Vikas Swarup is a very recently retired very senior Indian diplomat. He has been High Commissioner to Canada and the official spokesperson for the Indian foreign ministry and a consul-general in Japan. So what has any of that got to do with a Goldster Book Chat, you might ask. Well, do you remember an Oscar-winning […]
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Inside Story with Humphrey: Louise Doughty
Louise Doughty is the author of nine novels, one work of non-fiction and five plays for radio. Her most recent novel is Platform Seven (2019). The previous book, Black Water, (2016) was nominated as one of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year and her seventh novel was the bestseller Apple Tree Yard […]
Read MoreThe Democracy Forum live webinar
The Democracy Forum and TDF President Lord Bruce invite you to a live webinar, ‘Afghanistan: Filling the Void’. Chair Humphrey Hawksley, Author & former BBC Asia correspondent Panellists Ambassador Janan Mosazai, Co-Founder and Vice President of the Heart of Asia Society; former Afghan Ambassador to China & Pakistan. Dr Weeda Mehran, Lecturer, Dept. of Politics, […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Michael Jecks
Michael Jecks is a legend of historical fiction, and his best-selling Templar Series begins in 14th Century Devon where he now lives. A decade after the famous Knights Templars had been destroyed by Pope Clement V, a charred body is discovered in a burned-out cottage. The newly appointed bailiff believes it to be accidental. The […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Harlan K Ullman
Dr. Harlan Ullman is a strategic adviser to American Secretaries of State and Defense, members of Congress, NATO commanders and governments in Asia and Europe. He created the famous phrase ‘Shock and Awe’ that many of us have heard surrounding America’s foreign wars. Harlan is also Humphrey’s guest to explain the Inside Story of how […]
Read MoreUniversal Peace Federation Webinar
Mao Tse-tung famously said China and the DPRK were “as close as lips and teeth.” Is that still the case? Always on the minds of DPRK officials is the goal of having more economic (and political?) independence from China. In economic vitality and growth, China has more in common with South Korea than with the […]
Read MoreThe Democracy Forum Live Webinar
Chair Humphrey Hawksley, Author & former BBC Asia correspondent PanellistsProf. Sergey Radchenko, Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Dr Marcin Kaczmarski, Lecturer in Security Studies (Central & Eastern European Studies), University of Glasgow Dr Natasha Kuhrt, Lecturer in International Peace & Security in the Department of War Studies, King’s College, London Dr Maria […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Linda Stratmann
Linda Stratmann is a historical mystery writer with a string of titles of true crime and fictional crime and her latest is set in 1872 Brighton and called the Cyanide Ghost with a feisty, intrepid investigator Mini Scarletti. The sixth in the series. Her non-fiction work reads like a chronicle of Inspector Morse meets Bergerac […]
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