Upcoming events
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MAY 05
Hexham Literary Festival: Alex Grant
In September 1962, John Vassall, a clerk at the Admiralty in London, was unmasked as a Soviet spy. After being photographed in compromising positions while working at the British embassy in Moscow, Vassall was blackmailed into handing British defence secrets over to his Soviet handlers for seven years. While there have been several successful books...
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MAY 10
Lewes Speakers Festival: Denis MacShane
Tom Baldwin in conversation with Denis MacShane What to expect from Keir Starmer and his government. A conversation between two authors: one who has spent his career writing and communicating about politics and the other who was former Europe Minister under Blair. They base their discussion on two books. The first is by Tom Baldwin. It...
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MAY 18
Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature: Vernon Bogdanor
Vernon Bogdanor – The Strange Survival of Liberal Britain: Politics and Power before the First World War. Britain’s best-known constitutional historian, Professor Vernon Bogdanor, says the 20 turbulent years before the outbreak of the First World War, heralded a new agenda that still dominates today. The years saw a transition from aristocratic rule...
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MAY 23
Hay Festival: Chris Skidmore
Net-Zero: A Future Worth Resigning Over Thursday 23 May 2024, 8.30pm – Wye Stage Few are better placed to discuss how the UK can meet its climate and biodiversity obligations than Chris Skidmore, the former Energy Minister who resigned as an MP in protest at the government’s plans to expand oil and gas production in the North Sea. Skidmore, who was...
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JUN 04
The Oldie Literary Lunch: Liz Truss
The Oldie Literary Lunch on 4th June 2024 - Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Liz Truss and Gill Johnson
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JUN 11
The Oldie Literary Lunch: Linda McDougall
Charity Oldie Literary Lunch in aid of the Salisbury Samaritans on 11th June 2024 - Katie Hickman, Linda McDougall and Reverend Richard Coles
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JUL 18
Buxton Literary Festival: Geoffrey Robertson
The next Buxton International Festival will take place on 4-21 July 2024.
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SEP 21
Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival: Iain Dale
Iain Dale is an award-winning broadcaster and presenter of the evening show on LBC Radio. He is the co-host of the For the Many podcast and the Iain Dale’s Book Club podcast. British General Election Campaigns 1830–2019 takes us on a deep dive through nearly 200 years of British political history in its most dramatic expression: the general election....
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SEP 28
Henley Literary Festival: Andrew Pierce
Finding Margaret is the moving story of journalist and broadcaster Andrew Pierce’s search for his birth mother. As he was approaching his fifties, Pierce decided that it was finally time to track down his birth mother. He knew he had lived in a Roman Catholic orphanage in Cheltenham for more than two years and was adopted when he was three years old...
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OCT 03
Isle of Wight Literary Festival: Norman Fowler
The Best of Enemies is the political diaries of Norman Fowler, one of the most significant politicians of the late twentieth century. Covering the entire Thatcher/Major era – from the former’s election in 1979 to the latter’s defeat in 1997 – during which time Fowler held prominent positions in the Cabinet. As Transport Secretary he was responsible for...
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