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Francis Fukuyama
Liberalism and its Discontents SOLD OUT
Trinity College, Levene Building: Auditorium 7:00pm Mon 21 Monday, 21 March 2022 See this event -
Jim Al-Khalili
The Joy of Science
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Fri 25 Friday, 25 March 2022 See this event -
A C Grayling
Technology, Climate, Justice and Rights: Can We Get The Whole World To Agree On Any Of Them?
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Fri 25 Friday, 25 March 2022 See this event -
Paul Quarrie Introduced by Henry Woudhuysen
Lincoln College Lecture: A life in Manuscripts, Books and Libraries
Lincoln College 2:00pm Fri 25 Friday, 25 March 2022 See this event -
Charlie Higson Interviewed by Triona Adams
Whatever Gets You Through the Night
Blackwell’s bookshop 4:00pm Fri 25 Friday, 25 March 2022 See this event -
Penelope Lively Interviewed by Chris Patten
Chancellor’s Lecture: Life and Work
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Fri 25 Mar Friday, 25 March 2022 See this event -
Jem Poster and Sarah Burton
Creative Writing Course. The Keys to Writing Fiction: Experience and Imagination
St Cross College: Seminar Room 9:30am Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
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Stephanie Sy-Quia Interviewed by Sophie Ratcliffe
Amnion CANCELLED
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 10:00am Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Mick Herron Interviewed by Triona Adams
A Thrilling Life: the Slough House Series SOLD OUT
Weston Lecture Theatre 10:00am Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Ananyo Bhattacharya Interviewed by Tim Harford
The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 10:00am Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Dominic Sandbrook
Adventures in Time: The Second World War
St Cross College 10:00am Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Harry Potter
Celebrating 25 Years of the Harry Potter Books
Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Stephen Moss
Skylarks with Rosie: A Somerset Spring
St Cross College 12:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
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Joseph Sassoon
The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty CANCELLED
Weston Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Clare Chambers Interviewed by Timandra Harkness
Intact: A Defence of the Unmodified Body
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 12:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Lucy Atkins Interviewed by Simon Mason
Oxford’s Literary Ghosts and Magpie Lane
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Delia Smith Interviewed by Nick Higham
You Matter: The Human Solution
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
M G Leonard and Sam Sedgman
Climb Aboard the Solar Express CANCELLED
Blackwell’s bookshop 12:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
James Currey, Claude Joseph, Onyeka Nwelue and Nkiru. Njoku Chaired by Dan Hicks
African and Caribbean Voices
Weston Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
James Crowden and Tom Oliver
Cider Country: How an Ancient Craft Became a Way of Life
Exeter: Rector’s Lodgings 12:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Bodleian Guides
Children’s Stories: A Family Walking Tour
Weston Library 1:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
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Tessa Hadley Interviewed by Suzi Feay
Free Love
Weston Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
David Howe
Extraction to Extinction: Rethinking our Relationship with the Earth’s Natural Resources
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 2:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Alastair Lack
Literary Oxford with Alastair Lack SOLD OUT
St John’s College 2:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Sharon Bolton and Catherine Ryan Howard Chaired by Carolyn Kirby
The Pact and 56 Days
St Cross College 2:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Nigel Biggar Interviewed by James Orr
What’s Wrong with Rights?
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
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Katherine Rundell
The Good Thieves
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Lemony Snicket Interviewed by Imogen Russell Williams
Poison for Breakfast
Sheldonian Theatre 4:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Alan Johnson
The Late Train to Gipsy Hill
Weston Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Gavin Francis
Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence
St Cross College 4:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Nicholas Janni
Leader as Healer: A New Paradigm for 21st Century Leadership
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 4:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Anila Baig Interviewed by Stephen Law
The Inner Lives of Troubled Young Muslims
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
James Crowden
The Frozen River: Seeking Silence in Ladakh
St Cross College 6:00pm Sat 26 Mar Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Val McDermid Interviewed by Emma Smith
The Past is Never Dead: Crime Fiction from Christopher Marlowe to 1979
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Derek Frost Interviewed by Nick Higham
Living and Loving in the Age of AIDS
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 6:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Katherine Rundell
Super-infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
Weston Lecture Theatre 6:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Iain MacGregor
US Civil War Battle by Battle
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 6:00pm Sat 26 Saturday, 26 March 2022 See this event -
Jem Poster and Sarah Burton
Creative Writing Course. The Keys to Writing Fiction II: Detail and Description
St Cross College: Seminar Room 9:30am Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Peter Ricketts
Hard Choices: What Britain Does Next
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 10:00am Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Fred Pearce
A Trillion Trees: How We Can Reforest Our World
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 10:00am Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
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Kate Pankhurst
Fantastically Great Women
Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Rebecca Abrams
Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries CANCELLED
Weston Lecture Theatre 10:00am Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
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Keiran Goddard and Caelainn Hogan Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen
The Passenger Ireland CANCELLED
St Cross College 10:00am Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Andrew Roberts
George III: The Life and Reign of Britain’s Most Misunderstood Monarch
Randolph Hotel: Ballroom 12:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Peter Stanford
If These Stones Could Talk: The History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland CANCELLED
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 12:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Patti Boulaye and Stephen Komlosy Interviewed by Nick Higham
The Faith of a Child and You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Pankaj Mishra
Run and Hide CANCELLED
St Cross College 12:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Freya North and Wendy Holden Chaired by Lucy Atkins
Little Wing and The Duchess CANCELLED
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Ben Okri Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen
Every Leaf a Hallelujah
Weston Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Myles McLeod and Greg McLeod
Create your own Knight’s Tale
Blackwell’s bookshop 12:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Bodleian Guides
Children’s Stories: A Family Walking Tour
Weston Library 1:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Jacques and Alina Peretti Interviewed by Lucian Hudson
