Lewes Speakers Festival

The Lewes Speakers Festival brings together a host of interesting speakers. There is something for everyone:

Michelle Ogundehin, Head Judge on the BBC’s Interior Design Masters TV series, gives you the steps you need to create a home that heals and makes you happy.

Dr Terri Apter, family-dynamics psychologist, writer and Fellow of Newnham College Cambridge, speaks about how to be a good grandparent.

Jonathan Fenby, former Editor of The Observer and the South China Morning Post, speaks about the wonder, achievements and cultures of China.

Howard Jacobson, Man Booker Prize winner and broadcaster, speaks about his novel ‘What will survive of us’ – a story about love through marriage and middle age.

Jack Cornish, Head of paths at the Ramblers, takes you on a guided walk outside around Lewes and along the river Ouse, explaining its rich history and features.

Craig Brown, Private Eye satirist, journalist and winner of 3 different Press Awards — for best humourist, columnist, and critic — in the same year, turns his eye to Queen Elizabeth II.

Monica Macias, childhood resident of North Korea under Kim Il Sung & daughter of the first president of Equatorial Guinea, presents her life story and Norman Baker, former MP for Lewes, Under-Secretary of State for Transport & Minister for Crime Prevention, speaks about the strange death of Dr Kelly and the invasion of Iraq. There are many more!