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The Conversation: Gary Younge

In the first of several conversations marking the 250th anniversary of American Independence, multi-award-winning writer and journalist Gary Younge analyses the state of the union and the question of race in USA.

Younge’s books include Pigeonholed: Creative Freedom as an Act of Resistance, Another Day in the Death of America, No Place Like Home: A Black Briton’s Journey Through the American South, Dispatches from the Diaspora and Who Are We? How Identity Politics Took Over the World. Formerly Editor at Large at The Guardian, he won the Orwell Prize for Journalism in 2023.

Chaired by Peter Florence.

The interview lasts for an hour followed by a 30-minute public Q&A, then a book-signing and informal conversation. It is also being live-streamed. For livestream tickets, visit here.

Buy all nine conversations for just £45 – a saving of over £40! You can book any combination of in-person and online livestream tickets – the offer will automatically be added when you reach the checkout – but please note that it will only apply if you buy all nine at the same time.

 

The Conversation: Daniel M Davis (online livestream)

Does orange juice help ward off colds? How does age, sleep and stress affect our immune health system? Is anything we’re sold as healthy actually true? What can we do to live a happier and healthier life? The world-renowned immunologist Daniel M. Davis sorts the facts from the fictions in his book Self-Defence: A Myth-busting Guide to Immune Health.

“Utterly absorbing. Nearly every paragraph brings a revelation” – Bill Bryson. Davis is Head of Life Sciences and Professor of Immunology at Imperial College, London. His books include The Beautiful Cure and The Compatibility Gene.

Chaired by Peter Florence.

The interview lasts for an hour followed by a 30-minute Q&A. In addition to being this being an online livestream, it can be streamed up to 30 days after the event has taken place.

For in person tickets, visit here.

Buy all nine conversations for just £45 – a saving of over £40! You can book any combination of in-person and online livestream tickets – the offer will automatically be added when you reach the checkout – but please note that it will only apply if you buy all nine at the same time.

 

The Conversation: Daniel M Davis

Does orange juice help ward off colds? How does age, sleep and stress affect our immune health system? Is anything we’re sold as healthy actually true? What can we do to live a happier and healthier life? The world-renowned immunologist Daniel M. Davis sorts the facts from the fictions in his book Self-Defence: A Myth-busting Guide to Immune Health.

“Utterly absorbing. Nearly every paragraph brings a revelation” – Bill Bryson. Davis is Head of Life Sciences and Professor of Immunology at Imperial College, London. His books include The Beautiful Cure and The Compatibility Gene.

Chaired by Peter Florence.

The interview lasts for an hour followed by a 30-minute public Q&A, then a book-signing and informal conversation. It is also being live-streamed. For livestream tickets, visit here.

Buy all nine conversations for just £45 – a saving of over £40! You can book any combination of in-person and online livestream tickets – the offer will automatically be added when you reach the checkout – but please note that it will only apply if you buy all nine at the same time.

 

The Conversation: Carole Cadwalladr (online livestream)

The multi-award-winning investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr talks us through the tech and the connections and the cascades of money that are restructuring global power and democracy on our watch.

Cadwalladr worked for the Guardian/Observer for 20 years, latterly investigating the intersection of politics and technology that included 2018’s exposé of the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal.

Cadwalladr now analyses the opaque and unaccountable Silicon Valley companies that are accelerating the global axis of autocracy in the How to Survive The Broligarchy Substack and for the news website The Nerve, which she co-founded in 2025.

Chaired by Peter Florence.

The interview lasts for an hour followed by a 30-minute Q&A. In addition to being this being an online livestream, it can be streamed up to 30 days after the event has taken place.

For in person tickets, visit here.

Buy all nine conversations for just £45 – a saving of over £40! You can book any combination of in-person and online livestream tickets – the offer will automatically be added when you reach the checkout – but please note that it will only apply if you buy all nine at the same time.

 

The Conversation: Carole Cadwalladr

The multi-award-winning investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr talks us through the tech and the connections and the cascades of money that are restructuring global power and democracy on our watch.

Cadwalladr worked for the Guardian/Observer for 20 years, latterly investigating the intersection of politics and technology that included 2018’s exposé of the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal.

Cadwalladr now analyses the opaque and unaccountable Silicon Valley companies that are accelerating the global axis of autocracy in the How to Survive The Broligarchy Substack and for the news website The Nerve, which she co-founded in 2025.

Chaired by Peter Florence.

The interview lasts for an hour followed by a 30-minute public Q&A, then book-signing and informal conversation. It is also being live-streamed. For livestream tickets, visit here.

