Saturday 17 - Sunday 18 May

Warwick Arts Centre

SIMON THURLEYThe Building of England: How the History of England Has Shaped Our BuildingsSaturday 17th May 12.15-1.15pm

STEPHEN COOPERThe Final Whistle: The Great War in Fifteen PlayersSaturday 17th May 12.15-1.15pm

ROBERT COLLSGeorge Orwell: English RebelSaturday 17th May 1.30-2.30pm

TIM BUTCHERThe Trigger: The Journey That Led the World to WarSaturday 17th May 4.15-5.15pm

SNOWDEN: TRAITOR OR HERO?with Professor Sir David Omand, Ben Fenton, Luke Harding, Ewen MacAskill & Gordon CoreraSaturday 17th May 3-45pm

JOHN CAREYThe Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in BooksSaturday 17th May 4.15-5.15pm

NICOLA PHILIPSThe Profligate SonSaturday 17th May 5.30-6.30pm

TORTURE: A VERY BRITISH PROBLEM?with Ian Cobain & Andrew WilliamsSaturday 17th May 5.30-6.30pm

LOUIS de BERNIÈRESImagining Alexandria: Poems in Memory of Constantinos CavafisSaturday 17th May 6.45-8pm

WRITING HISTORY: THE RISE OF HISTORICAL FICTIONwith William Palmer, Andrew Crumey & Anita MasonSunday 18th May 11-2pm

JIM RINGStorming the Eagle’s Nest: Hitler’s War in the AlpsSunday 18th May 12.15-1.15pm

CHRISTINE RIDINGTurner and the SeaSunday 18th May 12.15-1.15pm

RODERICK BAILEYTarget: Italy; the Secret War Against Mussolini 1940-1943Sunday 18th May 3-4pm

JENNIFER CLEMENTPrayers for the StolenSunday 18th May 3-4pm

WOMEN, WAR AND SECRECYwith Clare Mulley, Susan Ottaway & Noreen RiolsSunday 18th May 1.30-2.30pm

JAMES SECORDVisions of Science: Books and Readers at the Dawn of the Victorian AgeSunday 18th May 4.15-5.15pm

MAL PEETLabels are Cages: Mal PeetGoes Off-MessageSunday 18th May 4.15-5.15pm

PHILIP DURKINBorrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in EnglishSunday 18th May 5.30-6.30pm

BLAKE, BUGS AND BERLIN: SPIES AND SURVEILLANCE IN THE COLD WARRoger Hermiston & Patrick MajorSunday 18th May 5.30-6.30pm

TONY MENDEZThe Real ArgoSunday 18th May 6.45-8pm