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A C Grayling

A C Grayling

The Oxford Debate: “Do we need God in our society to prevent self-destruction of us and our culture? Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
A Guided Chocolate-Tasting with The East India Company

A Guided Chocolate-Tasting with The East India Company

A Guided Coffee-Tasting with The East India Company

A Guided Coffee-Tasting with The East India Company

The Story of Coffee Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
A Guided Tea-Tasting with The East India Company

A Guided Tea-Tasting with The East India Company

A N  Wilson

A N Wilson

Dante in Love Monday 26 March See Event Details → Tolstoy Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Adam Nicolson

Adam Nicolson

The Gentry: Stories of the English Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Adrian Snell

Adrian Snell

Beyond Words: A Reflective Service with Contemporary Music and Conversation Sunday 25 March See Event Details →

Adrian Levy

The Meadow: Kidnapped in Kashmir Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton

Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer’s Guide to the Uses of Religion Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Alan Parker

Alan Parker

A life in film Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Alan Moore

Alan Moore

What’s the Point of the Arts and Humanities? Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Alastair Hazell

Alastair Hazell

Dr John Kirk and Walter Tull: Hidden Heroes Saturday 31 March See Event Details →

Alastair Lack

Film Oxford with Alastair Lack Saturday 24 March See Event Details → Inspector Morse with Alastair Lack Sunday 1 April See Event Details → Inspector Morse with Alastair Lack Saturday 31 March See Event Details → Oxford Poets with Alastair Lack Wednesday 28 March See Event Details → The Choice Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →

Alastair Niven

Can Fiction and Memoir Change the World? Saturday 24 March See Event Details → Celebrating Iraqi Culture: A Nation Shaped by Conflict Sunday 1 April See Event Details → Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria Saturday 31 March See Event Details → Shakespeare in Kabul Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Alex   Preston

Alex Preston

God and Money – What Happens When the Two Collide? Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Alex Scarrow

Alex Scarrow

The Scarrow Brothers’ Great Big Roman Quiz Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Alex James

Alex James

British Cheese – The Young Pretenders Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Alex Tickell

Alex Tickell

New India, New Voice Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

Alex Goody

Edith Wharton: Sex, Satire and the Older Woman Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Ali Bader

Ali Bader

Celebrating Iraqi Culture: A Nation Shaped by Conflict Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Alison McQueen

Alison McQueen

Empire in 21st-Century Fiction Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Alison MacLeod

Alison MacLeod

Short Fiction: Choosing the Best Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Alistair Horne

Alistair Horne

Soldier, Spy, Journalist and Historian:  A Literary Vagabondage Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling

Back from the Brink: 1000 Days at No 11 Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Alvin Hall

Alvin Hall

The Stock Market Explained Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Amanda Askew

Amanda Askew

Anders Sandberg

Anders Sandberg

Andrew  Lambert

Andrew Lambert

The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812 Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Andrew Holgate

Andrew Holgate

Capital – The Story of a Global Crisis Sunday 25 March See Event Details → New writing: The Land of Decoration and The Lifeboat Thursday 29 March See Event Details → Short Fiction: Choosing the Best Friday 30 March See Event Details → The Power of the Critic Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Andrew Weale

Andrew Weale

Nora: The Girl who Ate and Ate and Ate Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Andrew Gibson

Andrew Gibson

I’ve always meant to read . . . Ulysses Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Andrew Motion

Andrew Motion

Choral Matins: Speaker Andrew Motion Sunday 1 April See Event Details → Silver: A Sequel to Treasure Island Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Andrew Marr

Andrew Marr

Closing Festival Dinner: Alice’s Banquet in Wonderland Saturday 31 March See Event Details →

Andrew Erish

Film and Television: An Expression of American Culture Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Andy Stanton

Andy Stanton

Andy Sawyer

Andy Sawyer

Science Fiction – But Not As We Know It Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Andy Briggs

Andy Briggs

Tarzan : The Greystoke Legacy Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Andy Hamilton

Andy Hamilton

Booze For Free:  Tasting and Talk Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Angus Phillips

Angus Phillips

Digital Futures Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler

The Beginner’s Goodbye Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Anthony  Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz

Blue Peter Book Award Sunday 1 April See Event Details → The House of Silk: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Anthony Sattin

Anthony Sattin

Two Centuries of Travel in Egypt Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Anthony Wall

Anthony Wall

Arena: Sister Wendy’s Gospel Story Saturday 24 March See Event Details → Sonny Rollins – Beyond the Notes: An Arena Film Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Avril Horner

Avril Horner

Edith Wharton: Sex, Satire and the Older Woman Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Axel  Scheffler

Axel Scheffler

Barry Norman

Barry Norman

Bodyline to the Modern Day: Why Test Cricket Matters Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →

Beatrix Campbell

The Road to Wigan Pier: 75 years on Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Ben Macintyre

Ben Macintyre

Can You Love a Villain? Saturday 31 March See Event Details → Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day spies Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Ben Pink Dandelion

Ben Pink Dandelion

Quakers: A Very Short Introduction Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →

Ben Markovits

Childish Loves Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Ben Okri

Ben Okri

Festival Choral Evensong with biblical readings by Ben Okri Wednesday 28 March See Event Details → Wild: Official Launch of a New Collection of Poetry Including Drinks Reception Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Bettany Hughes

