own career...
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MAY 25
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK Assassination with Martin Fitzgerald
This is not a book about conspiracies or a lone gunman. This is a book about memory, about how we construct our shared history, and about what happens when your life is defined by a single, fleeting moment. It’s about a group of real people who opted out of the main event before John F. Kennedy was assassinated, only to find themselves accidental witnesses...
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AUG 07
Martin Fitzgerald's The Umbrella Man at The Edinburgh Fringe
Dallas, 22 November 1963. The main event is supposed to be on Main Street – crowds fifty deep, a blizzard of ticker tape. A few blocks away in Dealey Plaza, the scene is quieter: a handful of people, clear skies. A man with an umbrella. A woman with a polaroid. A dressmaker with vertigo. These are the strange, true stories of the ordinary people who...
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