Events
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9 May 2012
Bloomsbury Season: Chris Mullin at Waterstones Gower Street -
11 May 2012
Chris Mullin: ‘A Walk-On Part – my view of the Blair years’ at the Dulwich festival -
13 May 2012
Natalie Haynes at the Bristol Festival of Ideas: Why Isn’t Old Philosophy Just History? -
15 May 2012
Heffers: The Ancient Guide to Modern Life: A comedy night with Natalie Haynes -
18 May 2012
Roman Krznaric at the Swindon Festival of Literature -
25 May 2012
Richard Mabey at the Saffron Walden Literary Festival -
29 May 2012
Kim Thuy at the Asia House Festival of Asian Literature -
31 May 2012
John Sutherland at the Salisbury International Arts Festival -
29 May 2012
Sam Leith at the Salisbury International Arts Festival -
1 June 2012
Louise Foxcroft at the Salisbury International Arts Festival -
6th June 2012
Jasper Rees at the Hay Festival -
13 June 2012
David Shukman at the Cheltenham Science Festival -
9th June 2012
Simon Jenkins at the Hay Festival
‘Calories and Corsets’ – the antidote to New Year New You
09 January 2012
Feeling the excesses of Christmas a little too keenly? You are not alone! Dieting has been an obsission for over 2,000 years. Award-winning historian Louise Foxcroft has been making readers think twice about their new year’s resolutions this week with the launch of her ‘amusing and illuminating’ (Sunday Times) Calories and Corsets: A History of dieting over 2,000 years.
See her on BBC Online’s Meet the Author, read about the first celebrity dieter at the BBC News Magazine, the weirdest diets ever at the New Scientist and We Love This Book and get an overview of the alarming and fascinating history of slimming over at the Express.
Louise is appearing at the School of Life on Thursday 12 January to discuss the ‘battle of the bulge’ through the ages.
More info and tickets on the website.
