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This season, you’ll hear about our new era of mass protest and whether nonviolent action can achieve real political change; the changing face of modern terrorism in the UK; the complex and delicate process of peace-making in an increasingly dystopian world; a fresh take on the iconic writer Virginia Woolf and her deeply problematic prank; lessons in guilt and gratitude to the British from Mihir Bose; and a culinary adventure like you’ve never seen…or heard…before.

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Sri Lanka: All Change?

In this turbo year of polls it has just been Sri Lanka’s turn in the electoral spotlight. Presidential elections – the first since former strongman Gotabaya Rajapaksa (GR) was forced from power by a popular uprising in 2022

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Caste w/ Suraj Milind Yengde

18 Oct 2025 – 14:00 CDT
Hay Festival Forum

In a world reckoning with race, inequality, and structural violence, what does caste teach us —not just about India, but about the global architecture of oppression? Suraj Yengde in conversation about his new book, Caste: A Global Story, with Miriam Fauzia.

Not So Black and White w/ Kenan Malik

19 Oct 2025 – 17:00 BST
Off The Shelf Festival of Words

Sujeev Sahota talks to writer, broadcaster and Observer columnist Kenan Malik about his essential book ‘Not So Black and White’.

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