Events
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ExhibitionBreaking the News
-Challenge and change the way you think about news. This exhibition prompts big questions about the news we consume.
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Double or Nothing: James Bond and Beyond
With Charlie Higson and Kim Sherwood.
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Robert Harris: Act of Oblivion
The new thriller from the master of the historical novel.
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Spare Rib and Virago at 50
How did a group of women sitting on the floor of a London basement change the world of publishing forever?
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An Evening with Miss Marple
The Damian Barr Literary Salon, with Lucy Foley, Kate Mosse and Lucy Worsley.
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Medusa's Story
Natalie Haynes re-tells of one of the most notorious of the Greek myths.
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Ann Sutton in Words and Film
Celebrating weaver and artist Ann Sutton and the Crafts Lives archive.
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An Appreciation of Antonia Fraser at 90
An evening with the author, historian and biographer.
Become a MemberPriority booking: 23 Aug 2022
General release: 25 Aug 2022
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I'll Be There: An Evening with Duke Fakir of The Four Tops
In conversation with one of the great vocal groups.
Become a MemberPriority booking: 23 Aug 2022
General release: 25 Aug 2022
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The Listening Project with Fi Glover
Celebrating 10 years of extraordinary conversations on the BBC and at the British Library.
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Laureate to Laureate: Olive Senior & Simon Armitage
Join Jamaica’s Olive Senior and the UK’s Simon Armitage for an evening of literary excellence and conversation.
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Mexico in Letters
The transatlantic correspondence of Alfonso Reyes and the English Hispanist John B. Trend.
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Josephine Hart Poetry Hour: the Poetry of Philip Larkin
Introduced by Mary Beard.
Become a MemberPriority booking: 23 Aug 2022
General release: 25 Aug 2022
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The PEN Pinter Prize 2022: Malorie Blackman
The annual award for freedom of expression in literature.
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The Extraordinary Life of Charles Ignatius Sancho, with Paterson Joseph
Re-imagining the maverick Black writer and composer in 18th-century London.
Become a MemberPriority booking: 23 Aug 2022
General release: 25 Aug 2022