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Join Danny Dorling and others for a special New Statesman debate on private education: Is this two-tier system an outdated injustice in need of total reform – or the route to a better education for all?

Why was Churchill so vindictive towards India and Indians? Join Walter Reid for an online discussion of his latest book, ‘Fighting Retreat’.

Join “A Drink with the Idler” as we chat to the Idler’s Head of Philosophy Mark Vernon about William Blake’s importance for today. 

Join Ziauddin Sardar in conversation with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown to discuss his new book, Three Begums.

Join Alicia Wanless for a discussion about her new book, ‘The Information Animal: Humans, Technology and the Competition for Reality’.

Former Army leader John Kiszely looks at the life of General Hastings ‘Pug’ Ismay, the unsung soldier who was at Churchill’s side throughout the Second World War.

Join Barbara Emerson, Luke Harding, Giles Milton and Marcel Theroux for a conversation about Britain and Russia and their complex relationship over the centuries.

The world of 2025 looks very different to the world of 1995. One central debate is the growing global role of China – and what this means for states and peoples around the world. Join Zhou Bo, Nigel Inkster and Tian Shichen to discuss this theme. 

Join Hugo Wong for a talk about his book ‘America’s Lost Chinese’, an inspiring and haunting story of Chinese migrant workers rejected by the USA and determined to build a new community in Mexico.

Join Danny Dorling at Hay Festival for a talk about his ‘searing’ (Polly Toynbee) and ‘essential’ (The Observer) new book, ‘Seven Children’ – an immersive, surprising and thought-provoking analysis of children’s life chances in contemporary Britain.

Join Robert Kaplan, one of the leading international thinkers on global affairs and author of ‘Waste Land’, for a wide-ranging and timely discussion about our chaotic, globalised world where present crises resonate with past tyrannies.