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Listen to lively discussions between Hurst authors, journalists and leading experts as they interrogate the stories behind thought-provoking books.

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

Events

Planet Patriarchy w/ Rahila Gupta

24 Oct 2025 – 18:00 BST
Watershed, Bristol

Join this Public Sociology event for the opportunity to hear from feminist thinker Rahila Gupta on publication of her new book Planet Patriarchy.

Multicultural Britain by Kieran Connell

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

Join Kieran Connell, Emer O’Neill, Charlotte Rea-Patel and John Siddique as they discuss British multiculturalism at the Off The Shelf Festival of Words. 

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