2025 Festival Event

Michael Morpurgo

Spring

Sir Michael Morpurgo discusses Spring– his first book of adult non-fiction in forty years – with Sir Jonathon Porritt.  It is an enchanting memoir of how spring unfolds on Michael’s farm in rural Devon.  Including new poems and personal reminiscences, the book shows Michael’s love of spring when the natural world shakes off the long winter, and his delight in all the moments of joy and discovery the season brings.  Spring was an instant Sunday Times bestseller and nominated as ‘A Best Book of 2025’ by both The Times and The Guardian. 

The Edwin Mullins Event

Sir Jonathon Porritt
Author Jonathon Porritt is known for his tireless campaigning for environmental sustainability and social justice.
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  • 27/09/2025
  • 10:00 am
  • Barnes Green Centre

Gordon Corera -

The Spy in the Archive 

A fascinating look at Vasili Mitrokhin one of the world’s most unlikely traitors and his defection from the Soviet Union.
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  • 27/09/2025
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Alex Edmans -

May Contain Lies

Why do smart people fall for bad information? Alex Edmans shows how bias clouds our thinking and how to see clearly again.
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  • 27/09/2025
  • 12:00 pm
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Adam Nicolson -

Bird School

Adam Nicolson introduces us to ‘bird school’ and what our feathered friends can teach us about the natural world.
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  • 27/09/2025
  • 2:00 pm
  • St Mary’s Barnes

Clive Aslet -

King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture

Clive Aslet discusses HM King Charles III views on architecture - from carbuncles to Dumfries House - during his time as Prince of Wales.
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  • 27/09/2025
  • 2:00 pm
  • Barnes Green Centre

Harriet Cullen -

Lady Pamela Berry

Harriet Cullen discusses Lady Pamela and her remarkable life of passion, politics and power.
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  • 27/09/2025
  • 4:00 pm
  • St Mary’s Barnes

Dolly Jones with David Gandy -

Leaving the Ladder Down

A practical discussion for the next generation of working women on careers and family life given by Dolly Jones and David Gandy
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  • 27/09/2025
  • 6:00 pm
  • St Mary’s Barnes

Gyles Brandreth -

Somewhere, A Boy And A Bear

The wonderful Gyles Brandreth discusses AA Milne, Christopher Robin and possibly the world’s most famous teddy bear.
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  • 27/09/2025
  • 6:00 pm
  • Barnes Green Centre

Rachel Joyce -

The Homemade God

Rachel Joyce meets actress Niamh Cusack to discuss her latest novel, focusing on siblings, family tensions and the legacy of a dominant father.
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2025 Festival Schedule

SUN – 21 SEPT 2025

9:30am

OLYMPIC STUDIOS

JOANNE HARRIS

FRI - 26 SEPT 2025

4pm

6pm

8pm

ST MARY’S BARNES

WILLIAM BOYD

Ian Fleming Publications

ROGER MCGOUGH

OSO ARTS CENTRE

TAMA MATHESON

SAT – 27 SEPT 2025

10.00am

11.30am

12n

2pm

4pm

6pm

8pm

ST MARY'S BARNES

ADAM NICOLSON

CLIVE ASLET

DOLLY JONES / DAVID GANDY

GYLES BRANDRETH

MICHAEL MORPURGO

BARNES GREEN CENTRE

Gordon Corera

ALEX EDMANS

HARRIET CULLEN

RACHEL JOYCE

SUN – 28 SEPT 2025

12n

2pm

4pm

6pm

8pm

ST MARY’S BARNES

JONATHAN SUMPTION

CHRISTINA LAMB

SIMON HART

ALED JONES

TREVOR MCDONALD

BARNES GREEN CENTRE

HALLIE RUBENHOLD

MISHAL HUSAIN

NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS

FRI – 3 OCT 2025

6pm

ST MARY’S BARNES

MICHAEL HESELTINE

A printed festival programme is available at the Barnes Bookshop, 98 Church Road.