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Sun 18th, 17:00
Democracy and Dissent
Antonia Fraser, author; Tristram Hunt, journalist and historian; Geoffrey Robertson, QC
Charleston, Lewes. 01273 709 709
www.charleston.org.u
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£10
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Mon 19th, 18:45
Supermedia:saving journalism so it can save the world
Charlie Beckett, journalist, Director POLIS
The Gallery, Cowcross Street, EC1. 07984 178 193
www.mondediplofriend
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£3
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Tue 20th, 17:30
The identity of nations
Montserrat Guibernau, professor of politics
Arts Building, Queen Mary, Mile End Road, E1. 020 7882 5148
www.qmul.ac.uk/
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Tue 20th, 13:00
Ethical investment: what's behind it?
Seb Beloe, Henderson Global Investors; Giles Chitty, Holden Partners; David Harris, FTSE4Good; Stephen Hine, EIRIS
CCLA Investment Management, Cheapside, EC2. 020 7248 5139
www.justshare.org.uk
Free
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Tue 20th, 19:00
A brief history of building tall in London
Susie Barson, English Heritage; Rosemarie MacQueen, Westminster city council
Bishopsgate Institute, Bishopsgate, EC2. 020 7392 9220
www.bishopsgate.org.
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£7
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Tue 20th, 18:00
Parliamentary e-petitions: politics lite?
Richard Allan, Cisco Systems; Greg Knight, MP;
Andy Williamson, Hansard Society; Bethan Jenkins, Plaid Cymru
House of Commons, SW1. 020 7438 1225
www.hansardsociety.o
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free
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Wed 21st, 19:30
Insight with Matt Frei: US Elections special
Matt Frei, BBC Washington correspondent
The Frontline Club, Norfolk Place, W2. +44 (0)20 7479 8950
www.frontlineclub.co
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£8
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Wed 21st, 17:30
Passing time at the Kremlin
Catherine Merridale, professor of contemporary history
Skeel Lecture Theatre, People's Palace, Mile End Road, E1. 020 7882 5148
www.qmul.ac.uk/
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Wed 21st, 18:30
1968: the Counterculture in Print
Tony Elliot, fiunder and owner of Time Out
British Library, Euston Rd, NW1. 01937 546 546
www.bl.uk/everyone
£6
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Wed 21st, 18:00
McMafia
Misha Glenny, author and journalist
RSA, John Adam St, WC2. 020 7451 6868
www.rsa.org.uk/
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free
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Wed 21st, 17:00
The Great American Crime Decline
Frank Zimring, University of California, Berkeley
Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre, St Cross Rd, Oxford. 01865 274 444
www.crim.ox.ac.uk/
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Wed 21st, 19:00
St. Paul's Cathedral and the men who made modern London
Leo Hollis, author
Daunt Books, Marylebone High St, W1. 020 7224 2295
www.dauntbooks.co.uk
£5
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Thu 22nd, 19:00
The Russian Jerusalem: heretics and heroines
Elaine Feinstein, author
The Women's Library, Old Castle Street, E1 7NT. 020 7320 2222
http://
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£6/£4 concessions
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Thu 22nd, 19:00
The Creative Journey: Timberlake Wertenbaker in conversation
Timberlake Wertenbaker, playwright
Freud Museum, Maresfield Gardens, NW3. 020 7435 2002
www.freud.org.uk
£12
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Thu 22nd, 19:30
Gore Vidal in Conversation
Gore Vidal, writer; Andrew Marr; journalist and Broadcaster
Concert Hall Brighton Dome, Brighton. 01273 709 709
www.charleston.org.u
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£10
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Thu 22nd, 19:00
The Creative Journey
Timberlake Wertenbaker, playwright
Freud Museum, Maresfield Gdns, NW3. 020 7435 2002
www.freud.org,uk
£12
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Thu 22nd, 19:00
The Russian Jerusalem
Elaine Feinstein, author
The Woman's Library, Old Castle St, E1. 020 7320 2222
www.londonmet.ac.uk
£6
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Thu 22nd, 18:30
Fixing Failed States
Ashraf Ghani, former Afghanistan finance minister; Clare Lockhart, Institute for State Effectiveness
