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Festival authors make Baileys Prize longlist
Festival authors make Baileys prize longlist
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Major new figures join 2017 festival programme
Major new figures join 2017 festival programme
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Jeremy Paxman and Nigella Lawson confirmed
Jeremy Paxman and Nigella Lawson confirmed
30 / Jan / 2017 Read on →
Featured Events
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Alexandra Shulman Interviewed by Sali Hughes
Inside Vogue: A Diary of my 100th Year
12:00pm | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Fashion
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Jenni Murray
A History of Britain in 21 Women
2:00pm | Sunday 2 April 2017 | History
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Harry Potter
The Magical World of Harry Potter
2:00pm | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Children and Young People
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Hilary Mantel and Diarmaid MacCulloch
The British Academy Lecture: Thomas Cromwell
2:00pm | Saturday 1 April 2017 | History
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Nick Sharratt Interviewed by Nicolette Jones
The Cat and the King
12:00pm | Sunday 26 March 2017 | Children and Young People
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Simon Armitage Interviewed by Richard Ovenden
The Unaccompanied
6:00pm | Friday 31 March 2017 | Poetry
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Steven Isserlis and Simon Callow
Robert Schumann’s Advice to Young Musicans – Revisited by Steven Isserlis
4:00pm | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Music
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Vikram Seth Interviewed by Nick Higham
A Conversation with Vikram Seth
6:00pm | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Fiction
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William Boyd Interviewed by Richard Ovenden
Bodley Lecture and Award of Bodley Medal
6:00pm | Thursday 30 March 2017 | Fiction
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Alexander McCall Smith Interviewed by Paul Blezard
An Audience with Alexander McCall Smith
4:00pm | Sunday 26 March 2017 | Fiction
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Peter Frankopan and Stephen King Chaired by Christopher Davies
Changing Global Order and the Rise of the East
4:00pm | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Current Affairs
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Paul Nurse Interviewed by Steven Cowley
Paul Nurse – Corpus Christi President’s Lecture
4:00pm | Friday 31 March 2017 | Science
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Paul Beatty Interviewed by Jon Day
The Sellout – Winner of the Man Booker prize 2016
7:00pm | Friday 16 December 2016 | Fiction
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Gemma Cairney Interviewed by Laura Dockrill
Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be
6:00pm | Friday 31 March 2017 | Children and Young People
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Toby Jones
An Audience with Toby Jones
4:00pm | Sunday 2 April 2017 | Film, Television and Radio
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Paul Auster Interviewed by Boyd Tonkin
4 3 2 1 A Novel
7:00pm | Wednesday 8 March 2017 | Fiction
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Jessica Ennis-Hill Interviewed by Nicolette Jones
Evie’s Magic Bracelet
12:00pm | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Children and Young People
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Garth Nix
Frogkisser
10:00am | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Children and Young People
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Sian Williams Interviewed by Elizabeth Healey
RISE: A First-aid Kit for Getting Through Tough Times
10:00am | Sunday 26 March 2017 | Contemporary Society
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Nigella Lawson and Anna Del Conte Interviewed by Donald Sloan
Two Lives in Food
6:00pm | Sunday 26 March 2017 | Food and Drink
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Michael Heseltine
Thenford: The Creation of an English Garden
6:00pm | Thursday 30 March 2017 | Gardening and Garden History
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Jeremy Paxman Interviewed by Alec Russell
The Art of the Interview in the Post-Truth Age SOLD OUT
6:30pm | Saturday 1 April 2017 | Current Affairs
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Ken Hom Interviewed by Donald Sloan
My Stir-Fried Life: Chinese Tasting with Ken Hom
12:00pm | Sunday 2 April 2017 | Food and Drink
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Vincent Nichols and Roy Hattersley
The Catholic Church Community of Britain and Ireland SOLD OUT
6:00pm | Friday 31 March 2017 | Faith and Religion
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Jeetendr Sehdev
The Kim Kardashian Principle and Donald Trump
12:00pm | Friday 31 March 2017 | Contemporary Society
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Roger Penrose
Fashion, Faith and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe
10:00am | Saturday 25 March 2017 | Science
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Nicholas Parsons, Maureen Lipman , Tim Rice , Kit Hesketh-Harvey and Paul Blezard
Just a Minute SOLD OUT
12:00pm | Sunday 2 April 2017 | Comedy
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Frank Dikötter
The Chancellor’s Lecture. The People’s Trilogy : A History of China
10:00am | Saturday 1 April 2017 | History
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Chris Patten Interviewed by Alec Russell
First Confession
7:00pm | Thursday 6 July 2017 | Biography & Memoir
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Worcester College: Festival college partner
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Festival ideas partner
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Festival on-site and online bookseller
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Festival Digital Strategy & Web Design
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International radio partner
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Regional media partner
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Broadcast media partner
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Festival green room sponsor
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Festival London hotel partner
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The Queen's College
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Festival courtesy cars
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The festival hotel
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St John's College
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