Katie Piper | Still Beautiful: On Age, Beauty & Owning Your Space
Sun 23 Nov 2025 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm
When a life-threatening acid attack left Katie Piper physically and visibly scarred at just 24, her relationship with her body and ageing was irrevocably altered. In the early days of her recovery, she wasn’t certain she would live to see her forties. Now, at 41, Katie is an acclaimed author, broadcaster and the founder of a charity supporting people with life-altering burns.
In her new book Still Beautiful, Katie reflects on what it means for a woman to age “well” in a society obsessed with impossible beauty standards and youth. She challenges the unhelpful narratives that so often render women invisible once they reach a certain age, and instead reframes ageing as something powerful: a process of learning, growing, connection, creativity and freedom.
With candour and warmth, Katie shares her own experiences and invites readers to pause and reflect on their own. This is an uplifting call to embrace our stories, take up space, and discover the real beauty in growing older. Come and be inspired to reimagine beauty on your own terms.
In conversation with Alex Clark
Venue: Old Divinity School
Duration: 1 hour
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Author Biography
Katie Piper OBE is an icon of her generation. A prominent author, broadcaster and internationally recognised motivational speaker, she has been changing the landscape in the world of beauty for over a decade. She was the first woman with visible differences to appear in TV and billboard adverts for brands such as La Roche Posay and L’Oreal. Her charity The Katie Piper Foundation achieved Katie’s dream to provide the first rehabilitation centre in the UK for people with life altering burns and scarring. She continues to inspire millions of people all over the world with her bestselling books, her TV shows including her ITV breakfast show, her shows for U&W filmed in the USA, her podcasts and inspirational speaking.
Chair Biography
Alex Clark is a broadcaster and journalist, who writes for many publications including the Guardian, the Observer, and the Times Literary Supplement. She is a co-host on the Graham Norton Book Club for Audible and hosts the TLS podcast. She is a professional chairperson and appears all over the UK at Edinburgh, Hay and the Southbank Centre. Alex is a festival honorary patron.
