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Discover author talks, book launches and conversations worth getting out for, across London.
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A unique lecture-performance by the great interpreter of Samuel Beckett.
Jan Carson and Keith Ridgway in conversation with Brian Dillon.
Don't miss Afterthoughts, which goes beyond rumination, past pondering, probing further than ever before.
5x15 is thrilled to bring our signature format to the Emmanuel Centre stage for the first time! Five speakers, fifteen minutes each.
with Jan Carson, Bobby Seagull, Shrabani Basu and Jeremy Vine.
To mark World AIDS Day, join Bishopsgate Institute online for a dedicated talk exploring how writers, poets, and activists used the written word to document, confront, and survive the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis.
Through his groundbreaking work on <i>The Really Wild Show</i> and <i>Springwatch</i>, Chris has devoted his life to engaging with the natural world - and urging us all to do the same.
Speaker: Lady Hale, former president of the Supreme Court Our laws and justice system might touch our lives when we have an accident, a wrong is done to us, or we have a family difficulty. They are vast, ancient and cover everything from the personal to the regulation of our government. But to most of us, they are a web of intimidating institutions and practices. Lady Hale shows us how the law is on our side. Taking us into the complexities of real courts and real decisions, we see that we all have rights: schoolchildren, disabled people, workers, minorities and patients. She draws on true stories from every part of the justice system, from lowly benefits tribunals and magistrates’ courts to the lofty heights of the Royal Courts of Justice and the Old Bailey; stories about the dilemmas of deciding what is right and just. We see first-hand how the people whose needs the law is designed to protect actually experience it. Baroness Hale of Richmond, is a British judge who served as President of the Supreme Court of the UK from 2017 until her retirement in 2020.She was the third person and first woman to serve in the role. In 2004, she joined the House of Lords as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and is the only woman to have been appointed to that position. She served as a Law Lord until 2009 when she, along with the other Law Lords, transferred to the new Supreme Court. Since retiring from the bench in 2020, she has held a number of academic appointments, including an honorary professorship at University College London. She is Visitor to Girton College, Cambridge, her alma mater, and holds a number of honorary degrees. She has published numerous articles and several Law books, and more recently for the general reader, ‘Spider Woman: A Life’, ‘With the Law on Our Side’, and with Rowan Williams, ‘Do We Have the Right to Die?’. Members: Free, Online or Victoria Hall Non-Members: £10, Online or Victoria Hall. To attend in person, please pay on the door Please book, for online link only, by 1pm on the day of the event Please join us for a drink in the Members’ Room after the lecture
Join us for evening of conversation with bestselling novelist Simon Scarrow, to celebrate the release of his latest book The Sword of Rome.
In the early twentieth century clandestine producers of pornography and erotic goods promoted their illegal erotic photos and goods through postal circulars and catalogues which customers read in their own homes. These catalogues promoted a number of rubber sex toys including dildos.
An evening of readings and music honouring the 85th anniversary of the renowned Armenian poet
Join us for a fabulously festive evening at Waterstones Piccadilly for mince pies, music from London Oriana Choir and of course the chance to meet some of your favourite authors and grab signed copies of their books!
Join us for a festive signing with bestselling picture book author Nick Butterworth as he joins us on the night of our annual Christmas Evening to celebrate the release of One Christmas Eve.
Join us for this month's Classics Book Club to discuss Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
Top crime trio Vaseem Khan, Victoria Dowd and Martin Edwards discuss the Queen of Crime's influence across the globe.
India Hicks explores the joys of entertaining and the beautifully imperfect art of gathering family and friends
Start your day with a burst of creativity!
With Neneh Cherry and Andi Oliver.
Uncover books from independent publishers at our night with hosts Eliza Clark and Okechukwu Nzelu
Join beloved author and illustrator Nick Butterworth at Waterstones Oxford Street for a special signing celebrating One Christmas Eve, the latest festive adventure in the much-loved Percy the Park Keeper series.
Enjoy an exclusive out-of-hours evening at V&A South Kensington this December, with festive activities, inspiring talks, live music and seasonal surprises
An evening of terrible things happening to terrible people.
Rachel Cusk is the most talked about novelist of the year.
