Description
Join renowned historian Timothy Garton Ash as he sheds light on a subject close to his heart and the focus of his latest book, Homelands: A Personal History of Europe. Drawing from the people who lived it, he explores how it slowly recovered and rebuilt amid the ashes of the Second World War – and then faltered.
Garton Ash has spent a lifetime studying Europe and this deeply personal book is full of vivid experiences, from his father’s memories of D-Day and his own surveillance at the hands of the Stasi to interviewing Albanian guerrillas in the mountains of Kosovo and angry teenagers in the poorest quarters of Paris, as well as advising prime ministers, chancellors and presidents.
Meanwhile, the conflict in Ukraine has created a European refugee crisis not seen since the Second World War that has put the continent under the global spotlight.
This is an opportunity to hear from one of our greatest writers on Europe as he explains why the need to protect this great continent has never been more urgent.
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About the Author
Timothy Garton Ash
Timothy Garton Ash CMG FRSA is a British historian, author and commentator. He is Professor of European Studies at Oxford University. Most of his work has been concerned with the contemporary history of Europe, with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe.
About the Chair
Sir Richard Lambert
Sir Richard Lambert is Chairman of Bloomsbury Publishing, and the Chair of the Bradford Literature Festival board. Richard was the editor of the Financial Times from 1991 to 2001; a member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee from 2003 to 2006, and Director General of the CBI from 2006 to 2011. He served as Chancellor of Warwick University from 2008 to 2016 and the Chairman of the British Museum from 2014 to 2021.
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