LSE, Houghton St, WC2. 020 7955 6043
www.lse.ac.uk/
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Fri 23rd, 19:15
The Story of Concorde
Christopher Orlebar, aviation expert
Design Museum, Shad Thames, SE1. 020 7940 8783
www.designmuseum.org
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£15
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Fri 23rd, 18:00
The Enchantress of Florence
Salman Rushdie, novelist; Erica Wagner, Times literary editor
Charleston, Lewes. 01273 709 709
www.charleston.org.u
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£12
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Fri 23rd, 15:00
The European Way of Civil Resistance: from '68 to '08
Timothy Garton-Ash, journalist; Jiri Dienstbier former Czech foreign minister
St Anthony's College, Woodstock Rd, Oxford. 01865 274 474
www.sant.ox.ac.uk
free
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Sun 25th, 19:00
Jimmy Carter in Conversation
Jimmy Carter, former US president
Barclays Wealth Pavilion, Hay-On-Wye. 0870 990 1299
www.hayfestival.com/
wales
£35
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Sun 25th, 14:30
Love You More
Sam Taylor-Wood, artist; Patrick Marber, playwright
Charleston, Lewes. 01273 709 709
www.charleston.org.u
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£10
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Mon 26th, 17:00
Human Rights and Japan
Ian Neary, University of Oxford
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Ave, Cambridge. 01223 335 174
www.ames.cam.ac.uk/
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free
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Wed 28th, 18:00
The Avant Garde
Macolm McLaren, musician and former manager of the Sex Pistols
British Library, Euston Rd, NW1. 0870 444 1500
www.bl.uk/everyone
£7.50
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Wed 28th, 19:00
The second world: empires and influence in the new global order
Parag Khanna, author
Daunt Books, Marylebone High St, W1. 020 7224 2295
www.dauntbooks.co.uk
£5
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Wed 28th, 16:00
Certified accountable? Will it make a difference to disaster survivors?
Speakers include: Gareth Thomas, MP; Jasmine Whitbread, Save the Children;
Matthew Frost, Tearfund UK;
Esther Mujawayo, co-founder of Avega–Rwanda; Nicholas Stockton, HAP International
Save the Children UK, St John's Lane, EC1. 01227 881 641
www.hapinternational
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free
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Thu 29th, 19:30
Technologies of Exuberance in Chinese Popular Religion
Adam Yuet Chau, Lecturer in the Social Anthropology of China, Department of Anthropology and Sociology,
School of Oriental and African Studies
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Queen Square, Bath. 01225 480970
www.brlsi.org
£2
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Thu 29th, 14:00
Can design save your life?
tbc
Wellcome Collection, Euston Road ,NW1. 08700 503 688
£12
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Thu 29th, 19:00
Clearing Space: Reflections on India, Literature, and Culture
Amit Chaudhuri, novelist; Peter MacDonald, University of Oxford
LSE, Houghton St, WC2. 020 7955 6043
www.lse.ac.uk/
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free
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Thu 29th, 19:00
Rayner Heppenstall: a celebration
GJ Buckell, writer
Calder Bookshop, The Cut, SE1. 020 7620 2900
£6
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Fri 30th, 19:00
Metaphor and Saying Otherwise
Ruth Padel, poet
Culture Lab, King's Walk, Newcastle. 0191 230 5151
www.ncl.ac.uk/
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£6
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Sat 31st, 19:00
John Irving and Peter Florence in conversation
John Irving, novelist; Peter Florence, Hay festival director
Barclays Wealth Pavilion, Hay-On-Wye. 0870 990 1299
www.hayfestival.com/
wales
£10
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Mon 2nd, 19:00
Women in Islam - Cafe Philosophique
Dr Bano Murtuja, Power Inquiry Commissioner; Fadia Faqir and Sheradon James, authors
World Headquarters, Carliol Square, Newcastle NE1 6UQ. 0191 211 2646
cafeculturenortheast
.org.uk
free
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Tue 3rd, 19:00
Class act: the cultural and political life of Ewan MacColl
Ben Harker, author
Bishopsgate Institute, Bishopsgate, EC2. 020 7392 9220
www.bishopsgate.org.
