Travellers In the Third Reich
Speakers: Julia Boyd, Anne Sebba During the 1920s and 1930s, German tourism was booming, particularly among Americans and the British. Attracted by the scenery, the food, the culture, and the favourable exchange rates, they also came to witness the rise of Hitler. Julia Boyd’s book, including extracts from her mother’s 1938 diary, offers an exceptional […]
Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews In Palastine and Israel, 1917-2017
Speakers: Daniella Peled, Ian Black Ian Black draws on four decades of experience as a Middle East correspondent steeped in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to present a gripping narrative of 100 years of the history of the region, originating in Lord Balfour’s oblique 67-word promise of a homeland for the Jewish people, through to the challenges […]
Against All The Odds: From Genocide To Football Glory
Speakers: David Bolchover, Simon Inglis David Bolchover discusses his extraordinary new biography of Béla Guttmann, Holocaust survivor and the world’s first celebrity football coach. Chaired by Simon Inglis.
A Rocky Road
Speakers: Abraham Levy, Norman Lebrecht Rabbi Abraham Levy’s memoir tells of his devotion to, and exceptional influence on, Jewish public life and the Sephardi London community for over 50 years. He talks to Norman Lebrecht.
Borders: Life on the Edge
Scottish Book of the Year author, Kapka Kassabova, presents in Borders a sharply-observed portrait of a little-known corner of Europe, the enigmatic zone between Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece. She offers a fascinating meditation on the borderlines that exist between countries, between cultures, between people, and within each of us. In Divided, best-selling author of Prisoners […]
Gravitational Waves: The Voice of Space
On 14 September 2015, gravitational waves were first detected on Earth. The source – two merging black holes – briefly pumped out 50 times more power than all the stars in the Universe together. Gravitational waves are the ‘voice of space’. Join science writer and broadcaster Marcus Chown, author of The Ascent of Gravity, to […]
Brit(ish): on Race, identity and Belonging
You’re British. Your parents are British. You were raised in Britain. Your partner, your children and most of your friends are British. So why do people keep asking where you are from? In this personal and provocative investigation, Afua Hirsch explores a very British crisis of identity. We are convinced that fairness is one of […]
War and the Death of News
Speakers: Martin Bell, Oliver Kamm ‘Grade B Reporter’, Martin Bell, has covered major international conflicts, from Vietnam to Bosnia, from Northern Ireland to the Six-Day War and Iraq. One of the outstanding journalists of our times, he provides a moving, personal account of the travesties of war and issues an impassioned call to put the […]
Why We Eat What We Eat: Food Myths Exposed
Speakers: Charles Spence, Anthony Warner, Bee Wilson Why are 27% of drinks bought on aeroplanes tomato juice? Why do we consume 35% more food when eating with one more person, and 75% more when with three? This is just a small taste of gastrophysics, the new field of knowledge pioneered by Oxford professor, Charles Spence, […]
The Strange Death of Europe
Speakers: Douglas Murray, Rod Liddle Is Europe a continent with its finger on the self-destruct button? Douglas Murray reflects on Europe’s pervasive and seemingly unfathomable inertia in the face of an immigration crisis, the potential failure of multiculturalism, and the Western fixation on guilt. He travels from Paris to Berlin, from Scandinavia to Greece, in […]
The Reputation Game
Speakers: David Waller, Rupert Younger We are all playing the Reputation Game, whether or not we know it. In the prevailing climate of social media, acquiring the reputation you desire, and avoiding the one you don’t, could be a matter of life or death. Global consultants David Waller and Rupert Younger reveal the key mechanisms […]
The Children Of Willesden Lane
Speakers: Mona Golabek Concert pianist and broadcaster Mona performs some of her mother’s favourite classical selections at the piano, as well as excerpts from the award-winning stage show, The Pianist of Willesden Lane.