The Farnham Speakers Festival

Farnham Speakers’ Festival which takes place from 22nd – 25th October 2015 at www.farnhamspeakersfestival.com brings some of the most interesting presenters in the UK to The Maltings in Farnham. Amongst others, television presenter Peter Snow opens the event with his account of the Battle of Waterloo Experience. Stanley Johnson – father of Boris and former MEP, recounts the key moments of his personal and political life; Tony Little, Headmaster of Eton, gives his controversial views on education in the UK today; and former Minister for Europe, Denis McShane, looks at Britain’s fraught relationship with Europe and how a ‘Brexit’ becomes ever more likely. Stephen Green, former Minister for Trade and Investment, considers what European identity might mean and celebrated writer, Harry Mount, of the Telegraph tells us of his Greek Odyssey. Jonathan Fenby, former Editor of the Observer and of the South China Morning Post, speaks on the history of France and contemporary China and the leading historian Philip Mansel gives and account of the courts of Napoleon. Kwasi Kwarteng, Conservative MP for Spelthorne discusses the history of the relationship between War and Gold and James Bartholomew discusses his solutions for the welfare state. Finally, conservative philosopher Roger Scruton discusses Eastern Europe with Fiona Rintoul. To find the details and book, please go to www.farnhamspeakersfestival.com or call 0333 666 3366.