Writer and lecturer Kenan Malik talks to Stephen Bush, FT columnist and ex-New Statesman newsletter writer, about today’s heated debates on race, culture, whiteness and privilege.
Writer and activist Kenan Malik’s new book, Not So Black and White, offers “a history of race from white supremacy to identity politics.” He joins Camila Bassi to discuss the book’s themes.
The past few years have seen issues of race, culture and identity brought to the centre-ground of political and social debate. As these ideas remain contested, two writers have made subtle and compelling cases for a reassessment of the many assumptions that govern these discussions.
Join Diana Darke, author of ‘Stealing from the Saracens’, at a symposium on the life and legacy of Christopher Wren, hosted by Wadham College, Oxford.
Following UAI in the UK’s coverage of the plight of the Rohingya, we are honoured that Kaamil Ahmed has agreed to take part in a conversation with Dr Jeff Crisp about the Rohingya who are the subject of his new book.
In this timely discussion, ‘The Zelensky Effect’ author Olga Onuch, Samir Puri and Peter Caddick-Adams will take a long view at Ukraine’s history, its place not only in Europe’s story but also in Russia’s and the Soviet Union’s.
Join us for the launch of Anjan Sundaram’s ‘Breakup: A Reporter’s Marriage amid a Central African War’, a courageous memoir about the personal cost of war reporting, vividly recalling his dangerous assignment in CAR and confronting its devastating impact on his family.
