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BLF 2026
Tina Andrews, Miranda Kaufmann, Kate Evans
Queens and Rebels
Saturday, 4 July 2026 | 10:30 – 11:30
The Chamber, City Hall, BD1 1HY
Race & Identity, Feminism, Fiction, History
Event Reference: 26RI5
BLF 2026
Radhika Howarth
Curry, Crown and Empire: An Illustrated Talk by Radhika Howarth
Saturday, 4 July 2026 | 12:30 – 13:30
Festival Hub, City Park, BD1 1HY
Food, History, Society & Citizenship
Event Reference: 26FO1
BLF 2026
Dr Pragya Agarwal, Maxim Samson, Saeed Khan
Drawing Power: The Politics of Maps
Saturday, 4 July 2026 | 12:30 – 13:30
Norcroft Auditorium, University of Bradford, BD7 1DP
Art, Architecture & Design, Global Futures, History
Event Reference: 26GF2
BLF 2026
Saeed Khan, Professor Paul Rogers, Dr Nafja Sabbah Al-Kuwari
Empire After Empire: Power, Decline and the World Order
Saturday, 4 July 2026 | 14:00 – 15:00
The Great Hall, University of Bradford, BD7 1DP
History
Event Reference: 26HI17
BLF 2026
A Beginner’s Guide to Bradford: Walking Tour
Saturday, 4 July 2026 | 14:00 – 15:30
Festival Hub, City Park, BD1 1HY
Heritage Walks & Talks, History, Hockney, Yorkshire
Event Reference: 26HW5
Limited Tickets
BLF 2026
Screening: Palestine ‘36 + Q&A
Saturday, 4 July 2026 | 15:00 – 17:15
Cubby Broccoli Cinema, The National Science and Media Museum, BD1 1NQ
Film, History, World Affairs & Politics
Event Reference: 26BF33
BLF 2026
Saeed Khan
The Suez Crisis: Britain’s Imperial Reckoning
Saturday, 4 July 2026 | 17:30 – 18:30
Main Hall, St George’s Hall, BD1 1JT
History
Event Reference: 26HI4
BLF 2026
Tim Willasey-Wilsey, Helen Fry
Nuremberg at 80: The People Who Made Justice Possible
Sunday, 5 July 2026 | 09:45 – 10:45
Banqueting Suite, City Hall, BD1 1HY
History, World Affairs & Politics
Event Reference: 26HI2
BLF 2026
The Making of the Modern Middle East
Sunday, 5 July 2026 | 10:30 – 11:30
The Great Hall, University of Bradford, BD7 1DP
History, World Affairs & Politics
Event Reference: 26HI18
BLF 2026
Shaykh Mustafa Briggs
America and the Stories it Forgot
Sunday, 5 July 2026 | 11:00 – 12:00
The Studio, The Alhambra Theatre, BD7 1AJ
History
Event Reference: 26HI9
BLF 2026
The Cyrus Cylinder: Empire, Power and Memory
Sunday, 5 July 2026 | 12:30 – 13:30
The Studio, The Alhambra Theatre, BD7 1AJ
History
Event Reference: 26HI20
BLF 2026
Beyond Sectarianism: Sunni, Shia and the Future
Sunday, 5 July 2026 | 13:30 – 14:30
Banqueting Suite, City Hall, BD1 1HY
Faith, Mysticism & Philosophy, History, World Affairs & Politics
Event Reference: 26FMP14