Thursday 25 September

Nicholas Parsons Interviewed by Al Senter

Welcome to Just a Minute!: A Celebration of Britain’s Best-Loved Radio

James Hamilton Introduced by Paul Blezard

A Strange Business: Making Art and Money in 19th-century Britain

The Story of Coffee

Alice Roberts

The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being SOLD OUT

Ken Hom, Cyrus Todiwala and Belinda Harley Chaired by Donald Sloan

Food and Culture: How to Live Life Well

Ben Fergusson and Jason Hewitt Chaired by Kate Williams

Literary Debuts and World War II

Liam Fox and Richard Sakwa

Putin and Russia: A Threat to World Peace?

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

The Pike: Gabriele D’Annunzio

Kate Williams and Alison Weir Chaired by Paul Blezard

History and The Novel: Storms of War and The Marriage Game

George Plumptre

The Making of English Country House Gardens

Paul Atterbury Interviewed by Steven Parissien

Compton Verney Lecture – Art of War: Treasures Fashioned from Conflict

The Finest Teas with the Tea Master

Helen Macdonald

H is for Hawk

Jessye Norman Interviewed by Alan Yentob

Stand Up Straight and Sing