- Sat, 23 Sept 2023
- 10 – 11.30am
Seventy five years after Windrush, the award-winning broadcaster Sir Trevor Phillips discusses race, identity and belonging for black Britons today with Financial Times journalist, Stephen Bush.
- Sat, 23 Sept 2023
- 11 – 12.30pm
Richard Harries describes the research for his latest book 'Majesty', an anthology of paintings, quotations and reflection, published in honour of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the anniversary of her death on 8 September last year.
- Sat, 23 Sept 2023
- 12n – 1.30pm
Dipo Faloyin challenges simplistic and outdated stereotypes of Africa and discusses the vast political and cultural differences of this modern powerful continent.
- Sat, 23 Sept 2023
- 12n - 1:30pm
Hannah Rothschild talks about her latest novel, a clearsighted comedy of English manners, morals and mayhem as an old-style aristocratic dynasty tries to find its way in the modern world of finance, crime and backstreet deals.
- Sat, 23 Sept 2023
- 2 – 3.30pm
The famous poetry ‘pharmacist’ who prescribes poems as an antidote to anxiety, worry and health problems, talks about his new anthology which reflects the upheavals and trauma of the last few years.
- Sat, 23 Sept 2023
- 2 – 3.30pm
Debut novelists Jacqueline and Priscilla were both shortlisted for this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction. They discuss writing and literary success with BBC Radio 4 presenter, Harriett Gilbert.
- Sat, 23 Sept 2023
- 4 – 5.30pm
Sam Delaney openly discusses mental health and addiction. He meets Irvine Welsh, author of the infamous novel 'Trainspotting', to talk about men and mental health without using psychobabble, moralising, victimhood or judging.
- Sat, 23 Sept 2023
- 4 – 5.30pm
Political commentator Ferdinand Mount warns of the dangers of Caesar-style politics and the continued threat to democracy - and asks how do we get back to constitutional government?
- Sat, 23 Sept 2023
- 6 – 7.30pm
Award-winning political journalist and broadcaster Robert Peston discusses his latest novel 'The Crash' with Chris Blackhurst. The second Gil Peck novel, The Crash is an exhilarating political thriller set against the 2008 financial crisis.
- Sat, 23 Sept 2023
- 6 – 7.30pm
Art historian and curator Alicia Foster discusses the life and work of Gwen John - one of the most significant female artists of the twentieth century.