Events

Salazar: The Dictator Who Refused to Die w/ Tom Gallagher

30 Mar 2023 – 16:00 - 17:00 BST
FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival

Politics expert Professor Tom Gallagher looks at the life of a complex dictator, Salazar, the elusive, much debated dictator who ruled over Portugal for more than 30 years.

The Kneeling Man w/ Leta McCollough Seletzky

30 Mar 2023 – 19:00 BST
Trouble Club

Join author and essayist Leta McCullough Seletzky at Trouble Club for a talk about ‘The Kneeling Man’, her debut memoir about her her father’s life as a Black spy who witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King.

Why Communism Failed w/ Jasper Becker

31 Mar 2023 – 14:00 - 15:00 BST
FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival

Journalist and author Jasper Becker assesses the economic DNA of Communism as a global phenomenon and explains what was at the root of the failure of Communist regimes.

The Kneeling Man: Leta McCollough Seletzky in conversation w/ Isabelle Dupuy

6 Apr 2023 – 19:30 - 20:30 BST
The London Library (in person & online)

Marking the 55th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s death, Leta McCollough Seletzky will be in conversation with Isabelle Dupuy, to discuss her revelatory new book, an investigation into the conflicted and complex life of her father.