Festival Diary 2025

Below is a list of the events in this year’s festival by day showing the event venue and start time. Click on an event to purchase tickets.

Saturday 17th October

11:00 Martin Sixsmith – Suing the Kremlin: The battle for Putin’s Billions
The Dorford Centre
13:00 Vassos Alexander – Swimmingly
The Dorford Centre
15:00 Andrew Lownie – Entitled
The Dorford Centre
17:00 Jung Chang – Fly Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
The Dorford Centre

Sunday 18th October

11:00 Literary Walk with Mark Chutter
Thomas Hardy Statue

Monday 19th October

10:30 Anjana Khatwa – The Whispers of Rock
The Dorford Centre
12:30 Brian Jackman – Lion Song: A Portrait of Wild Africa
The Dorford Centre
14:00 Monisha Rajesh – Moonlight Express
The Dorford Centre
16:00 Charlie Walker – On Thin Ice
The Dorford Centre
18:00 Tony Juniper – Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet
The Dorford Centre

Wednesday 21st October

10:30 John Wright – Grasslands
The Dorford Centre
12:30 Samira Ahmed – A Hard Day’s Night
The Dorford Centre
14:00 Simon Parker – The Wild Ride Home
The Dorford Centre
16:00 Anthony Seldon – Sunak at 10
The Dorford Centre
18:00 Johnny Ball – Stories That Must Be Told
The Dorford Centre

Thursday 22nd October

10:30 Anthony Seldon – The Path of Light
The Dorford Centre
12:00 Jonn Elledge – 31 Inventions that Built Our World
The Dorford Centre
14:00 Victoria Hislop – The Wine Dark Sea
The Dorford Centre
16:00 Blake Morrison – Afterburn and On Memoir
The Dorford Centre
18:00 Julian Fellowes – In Conversation: My Life and Work
The Dorford Centre

Friday 23rd October

10:30 Dr Eleanor Drage – What If We Got AI Right?
The Dorford Centre
12:00 Ferdinand Addis – Conquest: The Roman Invasion of Britain
The Dorford Centre
14:00 Jeremy Hunt – Can We Be Rich Again?
The Dorford Centre
18:00 Kathy Lette – The Sisterhood Rules
The Dorford Centre