Daniel Finkelstein and Jonathan Freedland in conversation
Speakers: Daniel Finkelstein, Jonathan Freedland Finkelstein and Freedland are two of the UK’s most brilliant social and political commentators: questing, clear-headed, frequently impassioned. Writing from radically different perspectives, they have analysed and dissected every major event and pressing issue of recent times. Now they bring their in-depth knowledge and wit to a wide-ranging conversation about their political ideals […]
Sailing to Byzantium
Speakers: Bettany Hughes, Peter Frankopan Istanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle. In her epic new biography, Istanbul, Bettany Hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey through one of the world’s greatest cities as it transmogrified from Byzantium to Constantinople to Istanbul. Based on meticulous research and new […]
Men of the World
Speakers: Barrington Black, Michael Freedland, Jonathan Goldberg Mr Justice Barrington Black was one of the UK’s best-known criminal defence lawyers. His old brother-in-arms, journalist and broadcaster Michael Freedland, is author of more than 40 biographies and presenter of, among other radio shows, the celebrated You Don’t Have To Be Jewish. Led by Jonathan Goldberg QC […]
A History of Pictures from the Cave to the Computer Screen
Speakers: Martin Gayford, Jan Dalley, Juxtaposing a rich variety of images Martin Gayford, in conversation with Jan Dalley, arts editor of the FT, offers a dazzling and original account of art history, posing fascinating questions about the nature of art and artistic creation. A History of Pictures is the result of Gayford’s collaboration with David […]
Dispatches from the Kabul Cafe
Speakers: Heidi Kingstone, Linda Kelsey Canadian-born foreign correspondent Heidi Kingstone has interviewed many key international figures, from Benjamin Netanyahu to Zaha Hadid to Daniel Liebeskind. In conversation with journalist and former editor of Cosmopolitan, Linda Kelsey, she talks about the places she has lived in, the people she has met and the issues and conflicts […]
Power and Pragmatism: Malcolm Rifkind
Speakers: Malcolm Rifkind, Iain Dale Sir Malcolm Rifkind talks to broadcaster Iain Dale about his absorbing life-story. During his glittering political career he served as a Cabinet Minister through some of the most turbulent years of the late 20th century, in both the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence. Hear from the man himself […]
Spitalfields: The History of a Nation in a few Streets
Speakers: Dan Cruickshank, Rachel Lichtenstein Religious strife, civil conflict, waves of immigration, the rise and fall of industry, great prosperity and grinding poverty – the handful of streets that constitute modern Spitalfields have witnessed all this and more. In a fascinating evocation of one of London’s most distinctive districts, Dan Cruickshank tells the story of […]
Five Ideas To Fight For
Speakers: Anthony Lester, Joshua Rozenberg Human Rights ― Equality ― Free Speech ― Privacy ― The Rule of Law Five Ideas to Fight For is a revealing account of the tortuous struggles to secure the establishment of our rights and freedoms in law. Anthony Lester was at the heart of the 30-year campaign that resulted […]
The Disappearance of Emile Zola: Love, Literature and the Dreyfus Case
Speakers: Michael Rosen, Nicolette Jones It is the evening of 18 July 1898 and the world-renowned novelist Émile Zola is on the run. His crime? Taking on the highest powers in the land with his open letter ‘J’accuse’ and losing. Forced to leave Paris, with nothing but the clothes he is standing in and a […]
Worth Dying For?
Speakers: Tim Marshall, Simon Kuper, Martin Brighr One of the finest geopolitical analysts of our day, bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography, Tim Marshall, examines the relationship between flags, national identity and nationalism. In conversation with journalists Martin Bright and Simon Kuper, Marshall analyses what these symbols represent and how they relate to the renewed sense of […]
The Allegations
The Refusal to be Vanquished
Speakers: Dorit Oliver-Wolff, Rosa Lipworth, Anne Sebba Refusing to be defined by the tragic events of WW2, two remarkable women reveal their inimitable life stories. Patron of the Arts Rosa Lipworth and Dorit Oliver-Wolff, whose memoir From Yellow Star to Pop Star recounts the story of her rise to fame in post-war Berlin, talk to […]