Bettany Hughes

The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life Saturday 31 March See Event Details → The State of Education Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Bhavit  Mehta

Bhavit Mehta

New India, New Voice Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Bill Cash MP

Bill Cash MP

John Bright: Statesman, Orator and Agitator Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Bill Manley

Bill Manley

A Two-Hour Masterclass in Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Young or Old Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Bill Heine

Bill Heine

The Hunting of the Shark: The Sculpture that Crash Landed in an Oxford Street Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

Brenda Maddox

My Sister Rosalind Franklin: Discovering Structure of DNA Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Brian Aldiss

Brian Aldiss

An Exile on Planet Earth Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Bruce Hood

Bruce Hood

The Self Illusion Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Bryan Appleyard

Bryan Appleyard

Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography Friday 30 March See Event Details → The Brain is Wider than the Sky:  Why Simple Solutions Don’t Work in a Complex World Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Camilla de la Bedoyere

Camilla de la Bedoyere

Blue Peter Book Award Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Carlo Petrini

Carlo Petrini

Go Slow with Carlo Petrini Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Caroline Brothers

Caroline Brothers

Can Fiction and Memoir Change the World? Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Caroline Lawrence

Caroline Lawrence

Caroline van Zyl

Getting the Most out of the Law (and Lawyers) Friday 30 March See Event Details →

Cassian Harrison

Cathy Scott-Clark

Cathy Galvin

Cathy Galvin

Short Fiction: Choosing the Best Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Charlie Higson

Charlie Higson

Chitty and Bond: An Ian Fleming Celebration Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Charlotte Rogan

Charlotte Rogan

New writing: The Land of Decoration and The Lifeboat Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Chibundu Onuzo

Chibundu Onuzo

New Writing: Absolution and The Spider King’s Daughter Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Chris Wormell

Chris Wormell

Big Ugly Monsters Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

Cheating in Sport Monday 26 March See Event Details →

Chris Patten

The Chancellor’s Lecture: The Rivered Earth Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Chris Doyle

Chris Doyle

Libya: Imposing Western Democracy on the Middle East Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

Christian House

But is it Literature? Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →

Christine Plews

Getting the Most out of the Law (and Lawyers) Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Christopher Edge

Christopher Edge

Dickens’ Legacy Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Christopher Priest

Christopher Priest

But is it Literature? Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd

What on Earth Evolved? Saturday 24 March See Event Details → What on Earth Evolved? Monday 26 March See Event Details → What on Earth Evolved? Sunday 25 March See Event Details → What on Earth Evolved? Sunday 1 April See Event Details → What on Earth Evolved? Saturday 31 March See Event Details → What on Earth Evolved? Friday 30 March See Event Details → What on Earth Evolved? Thursday 29 March See Event Details → What on Earth Evolved? Wednesday 28 March See Event Details → What on Earth Evolved? Tuesday 27 March See Event Details → What on Earth Happened? Saturday 24 March See Event Details → What on Earth Happened? Sunday 1 April See Event Details → What on Earth Happened? Saturday 31 March See Event Details → What on Earth Happened? Friday 30 March See Event Details → What on Earth Happened? Thursday 29 March See Event Details → What on Earth Happened? Wednesday 28 March See Event Details → What on Earth Happened? Tuesday 27 March See Event Details → What on Earth Happened? Monday 26 March See Event Details → What on Earth Happened? Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Christopher Butler

Christopher Butler

Art and Science: Where the Two Collide Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Claire Tomalin

Claire Tomalin

Clara Vulliamy

Clara Vulliamy

Introducing Lulu and Martha Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Clare Conville

Clare Conville

Clare Morgan

Clare Morgan

Fictional Freedoms: Rewriting Virginia Woolf Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Clare Beaton

Clare Beaton

The Secret Seahorse Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Claudia Roden

Claudia Roden

Food writing – the state of the art Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Clive Aslet

Clive Aslet

The Arts & Crafts Country House: From the Archives of Country Life Sunday 25 March See Event Details →

Colin Harrison

The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Craig Brown

Craig Brown

One on One Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
D J Taylor

D J Taylor

Can a book change your life? Sunday 1 April See Event Details → Historic Mystery: Enveloping the Reader in the Past Sunday 1 April See Event Details → Martin Amis: The Biography Friday 30 March See Event Details → The Road to Wigan Pier: 75 years on Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Dan Lyndon

Dan Lyndon

Dr John Kirk and Walter Tull: Hidden Heroes Saturday 31 March See Event Details →

Dan Cruikshank

Tale of Two Cities Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Daniel Friebe

Daniel Friebe

Cheating in Sport Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Darren Tinkler

Darren Tinkler

Dave Farrar

Dave Farrar

Cheating in Sport Monday 26 March See Event Details →
David Stuttard

David Stuttard

The Romans Who Shaped Britain Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
David Hare

David Hare

South Downs and a Life in Theatre Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
David Frith

David Frith

Bodyline to the Modern Day: Why Test Cricket Matters Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →

