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AN INAUGURAL LITERARY FESTIVAL FOR THE FLEET STREET QUARTER

The Festival programme will feature events spanning current affairs and journalism, fiction, screenwriting, poetry and spoken word, and family and children’s events.

With thanks to our

FESTIVAL PARTNERS

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Discover London's newest literary festival celebrating the culture and history of this iconic part of the City. Join us over four days with a programme of 40+ events for all ages.

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WEDNESDAY 14TH MAY

Women's Prize co-founder Kate Mosse discusses the history and future of the Prize, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

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WEDNESDAY 14TH MAY

Booker Prize winning author Ben Okri discusses his brand new novella Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Broken-Hearted with Fee Mak.

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WEDNESDAY 14TH MAY

Chief Historian of Historic Royal Palaces, Tracy Borman sheds light on one of the most powerful and fascinating men of the Tudor period, Thomas Cromwell.

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WEDNESDAY 14TH MAY

Julia Wheeler speaks to broadcasters Jeremy Vine and Simon Mayo about their recently published books, Murder on Line One and Black Tag.

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THURSDAY 15TH MAY

Iain Dale joins authors Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Richard Evans, from his new book, The Dictators: 64 Dictators, 64 Authors, 64 Warnings from History

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THURSDAY 15TH MAY

Professor Kate Loveman explores Samuel Pepys’ infamous diary, its history, hidden secrets, and impact, 200 years on from its first publication.

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THURSDAY 15TH MAY

Author Mick Herron and screenwriter Ed Docx discuss adapting Slow Horses for TV, exploring creative input, challenges, and inspirations.

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FRIDAY 16TH MAY

Journalists Caroline Wheeler and Nick Wallis discuss their investigations into NHS blood disaster and the Post Office Horizon scandal.

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SATURDAY 17TH MAY

Larry Lamb & Camilla Barnes discuss their paths to publication, from Larry's All Wrapped Up, to Camilla's debut The Usual Desire to Kill

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WEDNESDAY 14TH, THURSDAY 15TH MAY & FRIDAY 16TH MAY

Join journalists from The Guardian, The Times and The Daily Telegraph for breakfast briefings as they review the headlines of the day.

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 14th - 17th May

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Advisory Board

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Lady Lucy French OBE

CEO, Fleet Street Quarter BID

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Damian Collins OBE

Festival Director

Author, former Chair of the House Select Committee for Digital Culture, Media and Sport, and MP for Folkestone and Hythe from 2010 to 2024

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Nick Addyman

Founder and Chair of Laurus Law and former board member of the English National Opera

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Diane Banks

Literary agent and Chief Executive of Northbank Talent Agency

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Lord Black of Brentwood

Deputy Chairman, Telegraph Media Group

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Tim Bouverie

History writer and broadcaster

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Baroness Beeban

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Film and television director (Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason; Oranges are Not the Only Fruit)  and member of the House of Lords

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Florence King

Lady Mayoress of the City of London

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Simon Kingston

Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates and creator of the West Cork History Festival

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Alex Macqueen

Film and television actor (The Thick of It; The Inbetweeners)

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John Nicolson

Journalist, broadcaster and politician

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Sarah Richardson

Senior advisor to the Global Innovation Fund and former Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster

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Dr Damian Tambini

Distinguished Policy Fellow in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE

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