Celebrating words and ideas

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  • 1 – Sasha Swire

    Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 10:00

    A Political Plus-One

  • 2 – Isy Suttie

    Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 12:00

    A New Start

  • 3 – Polly Toynbee and David Walker

    Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 14:00

    Presidents' Address - What Lies Ahead?

  • 4 – Salley Vickers

    Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 16:00

    Laying Open the Human Heart

  • 5 – Anne Sebba

    Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 18:00

    A Failure of Humanity

  • 6 – Natalie Haynes

    Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 20:00

    Looking Inside Pandora's Jar

  • 7 – Philip Marsden

    Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 09:45

    A Voyage of the Imagination

  • 8 – Frances Wilson

    Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 11:30

    The Rehabilitation of DH Lawrence

  • 9 – Chris Bryant

    Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 13:15

    The Secret Story of the Glamour Boys

  • 10 – Jo Willett

    Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 15:00

    Mary Wortley Montagu, Scientist and Feminist

  • 11 – Simon Heffer

    Thu 15 Jul 2021 at 10:00

    The Diaries of Henry 'Chips' Channon

  • 12 – Wendy Holden

    Thu 15 Jul 2021 at 12:00

    Step by Step: The Journey of Captain Tom Moore

  • 13 – Luke Harding

    Thu 15 Jul 2021 at 14:00

    The Kremlin vs Western Democracy

  • 14 – Deborah Moggach

    Thu 15 Jul 2021 at 16:00

    Life Changes

  • 15 – Chris Atkins

    Thu 15 Jul 2021 at 18:00

    Our Creaking and Costly Prison System

  • 16 – Gavin Esler

    Thu 15 Jul 2021 at 20:00

    Is This How Britain Ends?

  • 16 – Gavin Esler – catch-up

    Thu 15 Jul 2021 at 20:00

    Is This How Britain Ends?

  • 17 – Claire Wilcox

    Thu 15 Jul 2021 at 09:45

    The Fabric of our Lives

  • 18 – Philip Hoare

    Thu 15 Jul 2021 at 11:30

    In Pursuit of the Leviathan

  • 19 – Oliver Craske

    Thu 15 Jul 2021 at 13:15

    Ravi Shankar at Dartington

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