David Freeman

Dangerous Women: The Guide to Modern Life Wednesday 28 March See Event Details → Empire in 21st-Century Fiction Wednesday 28 March See Event Details → The Boy Who Fell to Earth Saturday 31 March See Event Details → Twelve Minutes of Love: A Life Through Tango Sunday 25 March See Event Details → Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

David Jones

Angels: A Very Short Introduction Monday 26 March See Event Details →
David Lammy

David Lammy

The 2011 English Riots:  What Can We Learn? Saturday 24 March See Event Details → Tottenham to Westminster: Has the Door Closed on Social Mobility? Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
David Blockley

David Blockley

Engineering: A Very Short Introduction Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
David Grylls

David Grylls

The Power of the Critic Thursday 29 March See Event Details → Voices from the Titanic Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
David Aaronovitch

David Aaronovitch

Voodoo Histories: How Conspiracy Theory has Shaped Modern History Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

David Piper

A Genteel Tipple Through Gin in Literature Saturday 24 March See Event Details →

David Smith

Politics and the Press Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Declan Kiberd

Declan Kiberd

Culture and the Irish Future Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Derek Landy

Derek Landy

Death Bringer and the Skulduggery Pleasant Adventures Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Diana Athill

Diana Athill

A Life Fully Lived Friday 30 March See Event Details →

Dick Fontaine

Sonny Rollins – Beyond the Notes: An Arena Film Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

Dinah Birch

Donald Sloan

Made in Sicily Monday 26 March See Event Details → The British Food Revolution: Rhetoric or reality? Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Donna Dickenson

Donna Dickenson

God, Mammon and Biotechnology Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Donna Leon

Donna Leon

Beastly Things and a Life of Crime Writing Tuesday 27 March See Event Details → Food in Fiction Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Dorothy Crawford

Dorothy Crawford

Viruses: A very Short Introduction Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Duncan Hamilton

Duncan Hamilton

Bodyline to the Modern Day: Why Test Cricket Matters Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →

Duncan McRae

A Genteel Tipple Through Gin in Literature Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Ed Smith

Ed Smith

Play up! And play the game! Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Edmund Newell

Edmund Newell

Ethics in Investment Banking Wednesday 28 March See Event Details → The Choice Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →

Eileen Battersby

Ordinary Dogs Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Eleanor Bron

Eleanor Bron

One on One Sunday 25 March See Event Details →

Eleanor Mills

Emotional Flashpoints in Women’s Lives Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak

Storytelling and politics Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Eliza Griswold

Eliza Griswold

The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Faultline between Christianity and Islam Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Elizabeth Noble

Elizabeth Noble

Emotional Flashpoints in Women’s Lives Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Emma Chichester Clark

Emma Chichester Clark

Introducing Lulu and Martha Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Emma Dodd

Emma Dodd

Emma Dawson Varughese

Emma Dawson Varughese

New African Fiction Thursday 29 March See Event Details → New India, New Voice Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Emrys Westacott

Emrys Westacott

The Virtues of Our Vices: In Defence of Gossip, Rudeness and Other Bad Habits Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Eoin Flannery

Eoin Flannery

Culture and the Irish Future Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Fiona  MacCarthy

Fiona MacCarthy

The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Fiona Carnarvon

Fiona Carnarvon

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Fiona Neill

Fiona Neill

Emotional Flashpoints in Women’s Lives Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

Frances Wilson

Voices from the Titanic Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Francesca Simon

Francesca Simon

Norse Code: Writers Inspired by Norse Myths and Legends Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Francesca  Kay

Francesca Kay

Writers Round Table Sunday 1 April See Event Details →

Francisco J Romero Salvado

Homage to Catalonia: The Spanish Civil War Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Frank Cottrell Boyce

Frank Cottrell Boyce

Chitty and Bond: An Ian Fleming Celebration Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Frank Close

Frank Close

Franny Moyle

Gaby Hinsliff

Politics and the Press Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Gareth P Jones

Gareth P Jones

Blue Peter Book Award Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Gavin  Pretor-Pinney

Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Clouds That Look Like Things Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Gavin Stamp

Gavin Stamp

Edwin Lutyens Country Houses: From the Archives of Country Life Saturday 31 March See Event Details →

Geoff Ryman

New African Fiction Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

George Garnett

Norman Conquests: A Very Short Introduction Friday 30 March See Event Details →
George Magnus

George Magnus

The Age of Ageing: Global Timebomb or Economic Triumph? Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →

Gerard Baker

The British Food Revolution: Rhetoric or reality? Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Gilbert Giggles

Gilbert Giggles

Amazing Esme Circus Event Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Giles Andreae

Giles Andreae

World of Happy Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Gill Lewis

Gill Lewis

Wildlife Tales: Sky Hawk and My Favourite Animals Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Gillian Shephard

Gillian Shephard

The State of Education Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Giorgio Locatelli

Giorgio Locatelli

Made in Sicily Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Grace McCleen

Grace McCleen

New writing: The Land of Decoration and The Lifeboat Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Graham Benson

Graham Benson

A life in film Sunday 25 March See Event Details → Sonny Rollins – Beyond the Notes: An Arena Film Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

Guy Newbury

Representing Sylvia Plath: An Evening Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Gwyneth Jones

Gwyneth Jones

Science Fiction – But Not As We Know It Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Hanif Kureishi

