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    Pat Nevin with Val McDermid: Scottish Football’s Indie Star

    Sunday 15 August 13:00 - 14:00

    Pat Nevin with Val McDermid: Scottish Football’s Indie Star
    At the height of a luminous playing career, Pat Nevin spent evenings at theatre and ballet performances, and wrote a column in the Chelsea club newspaper, championing his favourite indie bands. He even had the joy of helping John Peel with the admin for...
     

    Scholastique Mukasonga: Reclaiming Rwanda’s Stories

    Friday 20 August 14:15 - 15:15

    Scholastique Mukasonga: Reclaiming Rwanda’s Stories
    The genocide of 1994 in Rwanda continues to cast a long shadow over the country – and over its European colonisers. Belgian colonists and missionaries originally favoured Rwanda’s minority Tutsi people (even devising an ‘ethnic identity card’ in...
     

    Marilynne Robinson: The Prodigal Son

    Sunday 22 August 14:15 - 15:15

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    Marilynne Robinson: The Prodigal Son
    With her Gilead novels, Marilynne Robinson has created one of the most exquisitely and tenderly evoked communities in contemporary literature. Over four novels, Gilead, Home, Lila and now Jack, Robinson has portrayed life in the fictional small Iowa...
     

    Sathnam Sanghera: How Imperialism Shapes Modern Britain

    Tuesday 24 August 14:30 - 15:30

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    Sathnam Sanghera: How Imperialism Shapes Modern Britain
    When we studied history at school, how much of the curriculum was devoted to learning about the British Empire? In Cambridge-educated journalist Sathnam Sanghera’s case, very little. Having grown up as part of the Sikh community in Wolverhampton, he...
     

    Raja Shehadeh: The Quest for Peace

    Thursday 26 August 14:30 - 15:30

    Changed Raja Shehadeh: The Quest for Peace
    For many years, lawyer and writer Raja Shehadeh has shared his wisdom about life under occupation in the Palestinian West Bank. Each year he and his wife Penny travel from their home in Ramallah to spend the summer in Edinburgh, and Book Festival...
     

    Abir Mukherjee with Val McDermid: Calcutta on the Brink

    Sunday 29 August 16:00 - 17:00

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    Abir Mukherjee with Val McDermid: Calcutta on the Brink
    Though he’s an award-winning, internationally bestselling author now, Abir Mukherjee didn’t always live the dream. For twenty years he worked as an accountant before throwing away the spreadsheets. Now he’s grown to become one of the UK’s...

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