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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…
 

Tariq Ali: Fighting the Empire

Wednesday 13 August 17:45 - 18:45

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At 81 years old, political activist, journalist, and filmmaker Tariq Ali has witnessed countless global conflicts and world-defining movements. Through a series of eyewitness accounts and reflections, Ali's memoir, You Can't Please All, recounts modern…
 

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…
 

Karen Downs-Barton: What it Means to Belong

Thursday 14 August 10:15 - 11:15

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Has anywhere sounded more ominous than the 'Home for Crying Children'? Join Karen Downs-Barton, whose playful new poetry collection Minx effortlessly blends forms in a lyrically vivid evocation of a childhood distinctly less ordinary…
 

John MacKay: A Life in the News

Thursday 14 August 11:00 - 12:00

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One of Scotland's most recognisable broadcasters, John MacKay celebrated his 30th anniversary with STV in 2024. He joins us today, with his memoir Scotland Today and Yesterday - republished in an updated version to celebrate the occasion…
 

The Front List: Nicola Sturgeon

Thursday 14 August 13:30 - 14:30

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In this special event celebrating the launch of her warm and revealing new memoir, Frankly, Sturgeon pulls back the curtain on her personal evolution from a shy working-class child to one of Scotland’s most significant political leaders…
 

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?…
 

Jenny Kleeman: Life and Worth

Thursday 14 August 16:45 - 17:45

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What’s the true value of a human life? Journalist and documentary maker Jenny Kleeman’s The Price of Life delves into the ethical and economic complexities of this profound question…
 

Kevin Guyan & Keio Yoshida: Queer Rights and Realities

Thursday 14 August 17:45 - 18:45

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Writer-researcher Kevin Guyan and human rights lawyer Keio Yoshida both grapple with the complex realities – the challenges and triumphs – of queer existence in contemporary society…
 

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…