Hanif Kureishi

Short Fiction: Choosing the Best Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Harriet Sergeant

Harriet Sergeant

The 2011 English Riots:  What Can We Learn? Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Helen Rappaport

Helen Rappaport

Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death that Changed the Monarchy Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Helen Dunmore

Helen Dunmore

The Greatcoat: A Ghost Story Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Helen Bynum

Helen Bynum

Helen Arney

Helen Arney

Unknown Unknowns: A fusion of stand-up comedy and science. Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Helen Nathan

Helen Nathan

Chartwells: Putting Fun into Food Saturday 24 March See Event Details → Flossie Crums and the Fairies’ Cupcake Ball Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Helen Graham

Helen Graham

Homage to Catalonia: The Spanish Civil War Friday 30 March See Event Details →

Helen Small

Helena Matheopoulos

Helena Matheopoulos

Fashion Designers at The Opera Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Henrietta Green

Henrietta Green

British Cheese – The Young Pretenders Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →

Henry Cockburn

Henry’s Demons: Living with Schizophrenia, a Father and Son’s Story Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Henry Volans

Henry Volans

Digital Futures Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin

The Impossible Dead Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Ian Goldin

Ian Goldin

Ian Hart

Short Fiction: Choosing the Best Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Inaam Kachachi

Inaam Kachachi

Celebrating Iraqi Culture: A Nation Shaped by Conflict Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Ivor Roberts

Ivor Roberts

Is Diplomacy Dead? Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
J D Sharpe

J D Sharpe

Dickens’ Legacy Saturday 24 March See Event Details →

Jack Harris

Representing Sylvia Plath: An Evening Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
James Hawes

James Hawes

Chocolate is the Word Friday 30 March See Event Details → Scenes from Early Life Friday 30 March See Event Details →
James Delingpole

James Delingpole

Humanity’s Impact on the Climate Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →

Jan Zalasiewicz

The Goldilocks Planet: The Four-Billion-Year Story of Earth’s Climate Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Jane Draycott

Jane Draycott

Tokens for the Foundlings Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Jane Shilling

Jane Shilling

The Stranger in the Mirror: Women in Middle Age Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Jane Fallon

Jane Fallon

Emotional Flashpoints in Women’s Lives Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

Janet Cronin

World of Happy Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Janet Beer

Janet Beer

Beastly Things and a Life of Crime Writing Tuesday 27 March See Event Details → Edith Wharton: Sex, Satire and the Older Woman Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Janie Hampton

Janie Hampton

The Austerity Olympics Sunday 1 April See Event Details →

Jaromir Malek

Two Centuries of Travel in Egypt Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Jay Griffiths

Jay Griffiths

Wild: An Elemental Journey Sunday 25 March See Event Details →

Jean Seaton

Homage to Catalonia: The Spanish Civil War Friday 30 March See Event Details → Politics and the Press Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Jeanne Willis

Jeanne Willis

Olympic laughs and dinosaur bones Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Jem Poster

Jem Poster

Conversations with Poets Friday 30 March See Event Details → Conversations with Poets Monday 26 March See Event Details → Conversations with Poets Saturday 24 March See Event Details → Conversations with Poets Thursday 29 March See Event Details → The Beautiful Indifference Tuesday 27 March See Event Details → The Greatcoat: A Ghost Story Wednesday 28 March See Event Details → Wild: An Elemental Journey Sunday 25 March See Event Details →

Jenifer Glynn

My Sister Rosalind Franklin: Discovering Structure of DNA Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Jennifer Potter

Jennifer Potter

The Rose: A True History Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Jenny Lewis

Jenny Lewis

Tokens for the Foundlings Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Jeremy Strong

Jeremy Strong

Jeremy Paxman

Jeremy Paxman

Jessica Harris

Food in Fiction Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Hurricane Saturday 31 March See Event Details → Ninth Ward: Coming of Age and Hurricane Katrina Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Jill Dawson

Jill Dawson

Lucky Bunny Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →

Jim Godfrey

Christ Church in Words and Music Thursday 29 March See Event Details → Christ Church in Words and Music Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Joan Bakewell

Joan Bakewell

A Life Fully Lived Friday 30 March See Event Details → She’s Leaving Home Friday 30 March See Event Details →

Joanna Blythman

The British Food Revolution: Rhetoric or reality? Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Joanna Dunkley

Joanna Dunkley

Joanne Harris

Joanne Harris

Food in Fiction Monday 26 March See Event Details → Norse Code: Writers Inspired by Norse Myths and Legends Sunday 25 March See Event Details → Reader, I married him Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult

Lone Wolf Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Joe Dunthorne

Joe Dunthorne

Short Fiction: Choosing the Best Friday 30 March See Event Details →

Joe Berger

John Lanchester

John Lanchester

Capital – The Story of a Global Crisis Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
John Gray

John Gray

Slightly Foxed Presents John Gray on John Cowper Powys Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
John Crace

John Crace

Brief Encounters – Charles Dickens Wednesday 28 March See Event Details → Play up! And play the game! Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
John Sutherland

John Sutherland

Brief Encounters – Charles Dickens Wednesday 28 March See Event Details → Lives of the Novelists: A History of Fiction in 294 Lives Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
John Gittings

