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Upcoming Events

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

Tuesday 27 September – 6pm-7pm – Bristol Festival of Ideas
I’ll be speaking about The Revolution Will be Digitised and signing books afterwards.
Book tickets and more info here.

Wednesday 28 September – 6pm-7pm – Chatham House
People, Politics & Power: How Digitization is Changing Our World

Richard Sambrooke (former director of BBC News and BBC World Service) will chair this event at Chatham House. Suddenly a seemingly powerless individual can, through interactive global networks, effectively challenge powerful individuals and institutions. The speaker, an award-winning writer, journalist and freedom of information activist, will argue that those in the establishment may see this new empowerment of individuals as dangerous and destabilizing, and as a threat to national security, believing in consequence that the internet must be controlled. Others view this phenomenon as providing a gateway to a transformed political arena. The speaker will contend that the greater danger to humanity is not free speech but the concentration of power.
Book tickets and more info here.

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New events added

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

I’ve added three new listings to events page. If you were hoping to come along to the Edinburgh International Book Festival I’m afraid it’s already sold out.

Thursday 12 August – 7.00pm – Frontline Club
Saturday 21 August – 12:00-1:00pm – Edinburgh International Book Festival
Monday 13 September – 7:00-8:30pm – Westminster Skeptics, London

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Speaking at Hay Literary Festival May 29th

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

For many years I’ve attended the Hay Literary Festival as an audience member. For the first time this year I am a speaker. Wahay!

I’ll be Event Number 67 on Saturday 29th May at 7.00 pm speaking about my latest book, The Silent State, with the writer and lawyer Philippe Sands. The event is being held in the Guardian Stage and I’ll be vying to pack it out despite some heavy competition from such literary luminaries as Alain de Botton, David Mitchell, Grayson Perry and Jerry Hall (eh?).

You can buy tickets in advance here and there will be a book signing event afterward.

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Speaking on surveillance at RSA 15th April

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

I’ll be speaking at the RSA about “Secrets, Surveillance and the state of British Democracy” at 1pm on 15th April 2010. The event is chaired by Matthew Taylor the RSA’s chief executive.

This event is already FULLY BOOKED but you can join the waiting list.

More information here.

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