Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival -
Saturday 20th - Sunday 28th March 2010
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Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival 2010
We're delighted to be going to the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival for a third consecutive year, and to be organising a whole week of political and literary discussion for a second year.
With a range of events on Orwell and politics, and on everything from Burma to the BBC and free speech to the future of policing, we very much hope to see you there. If you can't make it, we'll be live-tweeting and posting videos of all of our events.
For more information, and to book tickets, click on the event titles below.
Sunday 21st March | Noon | Christ Church
- Catherine Bennett (The Observer, shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Journalism 2009)
- John Kampfner (director of Index on Censorship, author of Freedom for Sale)
- Geoffrey Robertson QC (lawyer, broadcaster, author)
Sunday 21st March | 4pm | Christ Church
- Chaired by Ben Wright (BBC political correspondent)
- David Halpern (research director of the Institute for Government, author of The Hidden Wealth of Nations)
- David Smith (economics editor of the Sunday Times, author of The Age of Instability)
- Linda Yueh (fellow in economics and director of China Growth Centre at Oxford University, economic commentator)
Monday 22nd March | 6pm | Christ Church
- Chaired by Jean Seaton (Director of the Orwell Prize)
- Sir Ian Blair (former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, author of Policing Controversy)
- Roger Graef (broadcaster, producer of Thames Valley Police)
- Robert Reiner (Professor of Criminology, author of The Politics of the Police)
Wednesday 24th March | 6pm | Christ Church
- Ian Jack (journalist, author of The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain)
- Peter Kellner (author of Democracy: 1,000 Years in Pursuit of British Liberty, president of YouGov)
Thursday 25th March | 4pm | Christ Church
- Chaired by Jean Seaton (Director of the Orwell Prize)
- Clare Algar (executive director of Reprieve)
- Ian Cobain (The Guardian, winner of the Paul Foot Award)
Thursday 25th March | 8pm | Christ Church
- Chaired by Jean Seaton (Director of the Orwell Prize)
- Chris Durlacher (writer and director)
Friday 26th March | 6pm | Corpus Christi
- Chaired by Jean Seaton (Director of the Orwell Prize)
- Christopher Andrew (historian, author of The Defence of the Realm: The Authorised History of MI5)
- Miranda Carter (Orwell Prize-winning author of Anthony Blunt: His Lives, author of The Three Emperors)
- Sir David Omand (former UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator, former member of the Joint Intelligence Committee)
Friday 26th March | 4pm | Christ Church
- Tin Htar Swe (Head of Burmese Service, BBC World Service)
- Justin Wintle (journalist, author of Perfect Hostage: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma and the Generals)
- Maung Zarni (activist and academic at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, LSE)
Friday 26th March | 5.30pm | Christ Church
Friday 26th March | 7.30pm | Christ Church
- Siobhan Sinnerton (executive producer)
- Evan Williams (director and producer)
Saturday 27th March | 8pm | Christ Church
- Paula Byrne (author, Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead)
- D. J. Taylor (author, George Orwell: The Life)
Sunday 28th March | Noon | Christ Church
- David Mitchell (comedian, actor, Observer columnist)
- Ed Vaizey MP (Conservative, Shadow Arts Minister)