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Andy Burnham & Steve Rotheram: Another Way – Politics Post-Westminster

Monday 12 August 17:00 - 18:00

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25 years since the Devolution Act, two English city Mayors come together to offer rare insight into politics from outside the Westminster bubble. In Head North, the Mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region, Andy Burnham and Steve…
 

Ingrid Robeyns: The Case Against Extreme Wealth

Monday 12 August 17:45 - 18:45

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Why not try? Think Tank: Sophie Howe Think Tank: Sophie Howe Sat 10 Aug 14:30 - 16:00
 

Rosemary Goring: Mary Stuart's Homecoming

Tuesday 13 August 10:30 - 11:30

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Despite spending just 12 years in Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots irrevocably shaped the nation; she inhabits our imagination like no other monarch. In Homecoming, literary editor Rosemary Goring ‘breathes life into this legendary queen’ (Southern Reporter)…
 

Agnes Arnold-Forster & Caroline Crampton: Body and Mind

Tuesday 13 August 10:45 - 11:45

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In Nostalgia, historian Agnes ArnoldForster blends neuroscience and psychology with the history of emotions and medicine to chronicle the changing social attitudes to this slippery and ‘dangerous’ emotion. In A Body Made of Glass, Caroline Crampton…
 

Hannah Ritchie: Hope in a Warm Climate

Tuesday 13 August 12:15 - 13:15

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When our newsfeeds are flooded with disaster, despair can seem like the only logical response to climate change. Yet in a bold, radically hopeful book, Not the End of the World, data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that zooming out reveals a very…
 

Richard Demarco & Roddy Martine: Demarco's Edinburgh

Tuesday 13 August 12:30 - 13:30

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Why not try? Kate Foster: Based on a True Story Kate Foster: Based on a True Story Sat 10 Aug 10:45 - 11:45
 

Generations: Allan Little & Jen Stout

Tuesday 13 August 14:00 - 15:00

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Veteran BBC correspondent Allan Little is joined by Jen Stout, a journalist, radio producer, and author. Together they compare notes of their experience of journalism across the generations. Chaired by Caroline Eden…
 

On Finding Meaning: Graham Caveney

Tuesday 13 August 16:00 - 17:00

On Finding Meaning: Graham Caveney Find out more
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Does confronting death bring us closer to finding purpose and meaning in life? In his memoir The Body in the Library, Graham Caveney chronicles the year following his terminal cancer diagnosis with uplifting tenderness and frank humour. Joining us today…
 

Susie Alegre & Shami Chakrabarti: What Makes Us Human

Tuesday 13 August 17:00 - 18:00

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In a vital conversation two authors examine threats to human rights in the 21st century from different angles. Baroness Shami Chakrabarti’s Human Rights reasserts the case for dignity and universal freedoms in the face of increasing authoritarianism…
 

Paul Caruana Galizia & Patricia Evangelista: Speaking Truth to Power

Tuesday 13 August 18:00 - 19:00

Paul Caruana Galizia & Patricia Evangelista: Speaking Truth to Power Find out more
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In this event, two journalists who have rigorously investigated the corrupt and murderous tactics of those in power join forces. These fearless writers talk with Maddison Connaughton today about truth and democracy…