Buy all nine conversations for just £45 – a saving of over £40! You can book any combination of in-person and online livestream tickets – the offer will automatically be added when you reach the checkout – but please note that it will only apply if you buy all nine at the same time.

 

The Conversation: Armistead Maupin (online livestream)

Come and join the party as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Tales of the City. Armistead Maupin’s stories of life in the fabulous LGBTQ+ culture of 1970s San Francisco first introduced the beloved trans landlady of 28 Barbary Lane, Anna Madrigal and her tenants.

Chaired by Peter Florence.

The interview lasts for an hour followed by a 30-minute Q&A. In addition to being this being an online livestream, it can be streamed up to 30 days after the event has taken place.

For in person tickets, visit here.

 

The Conversation: Armistead Maupin

Come and join the party as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Tales of the City. Armistead Maupin’s stories of life in the fabulous LGBTQ+ culture of 1970s San Francisco first introduced the beloved trans landlady of 28 Barbary Lane, Anna Madrigal and her tenants.

Chaired by Peter Florence.

The interview lasts for an hour followed by a 30-minute public Q&A, then a book-signing and informal conversation. It is also being live-streamed. For livestream tickets, visit here.

 

 

Here I Stand: Caroline Lucas (Livestream)

Caroline Lucas is a highly influential politician, speaker and writer, widely recognised and remembered as the UK’s first Green Party Member of Parliament. For many years she has courageously warned about the dangers of global warming and the perilous threat to our planet. Her latest book explores the rise of nationalism. In this lecture Caroline Lucas speaks about where she today stands and why we need to stand with her.  

Caroline Lucas represented Brighton Pavilion from 2010 to 2024. Prior to her parliamentary career, Lucas served as a Member of the European Parliament for ten years. She also held leadership roles within the Green Party of England and Wales, twice serving as leader or co-leader. A passionate advocate for environmental protection, social justice, and human rights, Lucas is a consistent voice for progressive change and a champion of a fairer, greener future.

Caroline Lucas has held numerous roles in All-Party Parliamentary Groups, including Chair of the Climate Change and Limits to Growth groups, and Co-Chair or Vice Chair of groups on issues such as fuel poverty, democratic participation, Brexit, drug policy reform, refugees, and proportional representation. She has also been an officer in groups addressing domestic violence, hate crime, and sustainable farming. She holds a PhD in English literature. Caroline is the author of Honourable Friends, detailing her first term as an MP, and her book Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story, was a Sunday Times bestseller in 2024.

This lecture is also taking place in front of a live audience. For in-person tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

Here I Stand: Caroline Lucas

Caroline Lucas is a highly influential politician, speaker and writer, widely recognised and remembered as the UK’s first Green Party Member of Parliament. For many years she has courageously warned about the dangers of global warming and the perilous threat to our planet. Her latest book explores the rise of nationalism. In this lecture Caroline Lucas speaks about where she today stands and why we need to stand with her.  

Caroline Lucas represented Brighton Pavilion from 2010 to 2024. Prior to her parliamentary career, Lucas served as a Member of the European Parliament for ten years. She also held leadership roles within the Green Party of England and Wales, twice serving as leader or co-leader. A passionate advocate for environmental protection, social justice, and human rights, Lucas is a consistent voice for progressive change and a champion of a fairer, greener future.

Caroline Lucas has held numerous roles in All-Party Parliamentary Groups, including Chair of the Climate Change and Limits to Growth groups, and Co-Chair or Vice Chair of groups on issues such as fuel poverty, democratic participation, Brexit, drug policy reform, refugees, and proportional representation. She has also been an officer in groups addressing domestic violence, hate crime, and sustainable farming. She holds a PhD in English literature. Caroline is the author of Honourable Friends, detailing her first term as an MP, and her book Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story, was a Sunday Times bestseller in 2024.

This lecture is also being live-streamed. For livestream tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

Here I Stand: Mary Beard (Livestream)

Dame Mary Beard is a preeminent British classicist, author, and television presenter, renowned for making ancient history accessible and engaging to a wide audience.  Mary Beard has always challenged ingrained societal biases, particularly related to power and gender  with historical insight and an honesty that illuminate contemporary issues. In this lecture she speaks about some of the lessons we need to learn from history.

Mary Beard stands for a rigorous, accessible, and critically engaged approach to history and the classics. Educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, she became Professor of Classics at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Newnham College.

Mary Beard’s extensive bibliography includes acclaimed works like  SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome and Women and Power: A Manifesto. She is a regular media commentator, celebrated for her insightful yet often provocative perspectives, and has presented numerous BBC documentaries, solidifying her role as a leading public intellectual and a refreshingly direct, challenging  and insightful voice in academia.

This lecture is also taking place in front of a live audience. For in-person tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.