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Javier Cercas: The Weight of the Past, the Weight of the Future

Tuesday 19 August 13:15 - 14:15

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Since the 90s, Javier Cercas has written regularly for Spain's leading newspaper, El Pais, bringing a novelist's depth to current affairs. Bridging past and present, Cercas' weekly column blends personal reflection with historical and moral exploration…
 

Kate Kennedy: The Sound of Four Strings

Tuesday 19 August 13:45 - 14:45

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The cello is regarded as the warmest of string instruments and for those who play it, the instrument is like a character in their lives. In Cello, Kate Kennedy illuminates that deep companionship between musician and instrument via a biography of four…
 

James Birch: Adventures in the Art Trade

Tuesday 19 August 15:00 - 16:00

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Daring international art promoter James Birch has played a pivotal role in the careers of artists as varied as Grayson Perry, Francis Bacon, and the eccentric duo Gilbert & George. Today, he joins us to discus his lively new book, Gilbert & George and…
 

Orian Brook, Dave O’Brien & Mark Taylor: Is Culture Bad For You?

Tuesday 19 August 15:30 - 16:30

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The benefits of culture to health, education and community are championed, but can culture ever do wrong? First published in 2020, academics and creative industry experts Orian Brook, Dave O'Brien and Mark Taylor's Culture is Bad for You breaks down the…
 

Frances Wilson & Francesca Wade: Rediscovering Muriel Spark and Gertrude Stein

Tuesday 19 August 16:00 - 17:00

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In Electric Spark, Frances Wilson digs into Muriel Spark's young life, uncovering untold experiences and strange encounters that ultimately shaped Spark as a person and writer. Meanwhile, in Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife, Francesca Wade shares unseen…
 

Andrey Kurkov: Our Daily War

Tuesday 19 August 17:00 - 18:00

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One of Ukraine's most celebrated post-Soviet novelists, and former president of PEN Ukraine, Kurkov writes with incredible passion and insight on the invasion of his home country. Today, hear Kurkov unpacking his vivid and defiant memoir, Our Daily War…
 

Tony Juniper & Friederike Otto: Fighting Climate Injustice

Tuesday 19 August 17:45 - 18:45

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The climate crisis isn't just about the environment; it's about the way global inequality means the world's most vulnerable people are being hit first and hardest. So argues physicist and climate researcher Friederike Otto, whose Climate Injustice looks…
 

Richard Flanagan: A Question of Consequence

Tuesday 19 August 18:45 - 19:45

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'That it is a masterpiece is without question' is how the Observer described Question 7: Richard Flanagan's 12th book, winner of 2024's Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. Today the multitalented author shares with Chris Power how he brought together…
 

Only After Dark: A Night Walk with Dan Richards

Tuesday 19 August 20:30 - 21:30

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Chantal Lyons, Sophie Pavelle & Peter Cairns: Landscape, and Beavers, and Boars (Oh, My!)

Wednesday 20 August 10:00 - 11:00

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Sharing their deep understanding of what we're lucky to have in nature and how to repair the damage done, Wainwright Prize-­shortlisted author of Groundbreakers, Chantal Lyons, To Have or to Hold author Sophie Pavelle, and photographer and rewilding…