Events

Raphael Cormack discusses his latest work Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age. Historian and classicist Mary Beard points to the surprising connections between antiquity and the present in her latest work Talking Classics.

In this conversation at the Frontline Club, Allaf will consider how revolution, regional power plays, and Western miscalculation shaped Syria’s fate – and what its fragile future reveals about global politics today.

Join Sandra Hempel for a discussion about her latest book, Controlling Women: The Untold Story of Britain’s First Female Police Force.

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?

In collaboration with The Biographers’ Club, we are delighted to welcome Carla Kaplan here at Hatchards this evening to discuss their new book, Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford.

Join Carla Kaplan for a discussion about her latest book, Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford. 

Writer and academic Carla Kaplan and cartoonist, illustrator and writer Mimi Pond discuss the enduring fascination of the Mitfords including that of one of the lesser-known sisters, Jessica, who was the most radical and least understood of the family.

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. 

Join the Department of International Development for the launch of Peter Sutoris & Uma Pradhan’s book Reimagining Development: Bold Directions Towards a Thriving World.

Join Olivera Simić in conversation with James Gow, Jasna Dragovic-Soso and Professor Rachel Kerr about her latest book, Madam War Criminal: Biljana Plavšić, Serbia’s Iron Lady. 

Together, Judge Theodor Meron and Christiane Amanpour will explore survival and memory, law and power, the making of modern international justice, and the urgent challenges facing global accountability today.

Join Diana Darke for a discussion about her latest book, Islamesque: The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe’s Medieval Monuments.