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The Front List: Ta-Nehisi Coates Ta-Nehisi Coates is an award-winning, uncompromising commentator on race relations, truth, and justice, especially in America. He’ll discuss the urgent need for the West, and particularly America, to free itself from the myths it tells itself… Should Rivers Be Afforded Personhood? Around the world, a growing movement seeks to protect rivers by declaring them living beings entitled to fundamental rights. This vital, perspective-shifting panel - a cornerstone of our Repair theme - is chaired by Guardian environmental editor, Jonathan… Joe Boyd: Bringing It All Back Home Responsible for the sound on the night Bob Dylan went electric, and producer of Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, and R.E.M, few know the 20th century’s most popular music better than the legendary Joe Boyd – or are more familiar with the global…… From Aotearoa to Alba: A Literary Exchange Scotland and New Zealand are separated by 11,113.48 miles. Yet in a cultural and literary sense, the distance isn't quite so great. Join us for a vibrant celebration of the poetic connections between the two nations, based on a shared love of performance… Ash Sarkar: Immigrants Aren’t Eating Your Pets One of the left’s most prominent commentators, Ash Sarkar wades right into the middle of the culture wars in Minority Rule in hyper-intelligent, acid fashion… Judy Murray: See You in Court Judy Murray needs no introduction: former tennis professional and coach, and of course mother of Those Tennis Brothers, she’s an icon of the game. Latterly, she’s become a figurehead for women in sport and has also subjected herself to the rigours of… Peter Mackay: Meeting One’s Makar At this unique event, we introduce this trailblazing poet, academic, and broadcaster, and discovers how a son of the Western Isles became the fifth incumbent in this totemic Scottish literary role. Tha fàilte air càch!… Steve Crawshaw & Philippe Sands: Prosecuting the Powerful Is justice possible when war crimes have been committed? Should retribution, reconciliation, or something else be the goal? Two leading authors discuss this tense subject from their own experience… Jenny Lau, Chitra Ramaswamy & Sami Tamimi: Food and Home Food profoundly shapes our sense of home and belonging, no matter which country or cuisine we identify most closely with. Jenny Lau, Sami Tamimi, and Chitra Ramaswamy come together to discuss the kaleidoscope of stories and connections that come alive… Liu Zhenyun: Behind the Mask of Humour This is how Liu Zhenyun, one of China’s finest and most decorated writers, accounts for the humour in his work. Today, he’ll discuss his exquisite analyses of Chinese society with Lijia Zhang… Madeleine Thien & Deepa Bhasthi: The Sanctity of Language Words matter. But how far can language take us – or lead us away from – where we want to be?… Danny Sriskandarajah: People Have the Power This is an event for people who want to fight back against the unhappy narratives around them, with an author whose life and work emphasises taking action in difficult circumstances… Sigrid Rausing: An Intertwining of Minds When celebrated Swedish author Johanna Ekström learned she was dying of cancer, she asked her friend Sigrid Rausing to distil 13 handwritten notebooks into one final published work. The result, And the Walls Became the World All Around, is a sublime… Reeta Chakrabarti: Finding Belle Reeta Chakrabarti will be familiar to anyone who has watched BBC news, but now she has made the leap from journalist and chief newsreader to novelist… Brilliant Bugs with Simon Mole & Gecko Did you know there is a whole world right beneath our feet? Down in the ground below, there are worms and scorpions, beetles and caterpillars. Musician Gecko joins Simon Mole for this bug-tastic event as they celebrate the fantastic world of bugs…