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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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African Slavery: Current dangers and prevailing myths
The enslavement of Africans is one of the most disgraceful crimes that afflicted and is afflicting the continent. I say ‘afflicting’ since this is still happening today.
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.
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Troublemaker w/ Carla Kaplan
Asthall Manor
Carla Kaplan, author of Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford, and Mimi Pond will be in conversation at Asthall Manor, the Mitfords’ family home from 1919-1926.
Reimagining Development w/ Peter Sutoris
LSE
Join the Department of International Development for the launch of Peter Sutoris & Uma Pradhan’s book Reimagining Development: Bold Directions Towards a Thriving World.
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