Journalist and author Jasper Becker assesses the economic DNA of Communism as a global phenomenon and explains what was at the root of the failure of Communist regimes.
‘Original Sin’ author Dr Bleddyn E. Bowen and international relations academic Professor Lucas Kello look at the future of war and debate the implications of new technologies on international conflicts.
Politics expert Professor Tom Gallagher looks at the life of a complex dictator, Salazar, the elusive, much debated dictator who ruled over Portugal for more than 30 years.
Join writer and broadcaster Kenan Malik as he discusses his latest book ‘Not So Black and White’, a lucid history rewriting the story of race, and an elegant polemic making an anti-racist case against the politics of identity.
Join a panel of leading political and media figures for some lively debate on the hot topics of the hour under the watchful eye of journalist and commentator Yasmin Alibhai Brown.
Foreign policy expert and author Dr Samuel Ramani will discuss his latest book ‘Putin’s War on Ukraine’ and how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is inspired by a policy of global counter-revolution driven not by systemic factors, such as preventing NATO expansion, but domestic ones.
Leading thinker and author of ‘Not So Black and White’ Kenan Malik challenges the conventional histories both of the idea of race and of the struggles to confront racism.
Join author and essayist Leta McCullough Seletzky for a talk about ‘The Kneeling Man’, her debut memoir about her her father’s life as a Black spy who witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King.
Join award-winning broadcaster and author Phil Tinline for a talk on the ritual building and breaking of shared national outlooks that runs through British politics of the last 100 years.
Join ‘Wander Women’ authors Alexandra Blanchard and Alex Howlett at Trouble Club for an online discussion of the book and the stories that shaped it.
