Former Army leader John Kiszely looks at the life of General Hastings ‘Pug’ Ismay, the unsung soldier who was at Churchill’s side throughout the Second World War.
Join Barbara Emerson, Luke Harding, Giles Milton and Marcel Theroux for a conversation about Britain and Russia and their complex relationship over the centuries.
The world of 2025 looks very different to the world of 1995. One central debate is the growing global role of China – and what this means for states and peoples around the world. Join Zhou Bo, Nigel Inkster and Tian Shichen to discuss this theme.Â
Join Hugo Wong for a talk about his book ‘America’s Lost Chinese’, an inspiring and haunting story of Chinese migrant workers rejected by the USA and determined to build a new community in Mexico.
Join Danny Dorling at Hay Festival for a talk about his ‘searing’ (Polly Toynbee) and ‘essential’ (The Observer) new book, ‘Seven Children’ – an immersive, surprising and thought-provoking analysis of children’s life chances in contemporary Britain.
Join Robert Kaplan, one of the leading international thinkers on global affairs and author of ‘Waste Land’, for a wide-ranging and timely discussion about our chaotic, globalised world where present crises resonate with past tyrannies.
Join author and historian Raphael Cormack as he explores death, religion, science and social crisis in his startling history of the occult between the world wars.
