Please note that this event has been rescheduled for 12th November. Existing ticket holders can email [email protected] if they are unable to make this date and wish to request a ... Martin Clunes – Meetings With Remarkable Animals

A quarter of a century in power has allowed Vladimir Putin to enrich himself. He has plundered Russia’s resources, confiscated private businesses and persecuted those who stood against him including ... Martin Sixsmith – Suing the Kremlin: The battle for Putin’s Billions

Much-loved sports presenter, author and endurance-athlete Vassos Alexander got bitten by the swimming bug during lockdown – heading to his local patch of the Thames to find distraction and solace ... Vassos Alexander – Swimmingly

With sensational new material, biographer Andrew Lownie brings the most extraordinary and dramatic royal story in a generation up to date. Tracing the lives of the former Prince and his ... Andrew Lownie – Entitled

Jung Chang’s Wild Swans was a book that defined a generation, an epic personal history of Jung, her mother and grandmother – ‘three daughters of China’. From her grandmother’s birth ... Jung Chang – Fly Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

11.00amLITERARY WALK: WESSEX WRITERSThe Dorchester Literary Festival Walk will be on Sunday 18 October 11am followed by cream tea at the Old Tea House 1-2pm.Join Mark Chutter, Chairman and Academic ... Literary Walk with Mark Chutter

A poetic journey through deep time, in which geologist Anjana Khatwa weaves scientific knowledge with traditional stories to bring alive the stories that rock holds and tells us. From the ... Anjana Khatwa – The Whispers of Rock

For five decades, Brian Jackman, Britain's foremost safari writer, has witnessed Africa's wildlife drama unfold at the front line. From his first encounter with a roaring lion in Kenya's Masai ... Brian Jackman – Lion Song: A Portrait of Wild Africa

The wonder of the night train: headlamps ablaze, passengers boarding after sunset and leaving before sunrise, slipping in and out of compartments unseen. For Monisha Rajesh, the singular thrill of ... Monisha Rajesh – Moonlight Express

In early 2022, Charlie Walker set out to hike 600 miles along Siberia’s frozen rivers. He hoped to learn who its people are and how they reckon with their haunted ... Charlie Walker – On Thin Ice

From wildfires and floods, to food poverty, degraded rivers, mass migration and conflict, the environmental crisis is already here – and it’s set to get worse. How can people lead ... Tony Juniper – Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet