Rachel Clarke | Lecture: The State of the Nation
Sat 25 Apr 2026 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Our annual State of the Nation Lecture invites an eminent commentator to give their informed view of the country as they see it. This year’s lecture is delivered by Dr Rachel Clarke. Rachel is an NHS palliative care doctor, former television journalist and the award-winning author of four Sunday Times bestselling books, including The Story of a Heart, the winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction.
Venue: TTP Stage (Cambridge Union)
Duration: 1 hour
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Author Biography
Dr Rachel Clarke is an NHS palliative care doctor, former television journalist and the award-winning author of four Sunday Times bestselling books including The Story of a Heart (winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction & shortlisted for the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize), Dear Life (shortlisted for the 2020 Costa Biography Award & longlisted for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize) and Breathtaking (adapted into a major television series broadcast by ITVX in 2024 & nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for Best Limited Series 2025).
Rachel writes for the Guardian, Sunday Times, New Statesman and Lancet among others. Her television and radio appearances include BBC Question Time, BBC Newsnight, Channel 4 News and BBC Woman’s Hour.
