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Thought Exercise: Danny Dorling

Wednesday 20 August 12:00 - 13:30

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Why not try? Jim Swire & Peter Biddulph: Fighting for the Truth Jim Swire & Peter Biddulph: Fighting for the Truth Wed 13 Aug 17:00 - 18:00
 

Delicious Magic: A Table Talk with Ixta Belfrage

Wednesday 20 August 12:00 - 13:30

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Why not try? José Pizarro: Redefining Spanish Cooking José Pizarro: Redefining Spanish Cooking Sun 24 Aug 10:30 - 11:30
 

Kate Anderson, Rosemary Goring & Jade Scott: The Captive Queen and Her Son

Wednesday 20 August 12:45 - 13:45

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Rosemary Goring's Exile: The Captive Years of Mary, Queen of Scots and Jade Scott's Captive Queen shed remarkable new light on the duplicitous years of Mary's English imprisonment. Meanwhile, Kate Anderson's Art & Court of James VI & I reconsiders Mary's…
 

Geoff Dyer: Stories from a Vanished Time

Wednesday 20 August 13:15 - 14:15

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Why not try? Marianne Brown & Joni Buchanan: No Woman is an Island Marianne Brown & Joni Buchanan: No Woman is an Island Mon 18 Aug 10:30 - 11:30
 

Dan Gunn & Frances Wilson: The Legacy of Muriel Spark

Wednesday 20 August 14:15 - 15:15

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With access to over 3,000 letters penned by Muriel Spark, distinguished professor Dan Gunn has spent five years decoding the enigmatic author while compiling The Letters of Muriel Spark. Meanwhile, journalist Frances Wilson's fascination with Spark led…
 

Andy Wightman: Who Owns Scotland?

Wednesday 20 August 15:00 - 16:00

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Ten years ago Andy Wightman – a former Member of the Scottish Parliament with the Scottish Greens and a tireless campaigner over issues around land ownership and reform in Scotland – published The Poor Had No Lawyers, a definitive investigation into just…
 

Paul French: Wallis Simpson’s Lost Years in China

Wednesday 20 August 15:30 - 16:30

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For her unimpeachable fashion sense, her role in the abdication of her husband, and her shameful connection with Adolf Hitler - fascination with Wallis Simpson continues unabated nearly 40 years after her death. Now, award-winning historian Paul French…
 

Dinner for One: A Table Talk with Michèle Roberts

Wednesday 20 August 15:30 - 17:00

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Booker-shortlisted author of Daughters of the House, Michèle Roberts' career has spanned fiction, poetry, and memoir. The constant through-line, though, is food, so it's almost surprising that French Cooking for One is her first work wholly dedicated to…
 

Vince Cable: Twilight of the West?

Wednesday 20 August 18:45 - 19:45

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Former Secretary of State for Business and leader of the Liberal Democrats, the astute economist Vince Cable has settled into life after frontline politics as a prolific author on global affairs and the world economy. Today, he talks to us about…
 

The Unserious Wine Club: A Table Talk with Hannah Crosbie

Wednesday 20 August 19:30 - 21:00

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Why not try? Chris Bryant: A Life Less Ordinary Chris Bryant: A Life Less Ordinary Wed 20 Aug 20:30 - 21:30