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Chris Packham on his passion for wildlife and responsible farming

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John Humphrys talks about his life and career

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Levison Wood on walking with elephants

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Trevor Eve on his acting life and writing a novel

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TV scientist Jim Al-Khalili on what modern physics tells us

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David Lammy talks about his book Tribes

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Sebastian Barry joins a panel on Irish literature

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Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Alex Rider with Anthony Horowitz

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TV news presenter Kirsty Wark on her second novel

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Maggie O'Farrell on her Hamlet-inspired novel

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Alexander McCall Smith receives festival honorary fellowship

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Donna Leon on her latest Brunetti crime case

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Historian Lucy Worsley has fun with The Austen Girls

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Historian Roy Strong on the Elizabethan image

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Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock takes an interactive tour of the solar system

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Novelist Pat Barker talks about The Silence of the Girls

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Former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on his new book on morality

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We aim to return in October 2021 with a series of events leading up to a 10-day festival between Friday March 25 and Sunday April 3, 2022. More details will be announced here in September.


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University of Oxford Bodleian Libraries Festival cultural partner Oxford Martin School Festival ideas partner BBC World Service International radio partner FT Weekend Title partner Mary and Cecil Quillen George Warren Lady Hatch Patron donor for the programme of Irish literature and culture Emily Rose and James Marrow Ian and Carol Sellars British Academy Festival academic partner Princeton University Press Blackwell’s Festival on-site and online bookseller The Dorchester Hotels Collection Festival London hotel partner MIT Press MIT Press. Sponsors of the programme of American literature and culture Irish Embassy, London Supporters of the Irish programme Italian Embassy Supporter of Italian programme Jewish Book Week Partner of Jewish programme New College Critchleys Macdonald Bear Hotel Woodstock The Feathers Hotel Woodstock St Cross College St Cross College: Festival college partner. All facilities generously donated to the festival St Hilda’s College 11th St Hilda's day at the festival Lincoln College Lincoln College Worcester College Worcester College The Oxford Times Regional media partner BBC Radio Oxford Local radio partner Bear Ram Elk Festival Digital Strategy & Web Design Said Business School University of Oxford Alumni Office Alumni Office Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Conference Oxford Felicity Bryan Associates HM Government of Gibraltar Festival green room sponsor City Audio Visual Floris of London The Sheldonian Theatre Oxford University Images Oxford University Images Oxford Brookes University Foodbuy Ironbridge Gorge Museums Chamberlain Evans Estate agents Glyndebourne All About History History of War OX magazine K T Bruce Photography K T Bruce Photography The Litmus Partnership Schoolreaders Symington Wines of the Douro Valley Frescobaldi Toscana Wines of Tuscany Chêne Bleu Nicholas Hunter Ltd The Wild Geese Compassion in World Farming Cinnamon Kitchen Oxford Botanic Garden Steer Sloane Club

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FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival sponsors, donors & partners

University of Oxford Bodleian Libraries Festival cultural partner Oxford Martin School Festival ideas partner BBC World Service International radio partner FT Weekend Title partner Mary and Cecil Quillen George Warren Lady Hatch Patron donor for the programme of Irish literature and culture Emily Rose and James Marrow Ian and Carol Sellars British Academy Festival academic partner Princeton University Press Blackwell’s Festival on-site and online bookseller The Dorchester Hotels Collection Festival London hotel partner MIT Press MIT Press. Sponsors of the programme of American literature and culture Irish Embassy, London Supporters of the Irish programme Italian Embassy Supporter of Italian programme Jewish Book Week Partner of Jewish programme New College Critchleys Macdonald Bear Hotel Woodstock The Feathers Hotel Woodstock St Cross College St Cross College: Festival college partner. All facilities generously donated to the festival St Hilda’s College 11th St Hilda's day at the festival Lincoln College Lincoln College Worcester College Worcester College The Oxford Times Regional media partner BBC Radio Oxford Local radio partner Bear Ram Elk Festival Digital Strategy & Web Design Said Business School University of Oxford Alumni Office Alumni Office Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Conference Oxford Felicity Bryan Associates HM Government of Gibraltar Festival green room sponsor City Audio Visual Floris of London The Sheldonian Theatre Oxford University Images Oxford University Images Oxford Brookes University Foodbuy Ironbridge Gorge Museums Chamberlain Evans Estate agents Glyndebourne All About History History of War OX magazine K T Bruce Photography K T Bruce Photography The Litmus Partnership Schoolreaders Symington Wines of the Douro Valley Frescobaldi Toscana Wines of Tuscany Chêne Bleu Nicholas Hunter Ltd The Wild Geese Compassion in World Farming Cinnamon Kitchen Oxford Botanic Garden Steer Sloane Club