The festival is back with two days of events at the Sheldonian Theatre on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 September. Speakers include novelist Ian McEwan, the last governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten, and Dragons Den’s Deborah Meaden. See the full line-up.
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Festival ideas partner
International radio partner
Title partner
Supporter of programme of science and medicine
Patron donor for the programme of Irish literature and culture
Supporters of the programme of American literature and culture
CEO of Project People
Supporters of the programme of American literature and culture
Prestige publishing partner
The festival hotel
Festival on-site and online bookseller
Festival London hotel partner
Supporter of Italian programme
Partner of Jewish programme
Sponsor of American novelists and poets
Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom
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Accountants to the festival
Woodstock festival hotel
Eastgate Hotel, a festival hotel
St Cross College: Festival college partner.
Lincoln College
Worcester College
Trinity College
Exeter College
Regional media partner
Local radio partner
Festival Digital Strategy & Web Design
Alumni Office
Olive oil from Sicily
Oxford University Images
Siren Communications - corporate consultants
Estate agents
K T Bruce Photography
Festival printers
Wines of the Douro Valley
Wines of Tuscany
Wines of Provence
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September events
Sheldonian events
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Fri 25 MarJim Al-Khalili
The Joy of Science
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Fri 25 MarA C Grayling
Technology, Climate, Justice and Rights: Can We Get The Whole World To Agree On Any Of Them?
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Fri 25 MarCharlie Higson Interviewed by Triona Adams
Whatever Gets You Through the Night
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Fri 25 MarPenelope Lively Interviewed by Chris Patten
Chancellor’s Lecture: Life and Work
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Sat 26 MarHarry Potter
Celebrating 25 Years of the Harry Potter Books
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Sat 26 MarDelia Smith Interviewed by Nick Higham
You Matter: The Human Solution
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Sat 26 MarKatherine Rundell
The Good Thieves
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Sat 26 MarLemony Snicket Interviewed by Imogen Russell Williams
Poison for Breakfast
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Sat 26 MarVal McDermid Interviewed by Emma Smith
The Past is Never Dead: Crime Fiction from Christopher Marlowe to 1979
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Sun 27 MarKate Pankhurst
Fantastically Great Women
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Sun 27 MarFreya North and Wendy Holden Chaired by Lucy Atkins
Little Wing and The Duchess CANCELLED
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Sun 27 MarSola Akingbola Interviewed by Nicholas Janni
Music as a Gateway of Connection
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Sun 27 MarAllie Esiri, Natascha McElhone, Ronni Ancona, Mark Quartley and Diana Quick
Poetry for Every Day of the Year
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Mon 28 MarDavid Owen Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen
Riddle, Mystery, and Enigma: Two Hundred Years of Britain-Russian Relations SOLD OUT
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Mon 28 MarJohn Bell, Andrew Pollard, Sarah Gilbert, Teresa Lambe and Catherine Green Chaired by Nick Higham
The Race Against the Virus: A Tribute to the Oxford Vaccine Team
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Tue 29 MarOnjali Q Raúf
The Boy at the Back of the Class
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Tue 29 MarElijah Lawal, Gary Younge and Alex von Tunzelmann Chaired by Stephen Law
Oxford Debate: Toppling Statues and Fallen Idols
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Tue 29 MarEdmund de Waal Interviewed by James Naughtie
Felicity Bryan Tribute Conversation: Letters to Camondo
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Wed 30 MarNicholas Crane Interviewed by Nick Higham
Latitude: The True Story of the World’s First Scientific Expedition
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Wed 30 MarIan McEwan, Karen Leeder and Laurence Laluyaux Introduced by Richard Ovenden
The Gift of Translation CANCELLED
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Thu 31 MarRichard Moxon Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen
Brain Fever: How Vaccines Prevent Meningitis And Other Killer Diseases
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Thu 31 MarHoward Jacobson Interviewed by Sophie Ratcliffe
Mother’s Boy: A Writer’s Beginnings
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Thu 31 MarEd Miliband
The Provost of Worcester College Lecture. Go Big: 20 Bold Solutions to Fix our World
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Thu 31 MarZadie Smith Interviewed by Richard Ovenden
2022 Bodley Lecture and Award of Bodley Medal: Life and Work
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Fri 1 AprPeter Hain Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen
A Pretoria Boy: The Story of South Africa’s Public Enemy Number One
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Fri 1 AprMartin Rees Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen
On the Future: Prospects for Humanity and The End of Astronauts
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Fri 1 AprMuir Gray Interviewed by Nick Higham
Increase your Brainability and Reduce your Risk of Dementia
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Fri 1 AprDonna Leon Interviewed by Peter Kemp
Vice-chancellor’s Lecture: Give Unto Others
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Sat 2 AprChris Bail Interviewed by Mary Hockaday
Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make our Platforms less Polarizing
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Sat 2 AprJoanna Lumley Interviewed by Philip Lymbery
The True Meaning of Compassion: The Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture
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Sat 2 AprJacqueline Wilson
The Primrose Railway Children and The Runaway Girls
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Sat 2 AprMariana Mazzucato Introduced by Martin Sandbu
Voices of Europe. Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
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Sat 2 AprTom Tugendhat Interviewed by Alec Russell
FT Weekend Lecture: Britain, the Conservative Party and the World
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Sun 3 AprRichard Dawkins Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen
Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution
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Sun 3 AprBen Garrod
Why did Dinosaurs go Extinct and Saving Endangered Species
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Sun 3 AprMichael Morpurgo
Animal Tales CANCELLED
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Sun 3 AprMaureen Lipman, Norma Winstone, Christian Garrick, Art Themen and Jeremy Robson
Festival 25 Celebration: An evening of Song, Humour, Poetry, and Jazz
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Fri 16 SepChris Patten Interviewed by Rana Mitter
Hong Kong Diaries
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Fri 16 SepPhilip Lymbery and Deborah Meaden
Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future
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Sat 17 Sep
Ian McEwan Interviewed by Boyd Tonkin
Lessons
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