John Gittings

The Glorious Art of Peace: Taking War off its Pedestal Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
John Welshman

John Welshman

Voices from the Titanic Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

John Guy

Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
John Reynolds

John Reynolds

Ethics in Investment Banking Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
John Gribbin

John Gribbin

John Simpson

John Simpson

Filching-morts and Shabberoons: Reviving Old Dictionaries Saturday 24 March See Event Details →

John Bowen

Jon McGregor

Jon McGregor

This Isn’t the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You Sunday 1 April See Event Details →

Jon Turney

Jonathan Fenby

Jonathan Fenby

Tiger Head Snake Tails: China Today Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Jonathan Freedland

Jonathan Freedland

Pantheon Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Jonathan Arnold

Jonathan Arnold

Christ Church in Words and Music Thursday 29 March See Event Details → Christ Church in Words and Music Monday 26 March See Event Details →

Jonathan Steele

What Went Wrong in Afghanistan? Monday 26 March See Event Details →

Jonathan Bate

English Literature: A Very Short Introduction Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Josie Long

Josie Long

What’s the Point of the Arts and Humanities? Monday 26 March See Event Details →

Judith Curthoys

The Cardinal’s College: Christ Church, Chapter and Verse Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Julia Churchill

Julia Churchill

Bookcamp: How To Get a Children’s Book Published Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Justine Picardie

Justine Picardie

Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Kamin Mohammadi

Kamin Mohammadi

Can Fiction and Memoir Change the World? Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Kapka Kassabova

Kapka Kassabova

Twelve Minutes of Love: A Life Through Tango Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Kate Williams

Kate Williams

Bringing the Past to Life: The Whore’s Asylum and The Pleasures of Men Sunday 25 March See Event Details → Young Elizabeth: The Making of our Queen Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Kate Clanchy

Kate Clanchy

Chocolate is the Word Friday 30 March See Event Details → Other Worlds in Oxford Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Kate Wilson

Kate Wilson

Digital Futures Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundell

The Joy of Writing, Reading and Cartwheels Sunday 1 April See Event Details →

Katherine Bosworth

Titanic Calling: Wireless Communications during the Great Disaster Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Kathy Lette

Kathy Lette

The Boy Who Fell to Earth Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Katy Darby

Katy Darby

Bringing the Past to Life: The Whore’s Asylum and The Pleasures of Men Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Katy Guest

Katy Guest

Can a book change your life? Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Kelly Gerrard

Kelly Gerrard

Kenneth Howse

The Age of Ageing: Global Timebomb or Economic Triumph? Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Kevin Murray

Kevin Murray

The Language of Leaders and Talk Normal Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Kevin Crossley-Holland

Kevin Crossley-Holland

Norse Code: Writers Inspired by Norse Myths and Legends Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Kim Newman

Kim Newman

Can You Love a Villain? Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Korky Paul

Korky Paul

Kristina Stephenson

Kristina Stephenson

Songs, Secrets and Stinky Socks: Sir Charlie Returns Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Laetitia Maklouf

Laetitia Maklouf

Sweet Peas for Summer: How to Create a Garden in a Year Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →

Lance Price

Politics and the Press Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Laurane Marchive

Laurane Marchive

Chartwells: Putting Fun into Food Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Lavinia Greenlaw

Lavinia Greenlaw

Conversations with Poets Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Layn Marlow

Layn Marlow

Marlow and the Mole Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Leah Thaxton

Leah Thaxton

Bookcamp: How To Get a Children’s Book Published Sunday 25 March See Event Details →

Leslie Fielding

Is Diplomacy Dead? Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Lev Grossman

Lev Grossman

Storytelling: The Past and Future of the American Novel Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Linda Gates

Linda Gates

Representing Sylvia Plath: An Evening Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Lindsey Hilsum

Lindsey Hilsum

Libya: Imposing Western Democracy on the Middle East Thursday 29 March See Event Details → Sandstorm: The Inside Story of Gadaffi’s Regime Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Lisa Hilton

Lisa Hilton

The Horror of Love: Nancy Mitford and Gaston Palewski in Paris and London Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Liz Hoggard

Liz Hoggard

Dangerous Women: The Guide to Modern Life Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Liz Kessler

Liz Kessler

Blue Peter Book Award Sunday 1 April See Event Details →

Lucia Simon

Representing Sylvia Plath: An Evening Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Lucille Turner

Lucille Turner

Gioconda: A Novel of Leonardo da Vinci Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →

Lynda Mugglestone

Dictionaries: A Very Short Introduction Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Mackenzie Crook

Mackenzie Crook

From Hollywood Star to Children’s Author Sunday 25 March See Event Details →

Maggie Fergusson

Tolstoy Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Marcus Berkmann

Marcus Berkmann

A Shed of One’s Own: Midlife Without the Crisis Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Margaret  Heffernan

Margaret Heffernan

Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Marian Stamp Dawkins

Marian Stamp Dawkins

Why Animals Matter: Animal Consciousness, Animal Welfare and Human Well-Being Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Marian Partington

Marian Partington

A Question of Forgiveness Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Marina Lewycka

Marina Lewycka

Various Pets Dead and Alive Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Marina Cantacuzino

