

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
19 May 2011

After a whirlwind two days of interviews, discussions and talks, renowned political historian and philosopher Francis Fukuyama has left our shores. His visit was capped off with a fantastic talk at the Southbank Centre, chaired by Ann McElvoy of the Economist, where he discussed the theories in his new book, The Origins of Political Order, and answered questions from the audience.
For those not lucky enough to catch his talk or his broadcast appearances, you can tune in online.
BBC Hard Talk – To air on BBC World, Thursday 19th May at 03:30, 08:30, 15:30, 20:30 GMT and BBC News 24 at 00:30 and 04:30 BST. Will be on BBC iplayer from Friday morning.
BBC World Service ‘World Today’
BBC Radio 3 Nightwaves, with Philip Dodd