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The following events are taking place on Saturday 24 November 2012:

  • Nick Robinson

    Time: 10:00

    The timing of this event has changed - click through for details. A colourful and personal examination of Nick Robinson's life as the BBC’s Political Editor.

  • Henrietta Garnett

    Time: 10:00

    A vivid account of the women who held the artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in thrall. 

  • Edna O’Brien

    Time: 11:30

    An astonishingly honest and compelling memoir by one of the greatest names in twentieth century literature. 

  • Ferdinand Mount

    Time: 11:30

    A unique insight into the critical restoration of our democracy at a time of growing inequality; it is time to bring back fairness and responsibility.

  • Artemis Cooper

    Time: 13:00

    A biographical treat about an extraordinary travel writer, self-educated polymath and war hero.

  • Jack Straw

    Time: 13:00

    Discover the private face behind Jack Straw's very public life, his insights into the Blair/Brown era and the last 40 years of British politics.

  • Antonio Carluccio

    Time: 14:30

    Find out more about the life of one of the worlds most inspirational chefs, his tales of love and loss, and the ingredients of success.

  • Clare Mulley

    Time: 14:30

    A biography of one of Britain’s most daring and highly decorated female agents.

  • Gavin Esler

    Time: 16:00

    The award television and radio broadcaster, Gavin Esler, explains how creating a leadership story can promote success at all levels

  • Karl Ove Knausgaard

    Time: 16:00

    A hugely controversial and genre-bending fictionalised memoir written with an excruciating honesty that has had enormous personal repercussions.

  • Kate Mosse & Joanne Harris

    Time: 17:30

    A delicious conversation between two of our most successful female novelists.

  • David Lammy

    Time: 17:30

    Were the riots of 2011 a one-off or is the time bomb of civil unrest still ticking?

  • John Hegley

    Time: 19:00

    John Hegley will treat us to a serving of Peace, Love & Potatoes, a truly original collection of verse full of his idiosyncratic interests from painting and France, to Daleks and, of course, potatoes.

  • Orlando Figes

    Time: 19:00

    Beautifully crafted by an acclaimed historian, Just Send Me Word is a detailed and agonizing account of life and love in Stalin’s Soviet Union.

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