Philippe Sands: Towards a Less Brutal World
How does the United Nations use the law to hold governments to account? In The Last Colony Philippe Sands QC highlights the case of the Chagos Archipelago. In the 1960s, Britain forcibly removed the inhabitants of the island. Join Sands today in conversation with Professor of the History of Slavery Olivette Otele to explore the riveting and enraging story of the landmark international judgement that brought Britain’s colonial rule in Africa to an end.
Book Festival News
Book Festival reveals first author events for 2024Sunday 14 April
Watch more
Natasha Brown & Olivia Sudjic: Unravelling Lives
Adam Rutherford: A Scientific Scandal
Richard Ford with Kirsty Wark (2017 Event)
Peter Ross: The Stories and Glories of Graveyards
UNBOUND: The Paris Review
Abi Morgan: For Love Nor Pity
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 Highlights 13–16 August
Karl Ove Knausgaard (2014 event)
Salman Rushdie
Val McDermid: Portrait of a Criminal