Marina Cantacuzino

A Question of Forgiveness Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Marion Dickens Lloyd

Marion Dickens Lloyd

Dickens’ Legacy Saturday 24 March See Event Details →

Mark Williams

The Goldilocks Planet: The Four-Billion-Year Story of Earth’s Climate Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Mark Billingham

Mark Billingham

But is it Literature? Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Mark Easton

Mark Easton

Britain Etc Saturday 24 March See Event Details →

Mark Bell

Turner’s Thames Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Martin Kemp

Martin Kemp

Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon Friday 30 March See Event Details → Gioconda: A Novel of Leonardo da Vinci Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Martin Bell

Martin Bell

For Whom the Bell Tolls: Light and Dark Verse Saturday 24 March See Event Details →

Martin Moore

Politics and the Press Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Mary Riddell

Mary Riddell

The 2011 English Riots:  What Can We Learn? Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Masha Gessen

Masha Gessen

The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Matthew Sturgis

Matthew Sturgis

When in Rome – 2,000 Years of Sightseeing Sunday 25 March See Event Details →

Matthew Flinders

Defending Politics: Why Democracy Matters in the 21st Century Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Matthew Fort

Matthew Fort

Food writing – the state of the art Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Matthew Collings

Matthew Collings

Art and Science: Where the Two Collide Monday 26 March See Event Details → Turner’s Thames Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Max Hastings

Max Hastings

All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939-1945 Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Mei Matsuoka

Mei Matsuoka

The Great Sheep Shenanigans Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Menaka PP Bora

Menaka PP Bora

Dance, Manuscript and Gestures: A Lecture-performance of Indian Sanskrit Manuscripts Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Merlin Waterson

Merlin Waterson

A Noble Thing: The National Trust and its Benefactors Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

War Horse: The West End and Hollywood Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Michael Arditti

Michael Arditti

I’ve Always Meant To Read . . . A La Recherche du Temps Perdu Friday 30 March See Event Details →

Michael Symmons Roberts

Michael Hughes

Titanic Calling: Wireless Communications during the Great Disaster Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Michael Bhaskar

Michael Bhaskar

Digital Futures Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Moira Young

Moira Young

Life, Death and Other Grown-Up Subjects Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Muthoni Garland

Muthoni Garland

New African Fiction Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

Nic Compton

Voices from the Titanic Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Nicholas Kenyon

Nicholas Kenyon

The City of London: Architectural Tradition & Innovation in the Square Mile Sunday 25 March See Event Details →

Nicholas Pitts-Tucker

Perpetua: Music in the Making Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Nick Barratt

Nick Barratt

Roots: Our Rural Ancestors Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Nick Bicât

Nick Bicât

Perpetua: Music in the Making Friday 30 March See Event Details →

Nick Shrimpton

Nicolas Sagovsky

Nicolas Sagovsky

Nicolette Jones

Nicolette Jones

The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life Saturday 31 March See Event Details → Waiting for Sunrise Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Nigel Warburton

Nigel Warburton

Little History of Philosophy Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Nii Ayikwei Parkes

Nii Ayikwei Parkes

New African Fiction Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Nilanjana Bhattacharya

Nilanjana Bhattacharya

New India, New Voice Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Noo Saro-Wiwa

Noo Saro-Wiwa

Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Norman Stone

Norman Stone

Turkey: A Short History Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Oliver James

Oliver James

God and Money – What Happens When the Two Collide? Saturday 24 March See Event Details →

Owen Davies

Magic: A Very Short Introduction Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
P D James

P D James

Death Comes to Pemberley and a Passion for Jane Austen Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Patrick Ness

Patrick Ness

Life, Death and Other Grown-Up Subjects Saturday 24 March See Event Details →

Patrick Cockburn

Henry’s Demons: Living with Schizophrenia, a Father and Son’s Story Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Patrick Flanery

Patrick Flanery

New Writing: Absolution and The Spider King’s Daughter Saturday 24 March See Event Details →

Patrick Jephson

Henry’s Demons: Living with Schizophrenia, a Father and Son’s Story Wednesday 28 March See Event Details → Libya: Imposing Western Democracy on the Middle East Thursday 29 March See Event Details → The Meadow: Kidnapped in Kashmir Sunday 1 April See Event Details → What Went Wrong in Afghanistan? Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Patti Boulaye

Patti Boulaye

Paul Slack

The Plague: A Very Short Introduction Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Paul Farley

Paul Farley

Edgelands: Nature Writing in Estranged Places Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →

Paul Preston

Homage to Catalonia: The Spanish Civil War Friday 30 March See Event Details →

Paul Mason

The Road to Wigan Pier: 75 years on Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Paul Blezard

Paul Blezard

Chitty and Bond: An Ian Fleming Celebration Saturday 24 March See Event Details → Norse Code: Writers Inspired by Norse Myths and Legends Sunday 25 March See Event Details → The Great Sheep Shenanigans Sunday 25 March See Event Details → War Horse: The West End and Hollywood Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Penelope Harper

Penelope Harper

Safari Stories: Storytelling and Craft with Lollipop and Grandpa Sunday 1 April See Event Details →