Voices of Europe. Little Bird of Auschwitz: How My Mother Escaped Death and Found our Family
Bodleian: Divinity School 2:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Ivan Gibbons
Partition: How and Why Ireland was Divided SOLD OUT
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Alastair Lack
Oxford Poets with Alastair Lack SOLD OUT
St John’s College 2:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Thomas Halliday
Otherlands: A World in the Making
St Cross College 2:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Alison Moore
The Retreat CANCELLED
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 2:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Janina Ramirez
50 Goddesses, Spirits, Saints and Other Female Figures Who Have Shaped Belief
Weston Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Sola Akingbola Interviewed by Nicholas Janni
Music as a Gateway of Connection
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Nicola Chester Interviewed by Melissa Harrison
On Gallows Down: Place, Protest, and Belonging
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Lianne Dillsworth, Rebecca Watson and Keiran Goddard Interviewed by Suzi Feay
Debut Panel: Theatre of Marvels, Little Scratch, and Hourglass CANCELLED
St Cross College 4:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Joe Zammit-Lucia Interviewed by John Kay
The New Political Capitalism: How Businesses and Societies Can Thrive in a Deeply Politicised World
Bodleian: Divinity School 4:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Lea Ypi and Pieter Waterdrinker Chaired by Boyd Tonkin
Voices of Europe. Living Through History: The Turbulent End of Communism SOLD OUT
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 4:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Rose Anne Kenny
Age Proof: The New Science of Living a Longer and Healthier Life CANCELLED
Weston Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
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Allie Esiri, Natascha McElhone, Ronni Ancona, Mark Quartley and Diana Quick
Poetry for Every Day of the Year
Sheldonian Theatre 4:00pm Sun 27 Sunday, 27 March 2022 See this event -
Robert Sackville-West
The Searchers: The Quest for the Lost of the First World War
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 12:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
Sarah Burton and John Spurling Interviewed by Jem Poster
A Mirror for Monkeys and The Strange Adventures of H
Weston Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
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Patrick Mackie Interviewed by Gwenan Edwards
Mozart in Motion: His Work and His World in Pieces
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
Bruce Clark
Voices of Europe. Athens: City of Wisdom
Bodleian: Divinity School 12:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
Stuart Sillars Interviewed by Jem Poster
Picturing England between the Wars: Word and Image 1918-1940 CANCELLED
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 2:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
Sharon Ruston
The Science of Life and Death in Frankenstein
Weston Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
John Barton
The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Companion
Bodleian: Divinity School 2:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
Catherine McCormack and Rebecca Birrell Interviewed by David Isaac
Women and Art: Women in the Picture and This Dark Country
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
Richard Harries
Hearing God in Poetry: Fifty Poems for Lent and Easter
Bodleian: Divinity School 4:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
Anna Keay
The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
Helen Thompson Interviewed by Gwenan Edwards
Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 4:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
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Salley Vickers Interviewed by Triona Adams
The Gardener
Weston Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
Bodleian Libraries
Old School Tours
5:30pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
David Owen Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen
Riddle, Mystery, and Enigma: Two Hundred Years of Britain-Russian Relations SOLD OUT
Trinity College 6:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
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Joe Mulhall and Paul Mason Interviewed by Gwenan Edwards
Rise of the Far Right: How do we Halt Fascism?
Weston Lecture Theatre 6:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
Joe Moshenska Interviewed by Alison Gomm
Making Darkness Light: The Lives and Times of John Milton
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 6:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
John Blair
Building Anglo-Saxon England
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 6:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
Christopher Prendergast
Living and Dying with Marcel Proust
Bodleian: Divinity School 6:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
John 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
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Mon 28 Monday, 28 March 2022 See this event -
Brian Mountford Interviewed by Angela Tilby
Church Going Gone – A Biography of Religion, Doubt and Faith
Bodleian: Divinity School 10:00am Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Daniela Rosenow
Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive
Weston Lecture Theatre 10:00am Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Bodleian Libraries
Typesetting and Printing on the Hand-press SOLD OUT
Bodleian: Schola Musicae 11:00am Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Ruth Scurr
Napoleon: A Life in Gardens and Shadows CANCELLED
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Jonathan Sumption Interviewed by David Runciman
Law in a Time of Crisis SOLD OUT
Bodleian: Divinity School 12:00pm Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Lucy Easthope Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen
When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 12:00pm Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Richard Aldrich and Rory Cormac Interviewed by Gwenan Edwards
The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana
St Cross College 12:00pm Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Onjali Q Raúf
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Sheldonian Theatre 1:00pm Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Bodleian Libraries
Typesetting and Printing on the Hand-press SOLD OUT
Bodleian: Schola Musicae 2:00pm Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Alastair Lack
Literary Oxford with Alastair Lack SOLD OUT
St John’s College 2:00pm Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Bobby Duffy
Generations: Does When You’re Born Shape Who You Are?
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 2:00pm Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Peter Stott
Hot Air: The Inside Story of the Battle Against Climate Change Denial
St Cross College 2:00pm Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Carissa Veliz Interviewed by Stephen Law
Artificial Intelligence: A New Age Dawns. Just How Terrified Should We Be? CANCELLED
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Dan Jones and Richard Barber
Histories of the Middle Ages: Powers and Thrones and Magnificence
Weston Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Mark Grenside Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen
Fall Out: Making Movies Shouldn’t be Murder
Bodleian: Divinity School 2:00pm Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Patrick Curry
Enchantment: Wonder in Modern Life
St Cross College 4:00pm Tue 29 Mar Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event -
Matthew Teller
Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City
Weston Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Tue 29 Tuesday, 29 March 2022 See this event
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