

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
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David Harvey is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the City University of New York Graduate School and former Professor of Geography at Johns Hopkins and Oxford Universities. The author of numerous books, his work is...
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