Winter Festival 2024

Sat 23 Nov – Sun 24 November

PRIORITY BOOKING OPENS 10am (BST), Thursday 29 August

General Sale – 10am (BST), Thursday 5 September

All events Winter Festival 2024 One-off events
Led By Donkeys - cover
Tim Spector - The Food for Life Cookbook
Ali Smith - Gliff
Zandra Rhodes - Iconic
Michael Rosen - Rosen's Almanac
Alan Hollinghurst - Our Evenings
Harriet Walter - She Speaks!
Helen Charman - Mother State
Rupert Everett- The American No
Jason Okundaye - Revolutionary Acts
Laura Cumming - Thunderclap
Colin Grant - i'm black so you don't have to be
Neil Lawrence - The Atomic Human
Kate Summerscale - Peepshow
Helen Czerski - Blue Machine
Laura Cumming - Thunderclap
Helen Scales - What the Wild Sea Can Be
Shami Chakrabarti - Human Rights
Torsten Bell - Great Britain
Hollie McNish - Lobster
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Sat 23 Nov 2024

Shami Chakrabarti

Shami Chakrabarti | Human Rights: The Case for the Defence
Alexandra Harris

Alexandra Harris | The Rising Down: Lives in a Sussex Landscape
David Nicholls

David Nicholls | You Are Here
Helen Scales & Helen Czerski

Helen Scales & Helen Czerski | The Future of the Ocean
Zandra Rhodes

Zandra Rhodes | Iconic

The Life, Writing & Legacy of James Baldwin
Michael Rosen

Michael Rosen | A Life in Writing
Laura Cumming (1)

Laura Cumming | Thunderclap: A memoir of art and life & sudden death
Sarah Clegg

Sarah Clegg | The Demons, Witches & Ghosts of Christmas
Guy Shrubsole

Guy Shrubsole | The Lie of the Land
Mackenzie Crook

Mackenzie Crook | If Nick Drake Came to My House
Holly McNish

Hollie McNish | Lobster: An Evening of Poetry
Torsten Bell

Torsten Bell | Great Britain?

Sun 24 Nov 2024

Helen Charman

Helen Charman | Mother State: A Political History of Motherhood
Patrick Grant

Patrick Grant | Less

Rupert Everett | The American No
Kate Humble

Kate Humble | Home Made

Tim Spector | The Food For Life Cookbook
Alan Hollinghurst

Alan Hollinghurst | Our Evenings
Ali Smith

Ali Smith | Gliff
Jonathan Freedland

Jonathan Freedland | A Story About a Story
Harriet Walter

Harriet Walter | She Speaks! What Shakespeare’s Women Might Have Said
Neil Lawrence

Neil Lawrence | Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AI

Led by Donkeys | Adventures in Art, Activism and Accountability
Kate Summerscale - credit Robin Christian

Kate Summerscale | The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place
Hugh Bonneville hands up

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Stay at the University Arms or dine at Parker’s Tavern

Why not make a weekend of it? Stay at the 5-star University Arms hotel during the festival, enjoy a cocktail in the bar or dine at Parker’s Tavern restaurant.

Luxury rooms and suites across four floors, with view over Parker’s Piece, historic Regent Street and the hotel’s inner courtyard.

Benefactors & Patrons receive a 15% discount when booking.

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