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Full list of speakers and lectures

Full list of speakers and lectures


SPEAKERS

Professor A.C.Grayling:
Historian, philosopher and author of "Descartes: The Life of Rene Descartes and "Its Place in His Times"

Adam Zamoyski:
Historian and writer. Author of “Holy Madness. Romantics, Patriots and Revolutionaries 1776-1871” and "1812 Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow”

Agnès Catherine Poirier:
Political and arts correspondent for Libération. A regular contributor to the BBC, The Guardian and author of “Le Modèle Anglais, une illusion française”

Alain Minc:
One of France's leading thinkers; an historian, economist, social commentator and business guru

Alicia Drake:
Lecturer and author of "The Beautiful Fall - Fashion, Genius and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris"

Anatole Kaletsky:
Associate Editor of The Times and one of the country's leading commentators on economics

Dr Andrew Hussey:
Head of French and Comparative Literature at University of London in Paris.  Author of “Paris The Secret HIstory” as well as books on Guy Debord and Georges Bataille.  Writes regularly for the Observer and other publications.

Andrew Neil:
Publisher, editor, writer, broadcaster and business consultant on media matters

Andrew Roberts:
Acclaimed historian, journalist, broadcaster. Author of “The Battle of Waterloo: An illlustrated talk”.
Anna Ford:
Presenter and broadcaster

Axel de Tarlé:
French radio presenter on Europe 1 and author of "Do you spik Européen?"

Benedicte Paviot:
Anglo-French TV journalist with the BBC’s French service.

Bernard-Henri Lévy:
Journalist, author, philosopher

Professor Brigitte Granville:
Economist commenting on global development

Bronwen Maddox:
Foreign Editor of The Times

Bruce Anderson:
Political columnist. Formerly political editor of The Spectator and contributor to The Daily Mail, he now writes for The Independent.

Charles Bremner:
Paris Correspondent for The Times

Charles de Croisset:
Formerly Chief Executive of HSBC Holdings Plc. Now Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs Europe, Director of Bouygues and Renault

Charles Glass:
Author of “Tribes with Flags”, “Money for Old Rope” and “The Northern Front”.  A world famous journalist, he was Chief Middle East correspondent for ABC News 1983-93.

Christopher Hitchens:
Broadcaster, columnist and author of Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man: A Biography"

Claire Fox:
Director of the Institute of Ideas

Clara Gaymard:
France's Ambassador for International Investment

Colin MacCabe:
Former Head of Research at the British Film Institute and author of "Portrait of the Artist at 70" - a book on Jean-Luc Godard

David Goodhart:
Editor of Prospect magazine

Devon Cross:
President of the Policy Forum on International Affairs, representing a consortium of foundations active in foreign policy and national security grant making

Dominique Moisi:
Deputy Director of the French Institute, International Relations and Editor in Chief of Politique Etrangère

Edward Stourton:  BBC Radio 4 presenter and author of “Absolute Truth”

Francine Stock:
Writer and broadcaster

Geoffrey Robertson QC:
Founder and head of Doughty Street Chambers and visiting Professor in Human Rights at Queen Mary College, University of London. Also UN Appeal Judge, author of “Crimes against Humanity” and “The Tyrannicide Brief”.

Geordie Greig:
Editor, Tatler magazine

Gwyn Prins:
Alliance Research Professor, LSE & Columbia University, New York
Howard Jacobson:
Distinguished novelist, critic, broadcaster and debater

Professor Hugh Brogan:
Author of the forthcoming book "Alexis de Tocqueville : A Life"

Ian Whybrow:
Former teacher and now full-time writer of children's books. Author of the Harry & the Dinosaurs and Little Wolf series of books

Janine di Giovanni:
Multi-award winning journalist and author, most recently of “The Place at the End of the World”.  Married to a Frenchman, she lives in Paris.

Jacques Attali:
President of Planet Finance, Founder and First President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.  Professor and author of more than 40 essays, novels and theatre plays.

Jacques Marseille:
Economic historian at La Sorbonne, author of "La Guerre des deux France"

Jean-Marc Bustamante:  
One of France's best-known artists  who has been exhibiting his sculptures and photographs in Europe since the early 1980s.