Peter Kemp

Death Comes to Pemberley and a Passion for Jane Austen Thursday 29 March See Event Details → The 2012 Bodley Lecture: The Chemistry of Tears. Followed by Award of Bodley Medal to Peter Carey Sunday 1 April See Event Details → The Beginner’s Goodbye Sunday 1 April See Event Details → The Fear Index Saturday 31 March See Event Details → The House of Silk: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure Saturday 31 March See Event Details → The Power of the Critic Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Peter Carey

Peter Carey

The 2012 Bodley Lecture: The Chemistry of Tears. Followed by Award of Bodley Medal to Peter Carey Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Peter Conrad

Peter Conrad

Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Peter Watson

Peter Watson

The Great Divide: History and Human Nature in the Old World and the New Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Peter Holland

Peter Holland

Animal Kingdom: A Very Short Introduction Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Peter Whitfield

Peter Whitfield

There is No Foreign Land – It is the Traveller Who Is Foreign Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Peter Frankopan

Peter Frankopan

The First Crusade: The Call from the East Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

Peter Conradi

Bringing the Past to Life: The Whore’s Asylum and The Pleasures of Men Sunday 25 March See Event Details → Soldier, Spy, Journalist and Historian:  A Literary Vagabondage Saturday 24 March See Event Details →

Peter Champness

Perpetua: Music in the Making Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Phil George

Phil George

Shakespeare: The King’s Man Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman

Dickens’ Legacy Saturday 24 March See Event Details → What’s the Point of the Arts and Humanities? Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Philip Marsden

Philip Marsden

The Levelling Sea: The Story of a Cornish Haven and the Age of Sail Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Philip Hensher

Philip Hensher

Scenes from Early Life Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Poetry Platform

Poetry Platform

Poetry Platform Hosted by Jenny Lewis Friday 30 March See Event Details → Poetry Platform Hosted by Jenny Lewis Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
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Qais Akbar Omar

Shakespeare in Kabul Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Rachel Hore

Rachel Hore

Can a book change your life? Sunday 1 April See Event Details → Writers Round Table Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Rachel Polonsky

Rachel Polonsky

The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Randall Wright

Randall Wright

Arena: Sister Wendy’s Gospel Story Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Raymond Tallis

Raymond Tallis

Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Raymond Wacks

Raymond Wacks

Privacy: A Very Short Introduction Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Rebecca Stott

Rebecca Stott

Darwin’s Ghosts: In Search of the First Evolutionists Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Rebecca Clee

Rebecca Clee

Life, Death and Other Grown-Up Subjects Saturday 24 March See Event Details →

Rebecca Abrams

The Stranger in the Mirror: Women in Middle Age Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Richard Fortey

Richard Fortey

Survivors: The Animals and Plants that Time has Left Behind Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Richard Mabey

Richard Mabey

Edgelands: Nature Writing in Estranged Places Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →

Richard Harries

Does God Exist? Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Richard Moore

Richard Moore

Cheating in Sport Monday 26 March See Event Details →

Richard Bradford

Martin Amis: The Biography Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Richard O Smith

Richard O Smith

Oxford Student Pranks Sunday 25 March See Event Details →

Ritchie Robertson

Franz Kafka: A Hunger Artist and Other Stories Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

Rob Pope

Reader, I married him Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Robert Harris

Robert Harris

The Fear Index Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Robert Collins

Robert Collins

God and Money – What Happens When the Two Collide? Saturday 24 March See Event Details → New Writing: Absolution and The Spider King’s Daughter Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Robert Hewison

Robert Hewison

South Downs and a Life in Theatre Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Roger Scruton

Roger Scruton

Humanity’s Impact on the Climate Tuesday 27 March See Event Details → The Oxford Debate: “Do we need God in our society to prevent self-destruction of us and our culture? Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Roger Bannister

Roger Bannister

Play up! And play the game! Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Roger Penrose

Roger Penrose

Art and Science: Where the Two Collide Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Rosie Thomas

Rosie Thomas

Ross King

Historic Mystery: Enveloping the Reader in the Past Sunday 1 April See Event Details → Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death that Changed the Monarchy Thursday 29 March See Event Details → Pantheon Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Rowan Williams

Rowan Williams

The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Faultline between Christianity and Islam Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Rupert Sheldrake

Rupert Sheldrake

The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Ruth Richardson

Ruth Richardson

Dickens and the Workhouse: Oliver Twist and the London Poor Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Sadie Jones

Sadie Jones

Historic Mystery: Enveloping the Reader in the Past Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Sally Nicholls

Sally Nicholls

Life, Death and Other Grown-Up Subjects Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Sally Bayley

Sally Bayley

Representing Sylvia Plath: An Evening Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Sam Moorhead

Sam Moorhead

The Romans Who Shaped Britain Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Sampurna Chattarji

Sampurna Chattarji

New India, New Voice Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Samuel Shimon

Samuel Shimon

Celebrating Iraqi Culture: A Nation Shaped by Conflict Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Sandy Gall

Sandy Gall

What Went Wrong in Afghanistan? Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Sarah Hall

Sarah Hall

The Beautiful Indifference Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Sarah Raven

Sarah Raven

Wild Flowers Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Sarah Baxter

Sarah Baxter

The State of Education Saturday 31 March See Event Details →

Sarah Miller

Go Slow with Carlo Petrini Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Sarah-Jane Lovett

