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June 2022
Layer Marney Tower 3x2
June 26, 2022 @ 10:45 am - 5:30 pm
  • Author talk
  • Biography
  • Layer Marney Tower
  • The History Books

History Day at Layer Marney Tower

Julia Abel Smith, Tracy Borman and Andrew Lownie

Step back in time for a series of fascinating talks at the wonderful Layer Marney Tower Read more

Carole Angier by Claire McNamee Speak, Silence 3x2
June 28, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Biography

Speak, Silence: In Search of W. G. Sebald

Carole Angier

Join Carole Angiers as she digs deep into a creative mind on the edge. Read more

June 2025
June 7 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
  • Biography
  • SOLD OUT!

Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal – SOLD OUT

Robin Ince

Comedian, author and one half of BBC Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage, Robin Ince will be joining us for a quirky dive into the world of human behaviour. A powerful, personal exploration of anxiety, ADHD and neurodiversity, Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal reminds us all – no matter how weird we feel – that it’s okay to be a little different. Read more

Photo of Julia Jones alongside book cover image of Stars to Steer By
June 11 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Biography

Stars to Steer By

Julia Jones

Celebrating the 20th century women who went to sea, Julia Jones will be diving into the stories of an array of incredible, unconventional and extraordinary women who set their sights on the sea in an all-male world, and paved the way for the female sailing superstars of today. Read more

Photo of Lucy Hughes-Hallett alongside book cover image of The Scapegoat
June 12 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • History
  • Biography

The Scapegoat

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

A stunning biography of one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic seventeenth-century Englishmen at the heart of political and royal life. Lucy Hughes-Hallett will transport us into a courtly world of masques and dancing, exquisite clothes, the art of Rubens and Van Dyck, gender-fluidity, same-sex desire, and appallingly rudimentary medicine. Read more

June 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Biography

The Grammar of Angels

Edward Wilson-Lee

The Grammar of Angels tells how Renaissance prodigy and polymath Giovanni Pico della Mirandola dedicated his short, brilliant life to a quest to find the sublime; to reconcile all existing thought into a philosophy that would settle the most important questions about human existence. Read more

Photo of Tony Peake alongside book cover image of Derek Jarman: The Authorised Biography
June 22 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Biography

Derek Jarman: The Authorised Biography

Tony Peake in conversation with James Cahill

We are thrilled to welcome Tony Peake in celebration of this new edition of Derek Jarman: The Authorised Biography covering Jarman's story from childhood to student life and his work as a designer, painter, and filmmaker. New contributions look at Jarman’s impact and legacy over the past five decades and his position as one of the late twentieth century’s most celebrated cultural figures. Read more

Photo of Paul French alongside book cover image of Her Lotus Year
June 29 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
  • Biography

Wallis Simpson: Her Lotus Year in 1920s China

Paul French

New York Times bestselling author, Paul French who specialises in the history of 20th century China, joins us to examine a controversial and revealing period in the early life of the legendary Wallis Simpson. French will reveal the untold story of what really happened to Wallis during that year in China, dispelling many of the myths and gossip surrounding it. Read more

Photo of Gareth Russell alongside book cover image of Queen James
June 29 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Biography

Queen James

Gareth Russell

Historian and broadcaster, Gareth Russell, will explore the life and loves of Britain’s first King. James Stuart did not always love wisely, but he never failed to do so boldly. This groundbreaking book puts James – genius, liar, spendthrift, idealist, witch-hunter – and the men he loved at the centre of one of the most dramatic stories in British royal history. Read more