Subject/Object 2: The Power Behind the Throne
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The second instalment of our new biannual series of linked events from the London Review Bookshop, tracing a theme through the archive of the LRB, focusses on power – who wields it, where it resides and why.
Subject/Object 2: The Power Behind the Throne runs 25-29 October, featuring online events with Mary Beard, Emma Cline, Adom Getachew, Mahmood Mamdani, Adam Phillips and Michael Wolff, plus a special event at Conway Hall with Hilary Mantel in conversation with David Runciman and Helen Thompson from Talking Politics. Book your tickets here.
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