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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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Meet Decca Mitford: investigative journalist, radical activist, renegade aristocrat
An introduction to Decca Mitford, subject of the award-winning author Carla Kaplan’s new biography .
Tales from Kashmir’s Conflict: An Extract from ‘Dapaan’
It is said, two things can change at any time in Kashmir, the weather and the haalaat.
A Bugged 1963 Conclave?
When John XXIII died, the future of relations between the Vatican and the Eastern bloc depended on the choice of his successor. That’s when the CIA came in.
Events
Controlling Women w/ Sandra Hempel
Bow Street Museum of Crime and Justice
Join Sandra Hempel for a discussion about her latest book, Controlling Women: The Untold Story of Britain’s First Female Police Force.
Reimagining Development w/ Peter Sutoris
SOAS (also online)
Imagining a better future is at the heart of development. But mainstream development models are driven by a very narrow, Western-centric set of ideas about what it means to be human. What could be possible if we let ourselves imagine differently?
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