News & Forthcoming Events

Recently acquired by the National Portrait Gallery is a photographic portrait of Melissa Benn by the documentary photographer Maggie Murray. This portrait is currently on view in the Lerner Galleries at the National Portrait Gallery and is also featured (left) on a Gallery leaflet as an example of how Gift Aid donations can support acquisitions.

2011 events

As part of the publication for School Wars, I have been doing a number of meeting and debates, including an on stage conversation with Toby Young and Anthony Seldon, Master of Wellington College, at the Cheltenham Literary festival; appearances at Bristol’s Watershed, Ilkley Literary Festival, a fringe meeting at the Liberal Democrat Conference, Blackwells Oxford and many more.

Details of some upcoming events:

10-Nov School Wars Pages of Hackney bookshop, with Gareth Evans.
25-Nov School Wars Richmond Literature Festival
27-Nov School Wars Cambridge Wordfest – debate with Stefan Collini.
29-Nov School Wars Bishopsgate – panel discussion

On a slightly different note, on the evening of December Ist I will be hosting an exciting evening of readings by some of our most well known writers, including Margaret Drabble, Sarah Waters, Helen Simpson and Jill Dawson, in aid of the Maya Centre, which provides therapy to low income women.