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Banned in China, #JungChang’s #WildSwans defined a generation. Now she joins @christinalamb live in London to share the hugely affecting story of her family’s lives through China’s rise to a global superpower.
Tue, 27 Oct | 7:30pm | London
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#OliviaHarrison joins @SamiraAhmedUK live in conversation to reveal @GeorgeHarrison’s never-before-seen personal collection of photos of the Beatles at work and play, from Liverpool to Ed Sullivan and beyond.
Tue, 24 Nov | 7:30pm | London
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Oliver Burkeman: How to Thrive in an Age of Bewilderment
@oliverburkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks and its sequel Meditations for Mortals changed lives. Now he returns with a radically fresh way to engage with our age of bewilderment.
4 - 10 Apr | UK Tour
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Slavoj Žižek: Signs from the Future | Live In Conversation in Oxford and London
As the global liberal order ends, join rockstar philosopher #SlavojŽižek as he seeks signs of the world to come.
10th & 13th Oct | Oxford & London
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s six-year imprisonment in Iran made her an icon of the fight against tyranny across the globe. She joins @PINsykes and @hannahmacin to share her story.
Sat, 26 Sep | London
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In a blistering reckoning with our age, @NaomiAKlein and @astradisastra join @DavidOlusoga for a journey inside the far-right Armageddon complex – and show us how to break the doom loop before it’s too late.
Wed, 30 Sep | 7:30pm | London
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The economy is a fiction we wrote together, and it is in our hands to rewrite it. Cambridge economics professor @byantarahaldar joins @NicolaSturgeon to tell the story of economics like never before.
Mon, 26 Oct | 6:30pm | London
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An Evening with Greg Wise | Live in Conversation in London
Much-loved actor, author and screenwriter, #GregWise, joins us to offer his personal experiences with loss and encourages us to be more open in our own.
Tue, 3 Nov | 7:30pm | London
Tickets: howtoacademy.com/events/an-e…
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One of the UK’s leading major incident and emergency planners, @Kevin_Fong, shares an essential survival guide for navigating our ever-more volatile and uncertain world.
Mon, 19 Oct | 7:30pm | London
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When it comes to power, does friendship exist at all? @Robert___Harris
plunges us into the birth of the Roman Empire, the assassination of Julius Caesar and the rise of Augustus.
Interviewers announced!
@peterfrankopan
#JamesNaughtie
@ShahidhaBari
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Isabel Allende: The Alchemy of Storytelling | Live in Conversation in London
Join the New York Times bestselling author #IsabelAllende for a profound exploration of the magic of writing and her creative process.
Sat, 31 Oct | 2:30pm | London
Tickets: howtoacademy.com/events/isab…
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Financial Times columnist @CamCavendish investigates how one of our most personal choices is also one of the biggest global challenges we face: the baby gap.
Wed, 14 Oct | 6:30pm | London
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Jela Krečič and Slavoj Žižek: Truth and Fakery in Art and Hollywood
Join married philosophers Jela Krečič and Slavoj Žižek as they explore reality and illusion in art and the movies with psychoanalyst Darian Leader.
Mon 12 Oct | 7:30pm | London
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Join world-renowned artist and international bestselling author Edmund de Waal for a guide to starting and living a creatively fulfilled life, drawn from both his rich family history and first-hand experience.
Mon, 2 Nov | 7:30pm | London
Tickets: howtoacademy.com/events/edmu…
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Stephen Sackur and Carole Cadwalladr: Hard Truth
Join @stephensackur and @carolecadwalla for a defence of investigative journalism against authoritarian political power, organised crime and a monopolistic tech elite.
12 Oct | 6:30pm | London
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Former First Minister of Scotland @HumzaYousaf joins us live in conversation to tell the dramatic story of evacuating his wife’s parents from Gaza, while also coping with the political fallout from the conflict.
Mon, 5 Oct | 6:30pm | London
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The Vikings were far more than the seafaring raiders of popular imagination. Leading historian #NeilPrice reveals the complex, varied and richly textured lives behind the myth. @citylit
Wed, 2 Sep | 7:00pm | London
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Join British Museum curator Michael Lewis (@Tostig1066) and historian #DavidMusgrove for the definitive guide to the Bayeux Tapestry and the extraordinary narrative behind its stitches.
Fri, 13 Nov | 7:30pm | London
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One nation. Three extraordinary leaders. Join @holland_tom, #JonathanSumption and @hrcastor for the story of England as you’ve never heard it before.
Wed, 11 Nov | 7:30pm | London
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Had enough of the chaos? @bbclaurak joins us to cut through the dysfunction at the heart of our politics, analyse how things got so bad and ask why it feels like our politicians have not been paying attention to us, the voter.
Sun, 1 Nov | 7:00pm | London
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