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Sam Dalrymple: The Legacy of Partition

Tuesday 12 August 15:00 - 16:00

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Join filmmaker and historian Sam Dalrymple for an insightful conversation about the complex history and geopolitics of Asia…
 

Diana Henry: A Life in Food

Tuesday 12 August 15:30 - 16:30

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Diana Henry is one of the UK’s best loved food writers, celebrated for her vivid, nourishing essays and cookbooks. Join in this warm, inspiring conversation, chaired by Marjorie Lotfi, about the joy and power of good food…
 

The Adventure of Fermentation: A Table Talk with Kenji Morimoto

Tuesday 12 August 15:30 - 17:00

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If you didn’t know the world of fermentation and food preservation could be fascinating, downright delicious and, well, mind-bendingly cool, chances are you’ve never come across Kenji Morimoto or his new cookbook, Ferment…
 

Caroline Eden & Monisha Rajesh: The Track Less Travelled

Tuesday 12 August 16:00 - 17:00

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All aboard for two globe-spanning journeys! The authors discuss their wondrous travelogues and what they learned along the way with Dan Richards…
 

Nussaibah Younis & Leor Zmigrod: The Science (and Art) of Radicalisation

Tuesday 12 August 16:45 - 17:45

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What goes on in a fundamentalist’s head? The authors of two very different books try to answer this question today…
 

Mark Kermode & Jenny Nelson: The Sound of Movie Music

Tuesday 12 August 17:45 - 18:45

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Jaws, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park… Would these movies be quite as iconic without their incredible scores? Journalist and broadcaster Mark Kermode, alongside writer and expert audio producer Jenny Nelson, are better placed than anyone to explore this…
 

Kelly Weinersmith: To Boldly Go?

Tuesday 12 August 18:30 - 19:30

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Hear Weinersmith chat with us about this hilarious, wise, deeply-researched project that makes us glad to still live on our third rock from the sun. Plus, find out which books made 2025’s prize shortlist…
 

John Kay: Everything You Know About Business is Wrong

Tuesday 12 August 18:45 - 19:45

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The sometime academic, journalist, and governmental advisor joins us with The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century (a Financial Times and New Statesman book of 2024), discussing why our ideas about business need an update…
 

Neil Ansell: The Edge of Silence

Tuesday 12 August 20:15 - 21:15

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Today Ansell talks to us about becoming critically attuned to listening to the natural world and how he has learned to separate their sounds from commotion of everyday life…
 

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…