SATURDAY 1 MARCH
THOUGHT LEADERS
Alain de Botton – The News: A User’s Manual 6.15 – 7.15pm Guildhall £9 (£8) B13 Following on from his bestselling Religion for Atheists, Alain de Botton now looks at the peculiar position that ‘the news’ occupies in our lives. We invest it with an authority and importance which used to be the preserve of religion — but what does it do for us? Sponsored by
Henry Blofeld
Gary Shteyngart
6 – 7pm Forum £15 (£12) B12
6.15 – 7.15pm Mineral Hospital £7.50 (£6.50) B14
The quintessentially English cricket commentator, writer, oenophile, bon viveur, collector and national treasure tells his riveting life story in his latest memoir, Squeezing the Orange. Fondly known as “Blowers”, he is best known as a cricket commentator for Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. Prepare for an evening of delicious anecdotes and vividly eccentric observations of life on and off the pitch.
On a rare visit from the US, Gary Shteyngart, the acclaimed author of Super Sad True Love Story, talks to Kirsty Lang about his funny and moving memoir, Little Failure, in which he reflects on his transformation from a toddler in Leningrad to a 40-something Manhattanite.
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BLISS LECTURE
Julian Baggini: Bliss is… Food 8 – 9pm Guildhall £9 (£8) B15 In The Virtues of the Table: How to Eat and Think best-selling philosopher Julian Baggini argues that thinking about what we eat can help us decide how to live. In this special lecture, he will explore our blissful relationship with food. Bon appetit!
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