Events on Sunday 25 March
Michael Morpurgo Interviewed by Paul Blezard
War Horse: The West End and Hollywood
John Lanchester Interviewed by Andrew Holgate
Capital – The Story of a Global Crisis
Katy Darby and Kate Williams Chaired by Peter Conradi
Bringing the Past to Life: The Whore’s Asylum and The Pleasures of Men
Giles Andreae and Janet Cronin
World of Happy
Richard Fortey
Survivors: The Animals and Plants that Time has Left Behind
Dan Cruikshank and Cassian Harrison
Tale of Two Cities
Matthew Sturgis
When in Rome – 2,000 Years of Sightseeing
Julia Churchill and Leah Thaxton
Bookcamp: How To Get a Children’s Book Published
Marian Stamp Dawkins
Why Animals Matter: Animal Consciousness, Animal Welfare and Human Well-Being
Alastair Lack
Literary Oxford with Alastair Lack
Christopher Lloyd
What on Earth Happened?
Menaka PP Bora
Dance, Manuscript and Gestures: A Lecture-performance of Indian Sanskrit Manuscripts
Stephen Landrigan and Qais Akbar Omar Chaired by Alastair Niven
Shakespeare in Kabul
Matthew Collings and Mark Bell
Turner’s Thames
Axel Scheffler
Pip and Posy with Axel Scheffler
Tim Jeal
Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure
Mackenzie Crook
From Hollywood Star to Children’s Author
Clive Aslet
The Arts & Crafts Country House: From the Archives of Country Life
Richard O Smith
Oxford Student Pranks
Adam Nicolson
The Gentry: Stories of the English
Craig Brown, Eleanor Bron and Simon Callow
One on One
Stephen Smith
Environmental Economics: A Very Short Introduction
Ruth Richardson Interviewed by Will Gompertz
Dickens and the Workhouse: Oliver Twist and the London Poor
Max Hastings
All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939-1945
Mei Matsuoka Introduced by Paul Blezard
The Great Sheep Shenanigans
Jay Griffiths Interviewed by Jem Poster
Wild: An Elemental Journey
Caroline Lawrence
Historical Detective: Roman Mysteries and Western Mysteries
Nicholas Kenyon
The City of London: Architectural Tradition & Innovation in the Square Mile
Sarah Raven
Wild Flowers
Michael Hughes and Katherine Bosworth
Titanic Calling: Wireless Communications during the Great Disaster
A C Grayling and Roger Scruton
The Oxford Debate: “Do we need God in our society to prevent self-destruction of us and our culture?
Christopher Lloyd
What on Earth Evolved?
Joanne Harris, Francesca Simon and Kevin Crossley-Holland Chaired by Paul Blezard
Norse Code: Writers Inspired by Norse Myths and Legends
Fiona MacCarthy Interviewed by Colin Harrison
The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination
Kapka Kassabova Interviewed by David Freeman
Twelve Minutes of Love: A Life Through Tango
Brian Aldiss
An Exile on Planet Earth
Bruce Hood
The Self Illusion
Phil George and Steven Clarke
Shakespeare: The King’s Man
Alistair Darling Interviewed by Vernon Bogdanor
Back from the Brink: 1000 Days at No 11
Kate Williams
Young Elizabeth: The Making of our Queen
Kate Clanchy Chaired by Steve Matthews
Other Worlds in Oxford
Alan Parker Interviewed by Graham Benson
A life in film
Simon Callow
Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World
Adrian Snell
Beyond Words: A Reflective Service with Contemporary Music and Conversation







