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Peter Frankopan: Ten Years Trekking the Silk Road

Tuesday 12 August 20:30 - 21:30

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With our trading relationships with India and China still very much at the fore, join Frankopan as we revisit this seminal book and its ongoing implications…
 

Jim Swire & Peter Biddulph: Fighting for the Truth

Wednesday 13 August 17:00 - 18:00

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The 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 has resurged in public consciousness following Sky's recent drama Lockerbie: A Search for Truth. Dr Jim Swire's daughter Flora was killed on the ground, and The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father's Search for Justice…
 

Ilan Pappé & Avi Shlaim: The Long and the Short of Israel and Palestine

Wednesday 13 August 18:45 - 19:45

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Ilan Pappé (A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, Lobbying for Zionism) and Avi Shlaim (Genocide in Gaza: Israel, Hamas, and the Long War on Palestine) have decades of experience in analysing Israel and Palestine, and their impact on…
 

Tanya Talaga: Open Secrets

Thursday 14 August 13:15 - 14:15

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Anishinaabe writer Tanya Talaga's The Knowing is a riveting exploration of her family's story, and a retelling of the country we now call Canada…
 

Penny Johnson & Raja Shehadeh: What We Choose To Rememeber

Thursday 14 August 15:00 - 16:00

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What do the physical memorials of the past and how they are remembered tell us about the ongoing conflicts of today?…
 

Mairi Kidd & Lesley McDowell: Reimagining History’s (Anti)Heroines

Friday 15 August 10:00 - 11:00

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Join Mairi Kidd and Lesley McDowell for a romp through 19th century Scotland as they discuss the craft of compelling character studies and inventing voices for women lost to time…
 

Shani Akilah & Jeda Pearl: Celebrating Andrea Levy

Friday 15 August 12:00 - 13:00

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Join writers Shani Akilah and Jeda Pearl as they celebrate the enduring legacy of Andrea Levy…
 

Laurie Bristow: The Ambassador’s Final Dispatch

Friday 15 August 18:45 - 19:45

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After a long career at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), including as director of national security, Laurie Bristow was British ambassador to Afghanistan in 2021 and one of the last civilians to leave when Kabul fell to the Taliban…
 

Anne Sebba: The Woman’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

Saturday 16 August 11:45 - 12:45

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In 1943, 50 women and girls were drafted into an orchestra within the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp by the same Nazi officers who were killing their families and friends…
 

Under the London Sky with Anna Woltz & Michele Hutchison

Suitable for age 12 - 14

Sunday 17 August 10:15 - 11:15

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London, September 1940. Deep in the tunnels of the Underground, hidden from the bombs, four teenagers meet. Brought together by the Blitz and telling their story of strength and survival comes the exclusive launch of Under the London Sky: a thrilling new…