Booking is now open for the 2025 Oxford Literary Festival. Saturday 29 March to Sunday 6 April.
Sheldonian Events
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Joanna Lumley in conversation with Philip Lymbery
For the Love of Life
Sheldonian Theatre 6:30pm Fri Jan 31 Jan Friday, 31 January 2025 See this event -
Andy Cato, Deborah Meaden and Philip Lymbery chaired by Kate Humble
Why we Need More Compassion in our Food and Farming
Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Sat 29 Mar Saturday, 29 March 2025 See this event -
Ferran Adrià
elBulli Today: Preserving the Legacy and Spirit of the World’s Greatest Restaurant
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Sat 29 Mar Saturday, 29 March 2025 See this event -
Cressida Cowell
Dragon Tales
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Sat 29 Mar Saturday, 29 March 2025 See this event -
Miriam Margolyes talks to Philip Lymbery
Compassion for All Life: The Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture
Sheldonian Theatre 4:00pm Sat 29 Mar Saturday, 29 March 2025 See this event -
Jonathan Coe talks to Val McDermid
The Val McDermid Interview: The Proof of my Innocence
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Sat 29 Mar Saturday, 29 March 2025 See this event -
Alexander Armstrong
Evenfall: The Golden Linnet
Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Sun 30 Mar Sunday, 30 March 2025 See this event -
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Theft and Honorary Fellowship
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Sun 30 Mar Sunday, 30 March 2025 See this event -
Philippe Sands talks to Richard Ovenden
38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in London and a Nazi in Patagonia
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Sun 30 Mar Sunday, 30 March 2025 See this event -
James Rebanks talks to Dinah Rose
President of Magdalen Lecture: The Place of Tides
Sheldonian Theatre 5:00pm Sun 30 Mar Sunday, 30 March 2025 See this event -
Timothy Garton Ash talks to Chris Patten
Lord Patten Free Speech Lecture: Freedom of Expression is our Lifeblood
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Mon 31 Mar Monday, 31 March 2025 See this event -
Chris Atkins, Gen Glaister and Rob McKeon chaired by Stephen Law
Oxford Debate. Banged Up: Perspectives of an Ex-prisoner, Ex-prison officer, and Parole Board Member
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Tue 1 Apr Tuesday, 1 April 2025 See this event -
Keir Giles, Stephanie Baker and Mark Galeotti
The Russian Threat: Why it has Grown and How to Fight Back
Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Wed 2 Apr Wednesday, 2 April 2025 See this event -
Helen Joyce talks to Julie Bindel
Trans: Gender Identity and the New Battle for Women’s Rights
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Wed 2 Apr Wednesday, 2 April 2025 See this event -
Wendy Cope
Collected Poems: A Celebration of a Lifetime’s Work
Sheldonian Theatre 4:00pm Wed 2 Apr Wednesday, 2 April 2025 See this event -
Elif Shafak talks to David Isaac
Provost of Worcester Lecture: There are Rivers in the Sky
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Wed 2 Apr Wednesday, 2 April 2025 See this event -
Simon Heffer, Grace Blakeley, Marina Purkiss and Zoe Strimpel chaired by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Oxford Debate: You Ask the Questions
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Thu 3 Apr Thursday, 3 April 2025 See this event -
Ben Macintyre
The Siege
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Thu 3 Apr Thursday, 3 April 2025 See this event -
Don McCullin talks to Richard Ovenden
The Bodley Lecture and Award of the Bodley Medal: Life and Work
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Thu 3 Apr Thursday, 3 April 2025 See this event -
Ronald Hutton and Alice Hunt
Oliver Cromwell and a British Revolution
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Fri 4 Apr Friday, 4 April 2025 See this event -
Adam Frost
For the Love of Plants
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Fri 4 Apr Friday, 4 April 2025 See this event -
Alexander McCall Smith talks to Nick Higham
An Audience with Alexander McCall Smith
Sheldonian Theatre 4:00pm Fri 4 Apr Friday, 4 April 2025 See this event -
Iain McGilchrist talks to Charles Foster
The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
6:00pm Fri 4 Apr Friday, 4 April 2025 See this event -
Richard Coles talks to Triona Adams
Murder under the Mistletoe
Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Sat 5 Apr Saturday, 5 April 2025 See this event -
Anthony Seldon, Paul Johnson, Meg Russell and John Kampfner
The Conservative Effect, 2010–2024. 14 Wasted Years?
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Sat 5 Apr Saturday, 5 April 2025 See this event -
Simon Armitage in conversation with Rebecca Jones
An Audience with Poet Laureate Simon Armitage
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Sat 5 Apr Saturday, 5 April 2025 See this event -
Robert D Kaplan
The American Lecture. Wasteland: A World in Permanent Crisis
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Sat 5 Apr Saturday, 5 April 2025 See this event -
Samantha Harvey
Orbital
Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Sun 6 Apr Sunday, 6 April 2025 See this event -
Ilan Pappé talks to Eugene Rogan
Conflict in the Middle East and the Pro-Israel Lobby
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Sun 6 Apr Sunday, 6 April 2025 See this event -
Harriet Walter
She Speaks: What Shakespeare’s Women Might have Said
Sheldonian Theatre 4:00pm Sun 6 Apr Sunday, 6 April 2025 See this event