Jean-Pierre Langellier
Correspondent for Le Monde in the UK and Ireland  

Jeremy O'Grady:
Editor in Chief, The Week magazine

Professor John Kay:
One of Britain's leading economics and business thinkers and FT
columnist
John Thornhill:
Financial Times Bureau Chief in Paris

Jon Henley:
Diary columnist, The Guardian

Jonathan Fenby:
Author of "The trouble with France"

José-Alain Fralon:
Journalist, Le Monde, Paris

Judith Warner :
Former special correspondent for Newsweek in Paris and author of "Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety"

Kate Muir:
Weekly columnist in The Times magazine. Former correspondent in Paris, New York and Washington DC and author of "Left Bank" and "Suffragette City"

Kenan Malik:
Independent writer, lecturer and broadcaster

Kirsty Lang:
Presenter of Radio 4’s Front Row and BBC World, former Paris Correspondent for the Sunday Times and the BBC.

Kit and the Widow:
Gala performance on 6th October - "British cabaret"

Marcel Berlins:
Journalist, broadcaster and lecturer. Bi-weekly columnist for the Guardian, reviewer of crime fiction for The Times, and visiting professor in media law for both City University and Queen Mary University.

Nicolas Beytout:
Editor, Le Figaro

Pascal Salin:
Professor of Economics, University Paris-Dauphine; former President of the Mont Pèlerin Society

Philippe Auclair:
British Correspondent for the French magazine, Marianne and author of "Le Royaume Enchanté de Tony Blair"

Quentin Blake:
One of Britain's best-loved illustrators and children's authors who is also well-known in France.

Richard Cork:
Art critic, historian, broadcaster, exhibition organiser and prize-winning author.  He has been Art Critic of The Evening Standard, The Listener and The Times and now writes for The Times and The New Statesman.

Richard Lindley:
Veteran television reporter and
presenter who has worked for both BBC and ITV

Richard Vinen:
Teacher of History at King's College London, author of "The Unfree French: Life Under the Occupation"

Robert Cooper:
EU Director General for External
and Politico-Military Affairs

Robert Thomson:
Editor of The Times, London

Robert and Isabelle Tombs:
Anglo-French duo who co-wrote "That Sweet Enemy: The British and the French from the Sun King to the Present"

Simon Jenkins:
Journalist, author and columnist for the Guardian and The Sunday Times

Sophie Caroline de Margerie:
Judge in the Conseil d'Etat, the Supreme Court for administrative law. Former advisor to President Mitterrand on European affairs

Stephen Clarke: Journalist and writer who has lived in Paris for 15 years.  Author of “A Year in the Merde”, “Merde Actually” and “Talk To The Snail”, a practical and witty guide to breaking down language and cultural barriers.

Sylvie Goulard:
Former Political Counsellor at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Commission. Lecturer at Sciences Po in the joint master's program with the LSE and at the College of Europe, Brugge

Taki Theodoracopulos:
Columnist for the London Spectator, author and editor and owner of The American Conservative, a national fortnightly based in Washington DC

Theodore Zeldin:
Philosopher, historian and author of
"History of French Passions", "The French" and "An Intimate History of Humanity"

Professor Tim Congdon:
Economist, businessman and author. Former member of the Treasury Panel (the so-called "wise men"), which advised the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Tim King:
Writer and columnist for Prospect magazine on "La France Profonde"

Timothy Garton Ash:
Oxford historian, Guardian columnist and author of “Free World”

Vladimir Cordier:
Author of "Enfin un Boulot! (At last a job)"

Will Hutton:
Author of “The World we're in" and "The State we're in”

William Pfaff:
Paris based globally respected political commentator and author


Lectures


AMERICAN VERTIGO:  TRAVELLING AMERICA IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF TOCQUEVILLE
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Journalist, author, philosopher


THOMAS PAINE: RIGHTS OF MAN
Christopher Hitchens: Broadcaster, columnist and author of Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man: A Biography"


EUROPE AFTER NAPOLEON: THE ECLIPSE OF FRANCE
Adam Zamoyski: Historian and writer. Author of “Holy Madness. Romantics, Patriots and Revolutionaries 1776-1871” and “1812 Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow”


DE TOCQUEVILLE: A LIFE
Professor Hugh Brogan: Author of the forthcoming book "Alexis de Tocqueville: A Life"


PARIS’ DIRTY SECRETS
Dr Andrew Hussey: Head of French & Comparative Literature, University of London Institute, Paris


THE BEAUTIFUL FALL: FASHION, GENIUS AND GLORIOUS EXCESS IN 1970's PARIS
Alicia Drake: Lecturer and author of "The Beautiful Fall - Fashion, Genius and Glorious Excess in 1970's Paris"


DESCARTES: FRANCE'S GREATEST THINKER
Professor A.C. Grayling: Historian, philosopher and author of "Descartes: The Life of Rene Descartes" and "Its Place in His Times"


AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
Charles Glass:  Author of “Tribes with Flags”, “Money for Old Rope” and “The Northern Front”.  A world famous journalist, he was Chief Middle East correspondent for ABC News 1983-93.

