Described as ‘the English Philip Roth’, Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson has written some of the funniest and most devastating books of our time. His new novel Howl follows the embattled Ferdinand Draxler, son of a Holocaust survivor who accuses him of cowardice and father of a daughter who accuses him of genocide. With his trademark erudition and acerbic wit, Jacobson skewers the anxieties and absurdity of living in our strange times. Join UnHerd for this on-stage interview about his life and work, a book signing and exclusive audience Q&A.
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As more young British and American churchgoers convert to traditional Catholicism, could we be witnessing a spiritual counterrevolution? UnHerd’s US Editor Sohrab Ahmari and the Reverend Giles Fraser face off against former Church of England bishop Graham Tomlin and author Elizabeth Oldfield in this live debate.
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The Econoclasts are bringing their hit economics podcast to London! Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Münchau don’t always agree politically, but they are united in one conviction: the consensus is rotten. Mainstream economics has consistently failed to predict the events that shape our world, yet this broken orthodoxy still dominates. In this exclusive live recording they will break down the big players on the world stage and ask: which powers will dominate the new world order?
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We live in an age of extremes. Populists are setting the agenda and the liberal establishment is a bewildered blob, devoid of new ideas or fresh solutions. Economist Adrian Wooldridge argues that centrists have the power to save the West, but only if they rediscover the lost genius of their creed. Join UnHerd for this live event with the author of Centrists of the World Unite! to ask: can classical liberals fight back?
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The assisted dying bill has divided Britain along new philosophical, religious and ethical lines. On one side, deep concern over the misuses of “medically assisted dying” in countries such as Canada. On the other, persuasive stories of compassion and personal choice in the face of suffering. Coming together to discuss the existential problem of euthanasia are four of Britain’s most erudite thinkers on the subject: philosopher Kathleen Stock, journalist Sonia Sodha, Rabbi Jonathan Romain and journalist David Aaronovitch. Join UnHerd for what promises to be a passionate and challenging debate.
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We’re often told that disinformation is everywhere and that it’s endangering our democracy. But what if the war on disinformation itself was really just a weapon to squash any and all legitimate dissent? Jacob Siegel is Tablet’s special features editor. His new book, The Information State, charts how the technological infrastructure built to make society safer and more rational has steadily replaced democratic freedoms with systems of digital control. Join him and Freddie Sayers for an on-stage conversation, book signing and audience Q&A.
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J. G. Ballard possessed one of the most astonishing imaginations of our age. His turbulent personal history, including internment in a Japanese prison camp as a teenager during the Second World War, led him to write some of the most esoteric fiction that has ever been published. Whether in the hyper-surrealism of High Rise or the erotic violence of Crash, Ballard upended the morality and reality of our world. Join Nina Allan, science fiction writer and co-author of the new Ballard biography, The Illuminated Man, for an introduction to his life and work, plus a book signing and audience Q&A.
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