The Sunday Times bestselling author and former war correspondent, Damien Lewis, explores the untold stories of six of the most daring escapes pulled off by warriors of the world’s most famous […]
How do we write about nature now, as we face the climate crisis? Poet and lecturer Dr Carrie Etter addresses how we combine our love of nature with our concerns about the […]
Art historian, curator and novelist Dr Alicia Foster, author of Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris and curator of the recent successful exhibition of the same name at the Holburne Museum, Bath, offers a […]
In Cloistered, Catherine Coldstream tells of the 12 years she spent as a contemplative nun in a strictly enclosed community in the 1990s. Her memoir paints a picture of life in a […]
How can you fight something if you don’t know it exists? Legendary environmentalist and Guardian columnist George Monbiot takes on the ideology that controls our lives. An iconoclast unafraid to speak truth […]
Global bestselling author Abigail Dean joins journalist and Times Radio host, Stig Abell, for a chat about their new novels, love of crime fiction and publishing that pivotal second book. Abigail’s debut novel (Girl […]
Bristol-based author and editor, Becky Hunter, joins Sunday Times bestselling author Georgina Moore for a chat about her new novel, Meet Me When My Heart Stops. What if your soulmate could only ever be the love […]
Travel to the heart of a Roman dynasty drenched in danger and intrigue with master storyteller, Conn Iggulden, as he introduces the first instalment of his brand-new Nero trilogy. ‘Iggulden tells an absolutely […]
Join Cesar Hernandez for a one-hour experience in our sumptuous Withdrawing Room, including an overview of the harpsichord.
In this talk Dr Alex Davis introduces the quantum theory of light and summarises the century of scientific progress underlying modern research.
The Women’s Prize for Fiction is the UK’s most prestigious annual book award celebrating and honouring fiction written by women. Every year, a panel of five women – all passionate […]
In the 1930s Japan developed a death cult, whose origins lay in a government-directed propaganda campaign after the overthrow of the Shogunate in 1868
