Cuckfield Book Festival Vernon Bogdanor – Making the Weather 4 October | 16.00
Historian and political scientist Sir Vernon Bogdanor is Professor of Government at the Institute of Contemporary British History, King’s College, London and a fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Historical Society and the Academy of Social Sciences.
His latest book, Making the Weather, takes six iconic politicians and examines the major influence they had on post-war politics in the UK.
Making the Weather focuses on three politicians from the Left – Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan, Roy Jenkins and Tony Benn – and three from the Right – Enoch Powell, Keith Joseph and Nigel Farage and analyses how they achieved such prominence and influence and how they came to dominate the political landscape.
From immigration to Europe to the NHS, the issues and causes that brought these men to prominence remain of considerable relevance to this day.
Liszt Institute London: Hungarian Cultural Centre
Anabel Loyd – The Dervish Bowl
27 October | 19.00
Join us for the London launch of The Dervish Bowl: The Many Lives of Arminius Vambéry by Anabel Loyd. This new biography paints a compelling portrait of one of the most enigmatic figures of the nineteenth century, whose restless travels and self-fashioned legends made him both a celebrated explorer and a controversial character.
In her book, Anabel Loyd draws on Vambéry’s own memoirs alongside newly uncovered sources, letters, and contemporary accounts to reveal the complex reality behind the myths. From hero to trickster, patriot to opportunist, he emerges as a man who was always both insider and outsider – fitting in everywhere and nowhere at once.