10:00-11:00
The line of duty: can the Monarchy survive?
Wesley Kerr (c), Tina Brown, Robert Hardman and Camilla Tominey give us feud for thought
10:00-11:00
Adventures in the Human Heart
William Boyd on his literary voyage through love and time with Sam Leith
11:30-12:30
The visible man
Vogue Editor Edward Enninful tells Catherine Ostler about his fashionable life
11:30-12:30
The last king
HM King Simeon of the Bulgarians, the last WW2 head of state and a man who has been both king and elected Prime Minister, recounts his extraordinary life to Robert Hardman, from a Bulgaria crushed by Hitler and Stalin, to exile and the EU
13:00-13:45
British business: boom or bust?
Antonia Romeo (c), Luke Johnson and Octavius Black on how to escape recession, avoid revolution and return to growth
14:00-15:00
From Shakespeare to Succession
The patriarch of British actors Brian Cox tells Chris Evans about his journey from Dundee to Logan Roy via a lascivious Princess Margaret
14:00-15:00
The Press Baron: power without responsibility?
Andrew Roberts talks to Michael Gove about the remarkable story of Lord Northcliffe, the greatest of all the press barons and a force of power in early 20th century global politics – and the birth of modern journalism
15:30-16:30
The World: what the past says about the future
Catherine Ostler (c), Peter Frankopan, Aindrea Emelife, Ben Okri and Simon Sebag Montefiore discuss the meaning of world history, the role of family and what will happen next
15:30-16:30
You’ve been framed
Yana Peel (c), Katy Hessel and Flora Yukhnovich paint women back into the picture
17:00-18:00
The War Doctor
David Nott, the ‘Indiana Jones of surgery’, talks to Wyre Davies about life on the frontline of war medicine
17:00-18:00
The examined life
Alice Thomson (c), Jonathan Bate, Andrea Elliott, Julia Samuel and Abi Morgan on navigating childhood, marriage and the rest of the emotional landscape
18:30-19:30
Slava Ukraina!
Clarissa Ward (c), Serhii Plokhy, Olesya Khromeychuk, Anne Applebaum and Radek Sikorski on war, Zelensky and Ukraine’s place in European history
18:30-19:30
Timeless Classics: the eternal inspiration of the ancient world
Jonathan Bate (c), Daisy Dunn, Robert Harris and Andrea Marcolongo on why all roads still lead to Rome
10:00-11:00
The Lyricist
Ireland’s finest writer Sebastian Barry discusses his craft with Roy Foster
10:00-11:00
Ladies in waiting
Natalie Livingstone (c), Catherine Ostler, Lucasta Miller and Susan Jonusas on why female protagonists are vital in history (and the most fun)
11:30-12:30
The chronicles of Monica
From Brick Lane to Love Marriage – Monica Ali talks to Merve Emre about the highs and lows of a writer’s life
11:30-12:30
Putin’s bloody gamble: the lethal game in the Kremlin
Simon Sebag Montefiore (c), Mark Galeotti, Mikhail Zygar and Jonathan Haslam discuss the fatal powerplays within Putin’s court
14:00-15:00
Eastern Powers: China and India
William Dalrymple and Peter Frankopan discuss how and why the all-powerful India and China fell victim to the empires of Europe – and the dangers and opportunities of their 21st century ascendancy
14:00-15:00
Losing the plot: how to make modern fiction
Merve Emre (c), Monica Ali, Sebastian Barry, Ben Okri, Susie Boyt and Howard Jacobson on the novel approach
15:30-16:30
The King of the thriller
Robert Harris talks to Albert Read about fiction, history, politics and his many movie adaptions
15:30-16:30
Toxic femininity?
Sam Leith (c), Louise Perry, Joanne Cash and Inaya Folarin Iman on surfing the many waves of feminism
17:00-18:00
The Escape Artist and the triumph of truth
Jonathan Freedland talks about the man who escaped Auschwitz to reveal the truth of the Holocaust to the world – and why it still matters
17:00-18:00
Gossip, sex, power and malice: the blast of the Channon cannon
Andrew Roberts talks to Simon Heffer about Chips Channon, the master diarist and mischief-maker of 20th century politics
18:30-19:30
From Kurdistan to the Cabinet
Nadhim Zahawi talks to Natalie Livingstone about fleeing Saddam Hussein, the power of pollsters and the challenges of modern politics
