Acclaimed travel writer, adventurer and historian, Justin Marozzi, discusses a topic that has captured our headlines and politics for years. Yet, for many of us, it remains a mystery. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islam once lorded it over the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and swathes of the Indian subcontinent, while […]
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Goldster Book Club with Humphrey: Debborah Moggach
With her mischievous and inventive imagination Deborah Moggach has already bought us The Best Marigold Hotel, Tulip Fever and a book shelf of others. Now in Black Dress, we met Pru who is on her own after her husband has walked out on her. She misses not so much him but the togetherness that a […]
Read MoreThe Democracy Forum live webinar
The Democracy Forum and TDF President Lord Bruce invite you to a live webinar, ‘Prospects for women’s/human rights under the Taliban’ on Wednesday October 13, 2021 1-3pm UK time (4.30-6.30pm Afghanistan time) Chair Humphrey Hawksley, Author & former BBC Asia correspondent Panellists Nargis Nehan, Founder of EQUALITY for Peace and Democracy & former Afghan Minister […]
Read MoreInside Story with Adam Williams: Humphrey Hawksley
We are delighted however that our presenter, Humphrey Hawksley, himself adventurer, traveller, lecturer, journalist and author, has agreed to step into the breech and tell us about his own remarkable life. Many of us know Humphrey from his many appearances over the last 40 years on BBC News, reporting from every continent on the planet. […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Anna Kennedy
When Anna and Sean Kennedy discovered that one of their sons had Asperger’s syndrome and that their other son was Autistic, they were truly devastated. But their family’s troubles were just the beginning. When searching to the right schools for their boys, they were turned down from twenty-six educational institutions which supposedly focused on special […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Vikas Swarup
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 […]
Read MoreInside 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, […]
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