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Lindsey Hilsum | David Spiegelhalter | Robert Macfarlane
Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Hanif Kureishi | Ahdaf Soueif
Roman Krznaric | Marion Turner | Paul Lynch
Nicholas Hytner | | Helen Castor| Bettany Hughes
Åsne Seierstad | Tom Holland | Fergal Keane
Gaia Vince | Monica Feria-Tinto
The Conversation is a series of weekly events discussing conflict and empathy, inequality and power, climate crisis and wonder.
Join us in person or online for an interview followed by the host and guest leading a discussion to take the conversation further. Everyone is welcome.
The Conversation is joining the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to capture carbon in mitigation of our emissions.
Tuesdays at 6.30pm
14 January to 6 May
The Conversation: Lindsey Hilsum
Channel 4 News’ International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum talks about the pity of war and its fatal attraction.
Tuesday 14 January
6:30pm
The Conversation: Robert Macfarlane
Winner of the Weston International Award, Robert Macfarlane talks about language and nature, walking, water and the power of protest and advocacy.
Tuesday 28 January
6:30pm
The Conversation: Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock demystifies stunning images from the universe, explaining what we’re learning from the world’s most powerful space telescope.
Tuesday 4 February
6:30pm
The Conversation: Hanif Kureishi
Playwright, screenwriter and novelist, Hanif Kureishi explores his Shattered life in Rome and London.
Tuesday 11 February
6:30pm
The Conversation: Ahdaf Soueif
Author Ahdaf Soueif invites you to a powerful conversation about language and action, freedom and hope and purpose.
Tuesday 18 February
6:30pm
The Conversation: Roman Krznaric
Social philosopher Roman Krznaric draws on a millennium of history to address today’s pressing global challenges.
Tuesday 25 February
6:30pm
The Conversation: Marion Turner
Marion Turner explores how Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales illuminates 14th-century London life, exploring power and prosperity in society.
Tuesday 4 March
6:30pm
The Conversation: Paul Lynch
Paul Lynch discusses his Booker-winning Prophet Song, about a family’s survival in a dystopian Ireland.
Tuesday 11 March
6:30pm
The Conversation: Nicholas Hytner and Helen Castor
Nicholas Hytner talks with Helen Castor about Richard II and Shakespeare’s insights into power and human nature.
Tuesday 18 March
6:30pm
The Conversation: Bettany Hughes
The historian and classicist Bettany Hughes explores the wonders of the world.
Tuesday 25 March
6:30pm
The Conversation: Åsne Seierstad
Åsne Seierstad maps the lead-up to the Taliban return in 2021, how the first year of Taliban rule unfolded, and where this leaves Afghans today, and tomorrow.
Tuesday 1 April
6:30pm
The Conversation: Tom Holland
Tom Holland discusses the vivid lives of the Caesars, as told through Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus in AD 121.
Tuesday 8 April
6:30pm
The Conversation: Fergal Keane
BBC correspondent Fergal Keane explores what draws him back to wars and tragedy despite having PTSD.
Tuesday 15 April
6:30pm
The Conversation: Gaia Vince and Monica Feria-Tinta
We celebrate Earth Day 2025 with the dynamic and inspirational environmental writer Gaia Vince and the global rights lawyer Monica Feria-Tinta.
Tuesday 22 April
6:30pm
The Conversation: David Spiegelhalter
Cambridge Professor and ‘statistics national treasure’ David Spiegelhalter takes us through the principles of probability.
Tuesday 6 May
6:30pm
