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21st November, 4pm

We are in a unique moment as it is becoming clear that the old frames of reference are not working. That the narratives used for decades to...

21st November, 6pm

More than ever, we are advised that we must learn from history. Historians Tim Bouverie and Timothy Garton Ash consider key moments of the...

21st November, 8pm

After her own father's death from dementia, the writer and campaigner Nicci Gerrard set out to explore the illness that now touches millions...

22nd November, 4pm

Broadcaster and science historian James Burke became well known to TV viewers as the presenter of the BBC's landmark science show Tomorrow's...

22nd November, 6pm

Gavin Esler is an award winning television and radio broadcaster, writer and journalist. His latest book, 'Brexit Without the Bullshit', examines...

22nd November, 8pm

When information is a weapon, everyone is at war. Damian Collins and Peter Pomerantsev discuss the role of truth and lies in the politics...

23rd November, 10:30am

Strange Concords: Words & Music Time Machine EventsCampo Santo by W G Sebald, read by Toby Jones and selected Cello Suites by J S Bach, performed...

23rd November, 11am

*Update 04/11/19: We’re very sorry to announce that due to circumstances beyond our control, Kerry Hudson is unable to participate in this...

23rd November, 12pm

Should we believe in God? In his new book, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide, written for a new generation, the brilliant science writer...

23rd November, 12pm

From the early days of black and white 2D games, to online games with incredible graphics, the gaming industry has been at the heart of technological...

23rd November, 1:30pm

Strange Concords: Words & Music Time Machine EventsCampo Santo by W G Sebald, read by Toby Jones and selected Cello Suites by J S Bach, performed...

23rd November, 2pm

As part of the festival’s Climate Change & Environment theme, and based on the H G Wells quote "adapt or perish, now as ever, in nature’s...

23rd November, 4pm

Tim Waterstone is one of Britain’s most successful businessmen, having built the Waterstones empire that started with one shop in 1982....

23rd November, 4pm

*Update 04/11/19: We’re very sorry to announce that due to circumstances beyond our control, Kerry Hudson is unable to participate in this...

23rd November, 6pm

TV presenter, photographer and writer, Johny Pitts, sets out to explore “black Europe from the street up” in his new book, Afropean: Notes...

23rd November, 8pm

"Our True Nationality is Mankind" H.G WellsGlobalisation, Nationalism & Migration - FuturesAt the age of seventeen, after a childhood of being...

24th November, 9:30am

From the edge of England, in a special festival commission, Philip Hoare reads his address to one of his great passions - the sea. Philip...

24th November, 12pm

Inspired by the quote: "Our True Nationality is Mankind" H G WellsPart of the Globalisation, Nationalism & Migration – Futures strand of...

24th November, 2pm

George Orwell's last novel has become one of the iconic narratives of the modern world. Its ideas have become part of the language - from...

24th November, 2:30pm

Odes by John Keats, read by Greta Scacchi and The Trout Quintet by Franz Schubert performed by Julius Drake (piano), Priya Mitchell (violin),...

24th November, 3:45pm

Inspired by Wells’ The Time Machine, we travel back in time in this year's Strange Concords: Words and Music Time Machine Events to alight...

24th November, 4pm

The changes we humans have made in recent decades have altered our world beyond anything it has experienced in its 4.6 billion-year history....