To book a place e-mail [email protected] Malcolm is a larger-than-life figure in the worlds of filmmaking, war and medicine. In 2011, he had a routine yellow fever shot at a clinic near his home in Athens where he was then living as a foreign correspondent. He was due to travel to the Ivory Coast in […]
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Inside Story with Humphrey: Michael Davies
Michael Davies has been brave enough to step into the shoes of great thriller writer Desmond Bagley who captivated readers and movie goers with his multi-million selling spy and adventure stories. Bagley who died in 1983 would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year. Publisher Harper Collins has bought his estate and commissioned Davies to […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Jane Dorner
What is the Stuff of Life? What do we accumulate over the years, our collections, our memories, our relationships cluttered into cards, tickets, shells, bangles? Why did the artist Michael Landy destroy everything he owned in a dramatic 2001 exhibition called Break Down – 7,227 items in front of 45,000 fascinated people. With high and […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Frances Evesham
Frances Evesham’s advice to those thinking of retiring is ‘to do something you truly love, whether it’s travel, growing orchids or painting – the days just fly past.” So, after stopping work as a speech therapist after thirty years, Frances tried her hand at something she really loved, and had been nagging her for years. […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Alan Bardos
Mystery and debate continue to surround many of the events of the First World War. From the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the attempt to bribe Turkey out of the war to flushing out a traitor who is undermining the war effort, historical fiction author, Alan Bardos, delivers compelling, high-stakes human-interest stories set against […]
Read MoreThe Democracy Forum live webinar
The Democracy Forum and TDF President Lord Bruce invite you to a live webinar, ‘Seventy-two years of Chinese colonial rule in Tibet’ on Monday April 24, 2023 2-4pm UK time (BST). Chair: Humphrey Hawksley, Author & former BBC Asia correspondent Panellists: H.E. the Hon. Mr Penpa Tsering, Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration Chris Law […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Vaudine England
When colonial Britain seized Hong Kong from China in the mid-19th Century, the government of the day complained that it was a ‘barren rock with nary a house on it.’ Since then, Hong Kong’s skyline has become a glittering cityscape of tall buildings, stunning views, hustle, bustle, ships trade, deal-making and, in past year or […]
Read MoreBook of the Month with Humphrey: Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The phrase Kafkaesque has taken its place in the English language to describe bewildering situations brought about by some distant illogical authority. We have no control, and our lives are nightmarishly impacted. Does anyone feel like that now? In our April Goldster Book Club we will be discussing Franz Kafka’s masterpiece of a novella, Metamorphosis in which salesman, Gregor […]
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