Events on Saturday 24 March
Martin Bell
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Light and Dark Verse
Ben Markovits
Childish Loves
Helen Nathan
Flossie Crums and the Fairies’ Cupcake Ball
Sue Prideaux
Strindberg: A Life
Philip Pullman, Christopher Edge and J D Sharpe Chaired by Marion Dickens Lloyd
Dickens’ Legacy
Peter Rabbit
Peter Rabbit’s Birthday Show
Alastair Lack
Film Oxford with Alastair Lack
Christopher Lloyd
What on Earth Happened?
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Ninth Ward: Coming of Age and Hurricane Katrina
Wendy Beckett, Anthony Wall and Randall Wright
Arena: Sister Wendy’s Gospel Story
Steve Jones
Evolution Versus Creationism
John Simpson
Filching-morts and Shabberoons: Reviving Old Dictionaries
Marina Lewycka
Various Pets Dead and Alive
Alistair Horne Interviewed by Peter Conradi
Soldier, Spy, Journalist and Historian: A Literary Vagabondage
Emma Dodd and K A Gerrard
How to Create Your Own Graphic Novel
Helen Nathan and Laurane Marchive
Chartwells: Putting Fun into Food
Tamara Macfarlane and Gilbert Giggles
Amazing Esme Circus Event
Layn Marlow
Marlow and the Mole
Peter Whitfield
There is No Foreign Land – It is the Traveller Who Is Foreign
Caroline Brothers and Kamin Mohammadi Chaired by Alastair Niven
Can Fiction and Memoir Change the World?
Science and the Future
Uncertain Futures
Tony Benn, David Lammy and Mary Riddell Chaired by Harriet Sergeant
The 2011 English Riots: What Can We Learn?
Patrick Flanery and Chibundu Onuzo Interviewed by Robert Collins
New Writing: Absolution and The Spider King’s Daughter
John Gittings
The Glorious Art of Peace: Taking War off its Pedestal
Lavinia Greenlaw Interviewed by Jem Poster
Conversations with Poets
Andy Stanton and Jeremy Strong
Laugh Your Socks Off Again
Christopher Lloyd
What on Earth Evolved?
David Lammy
Tottenham to Westminster: Has the Door Closed on Social Mobility?
Charlie Higson and Frank Cottrell Boyce
Chitty and Bond: An Ian Fleming Celebration
John Gray
Slightly Foxed Presents John Gray on John Cowper Powys
Masha Gessen Interviewed by Rachel Polonsky
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
Korky Paul
Abracadabra! Whizz Along with Winnie the Witch
Toby Musgrave
Heritage Fruits and Vegetables
David Hare
South Downs and a Life in Theatre
Duncan McRae and David Piper
A Genteel Tipple Through Gin in Literature
Mark Easton
Britain Etc
Alex Preston and Oliver James Chaired by Robert Collins
God and Money – What Happens When the Two Collide?
Patrick Ness, Tim Bowler , Sally Nicholls and Moira Young Chaired by Rebecca Clee
Life, Death and Other Grown-Up Subjects
Sally Bayley, Linda Gates , Jack Harris , William May and Lucia Simon
Representing Sylvia Plath: An Evening
Norman Stone
Turkey: A Short History
Helen Arney
Unknown Unknowns: A fusion of stand-up comedy and science.