uk/events
£7
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Tue 3rd, 17:00
Understanding the reasons why nurses abuse patients
Peter Carter, Royal College of Nursing
Kings College London, Stamford Street, SE1. 020 7848 3563
www.kcl.ac.uk/
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Thu 5th, 18:30
"Hot, flat and crowded"
Thomas L Friendman, the New York Times; Martin Wolf, the Financial Times
British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1. 020 7323 8181
www.britishmuseum.or
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£5
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Mon 9th, 9:00
The healing intention: conscious and unconscious
Kim Jobst, physician; Shaul Livnay - hypnotic therapist; Harald Walach, University of Northampton
Royal Society of Medicine, Wimpole St, W1. +44 (0)1608 652000
www.scimednet.org
£85.00 (includes lunch)
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Tue 10th, 13:00
Hubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble: A brief history of the most famous telescope
Chris Lintott, University of Oxford and co-presenter, Sky at Night
Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BQ. 020 7734 3307
www.ras.org.uk
Free
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Tue 10th, 19:00
Resurgam: the postwar reconstruction of London
Joe Kerr, writer and broadcaster
Bishopsgate Institute, Bishopsgate, EC2. 020 7392 9220
www.bishopsgate.org.
uk/events
£7
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Wed 11th, 17:30
Transformative constitutionalism and socio-economic rights
Pius Langa, chief justice
Rhodes House, South Parks Road, Oxford. 01865 284 433
www.fljs.org
free
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Thu 12th, 19:00
The Creative Journey: Jonathan Miller in conversation
Jonathan Miller, neurologist, theatre and opera director, writer and presenter
Freud Museum, Maresfield Gardens, NW3. 020 7435 2002
www.freud.org.uk
£12
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Sat 14th, 14:00
An Army of Banners
Elizabeth Crawford, author
The Women's Library, Old Castle Street, E1 7NT. 020 7320 2222
http://
www.londonmet.ac.uk/
thewomenslibrary/
whats-on/events/
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banners.cfm
£6/£4 concessions
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Wed 25th, 19:00
The art of dying: a journey to elsewhere
Peter Fenwick, Maudsley Hospital
Colet House, Talgarth Road, W14. 01608 652000
www.scimednet.org
£12
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Mon 7th, 18:30
Thinking outside the green box
John F Allen, Professor of Biochemistry
Clinical Lecture Theatre, Francis Bancroft Building, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road. 020 7882 5148
www.qmul.ac.uk/
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Free
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Tue 8th, 19:00
London's changing stations
Robert Thorne, author and senior associate at Alan Baxter & Associates
Bishopsgate Institute, Bishopsgate, EC2. 020 7392 9220
www.bishopsgate.org.
uk/events
£7
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Wed 16th, 19:00
The Creative Journey: Fay Weldon in conversation
Fay Weldon, author and playwright
Freud Museum, Maresfield Gardens, NW3. 020 7435 2002
www.freud.org.uk
£12
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Thu 18th, 19:00
The Creative Journey: Amanda Craig in conversation with Timberlake Wertenbaker
Amanda Craig, novelist and columnist
Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens, NW3 5SX. 020 7435 2002
www.freud.org.uk
£12
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Thu 23rd, 19:00
The Creative Journey: Deborah Moggach in conversation
Deborah Moggach, writer
Freud Museum London, Maresfield Gardens, NW3. 020 7435 2002
www.freud.org.uk
£12
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Fri 8th, 17:30
Trademark Law and New Uses of Trademarks
Graeme Dinwoodie, Professor in Intellectual Property Law
Derek Willoughby Lecture Theatre, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square. 020 7882 5148
www.qmul.ac.uk/
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Mon 8th, 17:30
Between legacy and prophecy: ruins and the vision of time in Russia and the West
Andreas Schonle - Professor of Russian
Skeel Lecture Theatre, People's Palace, Queen Mary, University of London. 020 7882 5148
www.qmul.ac.uk/
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Mon 8th, 17:30
Reform and the EU: A Tale of Two Lisbons
Kenneth Armstrong, Professor of European Union Law
Clinical Lecture Theatre, Francis Bancroft Building, Queen Mary, University of London. 020 7882 5148
www.qmul.ac.uk/
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Free
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