Sarah-Jane Lovett

Dangerous Women: The Guide to Modern Life Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →

Sasha Dugdale

Conversations with Poets Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Sherard Cowper-Coles

Sherard Cowper-Coles

Cables from Kabul: Inside Story of the West’s Afghanistan Campaign Saturday 31 March See Event Details → Is Diplomacy Dead? Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage

Conversations with Poets Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

Simon Jenkins

A Short History of England Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Simon Brett

Simon Brett

Murder Mystery: Bloodbath or Brainteaser? Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Simon Scarrow

Simon Scarrow

The Scarrow Brothers’ Great Big Roman Quiz Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Simon Glendinning

Simon Glendinning

Derrida: A Very Short Introduction Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Simon Kövesi

Simon Kövesi

Edgelands: Nature Writing in Estranged Places Wednesday 28 March See Event Details → What’s the Point of the Arts and Humanities? Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World Sunday 25 March See Event Details → One on One Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Simon Hart

Simon Hart

Blue Peter Book Award Sunday 1 April See Event Details →

Simon Stokes

Getting the Most out of the Law (and Lawyers) Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Sophia Hillan

Sophia Hillan

May, Lou & Cass: Jane Austen’s Nieces in Ireland Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Sophie Hannah

Sophie Hannah

Murder Mystery: Bloodbath or Brainteaser? Saturday 31 March See Event Details →

Stefanie Powers

Film and Television: An Expression of American Culture Saturday 31 March See Event Details →

Stephen Smith

Environmental Economics: A Very Short Introduction Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Stephen Landrigan

Stephen Landrigan

Shakespeare in Kabul Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Stephen Law

Stephen Law

Believing Bullshit Thursday 29 March See Event Details → Does God Exist? Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

Stephen Armstrong

The Road to Wigan Pier: 75 years on Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
Stephen Cherry

Stephen Cherry

A Question of Forgiveness Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Steve Bloom

Steve Bloom

Wildlife Tales: Sky Hawk and My Favourite Animals Sunday 1 April See Event Details →

Steve Matthews

Other Worlds in Oxford Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Steve Jones

Steve Jones

Steven Clarke

Steven Clarke

Shakespeare: The King’s Man Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Stewart Lee

Stewart Lee

Sue Prideaux

Sue Prideaux

Strindberg: A Life Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Susan Cain

Susan Cain

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Susan Sellers

Susan Sellers

Fictional Freedoms: Rewriting Virginia Woolf Friday 30 March See Event Details →
T D Griggs

T D Griggs

Empire in 21st-Century Fiction Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →
Tamara Macfarlane

Tamara Macfarlane

Amazing Esme Circus Event Saturday 24 March See Event Details →

Tiffany Atkinson

Conversations with Poets Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Tim Jeal

Tim Jeal

Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Tim Phillips

Tim Phillips

The Language of Leaders and Talk Normal Wednesday 28 March See Event Details →

Tim Harford

Adapt and Iraq: Why Success Always Starts With Failure Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Tim Bowler

Tim Bowler

Life, Death and Other Grown-Up Subjects Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Tim Birkhead

Tim Birkhead

Tim Palmer

Tim Palmer

Humanity’s Impact on the Climate Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →

Tim Head

Tim Stanley-Clarke

Tim Stanley-Clarke

Blandy’s Madeira Masterclass Thursday 29 March See Event Details → Graham’s Port Masterclass Thursday 29 March See Event Details →
Toby Musgrave

Toby Musgrave

Heritage Fruits and Vegetables Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Tom Holland

Tom Holland

In The Shadow Of The Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
Tom Burke

Tom Burke

Humanity’s Impact on the Climate Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →

Tom Parker-Bowles

Food writing – the state of the art Monday 26 March See Event Details →
Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

Tokens for the Foundlings Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Tony White

Tony White

Humanity’s Impact on the Climate Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Tony Benn

Tony Benn

The 2011 English Riots:  What Can We Learn? Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Val Bourne

Val Bourne

Colour in the Garden Friday 30 March See Event Details →

Vernon Bogdanor

Back from the Brink: 1000 Days at No 11 Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Vikram Seth

Vikram Seth

The Chancellor’s Lecture: The Rivered Earth Tuesday 27 March See Event Details →
Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Wendy Beckett

Wendy Beckett

Arena: Sister Wendy’s Gospel Story Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
Will Gompertz

Will Gompertz

Dickens and the Workhouse: Oliver Twist and the London Poor Sunday 25 March See Event Details →
Will Wiles

Will Wiles

Writers Round Table Sunday 1 April See Event Details →
William Bynum

William Bynum

William Boyd

William Boyd

Waiting for Sunrise Saturday 31 March See Event Details →

William May

Representing Sylvia Plath: An Evening Saturday 24 March See Event Details →
William Hartston

William Hartston

William Cash

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Libya: Imposing Western Democracy on the Middle East Thursday 29 March See Event Details →

Zaved Mahmood

Scenes from Early Life Friday 30 March See Event Details →
Zeinab Badawi

Zeinab Badawi

The State of Education Saturday 31 March See Event Details →
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