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Unsuitable w/ Eleanor Medhurst

23 Jul 2024 – 19:00 - 20:00 BST
Common Threads Press (online)

Join Common Threads Press for an evening with Eleanor Medhurst, historian of lesbian fashion and author of the blog Dressing Dykes. Eleanor will be talking us through her research and her journey to writing ‘Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion’ followed by a Q&A session where you can ask questions and chat to Eleanor.

The First Cold War w/ Barbara Emerson

26 Jun 2024 – 18:30 - 20:00 BST
Pushkin House (in person and online)

Pushkin House are pleased to invite you to the launch of Barbara Emerson’s new book, ‘The First Cold War: Anglo-Russian Relations in the 19th Century’, which she will discuss with Dame Deborah Bronnert, former British Ambassador to Russia.

Nabila Ramdani author photo

Fixing France w/ Nabila Ramdani

6 Jul 2024 – 11:00 – 12:00
Bradford Literature Festival

Join journalist, Nabila Ramdani, as she discusses her new book, ‘Fixing France: How to Repair a Broken Republic’, charting the course of France’s Fifth Republic, formed in the wake of the 1958 Algerian war of independence.

Italy in a Wineglass w/ Marc Millon

17 Jun 2024 – 19:30 BST
Bedford Park Literary Festival

Join Marc Millon for this talk at Bedford Park Literary Festival, celebrating the release of his book, ‘Italy in a Wineglass’.

Thank You Mr Crombie: Mihir Bose in conversation w/ Nigel Dudley

5 Jun 2024 – 16:30 - 17:15 BST
Khushwant Singh Literary Festival

Join author, journalist and broadcaster Mihir Bose at the Khushwant Singh Literary Festival in Cambridge, where he will be discussing his memoir ‘Thank You Mr Crombie: Lessons in Guilt and Gratitude to the British’.

Unsuitable: An Evening w/ Eleanor Medhurst

7 Jun 2024 – 18:30 BST
Waterstones Birmingham

Join us for an enlightening evening with Eleanor Medhurst to celebrate her debut book ‘Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion’.