CHURCHILL WAS FRENCH: DE GAULLE WAS ENGLISH
Richard Vinen: Teacher of History at King's College London.  Author of "The Unfree French: Life Under the Occupation"
Jonathan Fenby: Author of "The trouble with France"


ANGLO-FRENCH RELATIONS:  THAT SWEET ENEMY
Robert and Isabelle Tombs: Authors of the history of Anglo-French Relations: "That Sweet Enemy: The British and the French from the Sun King to the Present"


THE SEARCH FOR LOVERS, FRIENDS, GURUS AND COLLEAGUES WHO ARE NOT BORES
Theodore Zeldin: Philosopher, historian and author of "History of French Passions", "The French", and "An Intimate History of Humanity"


LES DEMOISELLES DES BORDS DE SEINE: French artistic influences on England's greatest illustrator
Quentin Blake: One of Britain's best-loved illustrators and children's authors who is also well known in France.


A BUCKET FULL OF STORIES
Ian Whybrow: Former teacher and now full-time writer of children's books. Author of the Harry & the Dinosaurs and Little Wolf series of books


BATTLE OF WATERLOO: AN ILLUSTRATED TALK
Andrew Roberts: Acclaimed historian, journalist, broadcaster and author



Discussions

WHERE TO COMMIT THE PERFECT MURDER:  ENGLISH COMMON LAW VS THE NAPOLEONIC CODE

Geoffrey Robertson QC: Founder and head of Doughty Street Chambers and visiting Professor in Human Rights at Queen Mary College, University of London
Remaining speaker to be announced

Chaired by Marcel Berlins, journalist, broadcaster and lecturer. Bi-weekly columnist for the Guardian, reviewer of crime fiction for The Times, and visiting professor in media law for both City University and Queen Mary University.


THE AMERICANS WERE RIGHT TO INVADE IRAQ AND THE FRENCH WERE WRONG TO OPPOSE IT

Christopher Hitchens: Broadcaster, columnist and author of Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man: A Biography"        
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Journalist, author and  Philosopher

Chaired by Colin MacCabe, Former Head of Research at the British Film Institute and author of "Portrait of the Artist at 70" - a book on Jean-Luc Godard


WHY EUROPE CAN’T WORK WITHOUT AN HISTORIC COMPROMISE BETWEEN FRANCE AND BRITAIN

Timothy Garton Ash: Oxford historian, Guardian columnist and author of “Free World”
Alain Minc: One of France's leading thinkers; an historian, economist, social commentator and business guru

Chaired by Edward Stourton, BBC Radio 4 presenter and author of “Absolute Truth”


AU SECOURS: LES ANGLAIS NOUS ENVAHISSENT! (OR WE HAD TO SUFFER THE NORMANS, NOW IT’S THEIR TURN)

(Please note that this discussion will be in French)
José-Alain Fralon:  Journalist, Le Monde, Paris
Vladimir Cordier: Economics graduate, author of "Enfin un Boulot (At last a job)"

Chaired by Jean-Pierre Langellier, correspondent for Le Monde in the UK and Ireland  


THE FRENCH ARE BETTER EQUIPPED TO COMPETE IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE

Charles de Croisset: Formerly Chief Executive of HSBC Holdings Plc. Currently Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs Europe, Director of Bouygues and Renault    Professor Brigitte Granville: Economist commenting on global development
Remaining speaker to be announced
Chair to be announced


RUNNING A MAJOR NEWSPAPER: ENGLAND V FRANCE

Robert Thomson: Editor of The Times, London
Nicolas Beytout: Editor of Le Figaro, Paris

Chaired by Jon Henley, diary columnist, The Guardian


LA FRANCE PROFONDE: HEAVEN OR HELL?   

Tim King: Writer and columnist for Prospect magazine on "La France Profonde"
Janine di Giovanni:  Multi-award winning journalist and author, most recently of “The Place at the End of the World”.  Married to a Frenchman, she lives in Paris.
Philippe Auclair:  British Correspondent for the French magazine, Marianne and author of "Le Royaume Enchanté de Tony Blair"
Stephen Clarke: Journalist and writer who has lived in Paris for 15 years.  Author of “A Year in the Merde”, “Merde Actually” and “Talk To The Snail”, a practical and witty guide to breaking down language and cultural barriers.

Chaired by Jonathan Fenby, author of “The Trouble with France”


LA FRANCE, PRETE A CHANGER? FRANCE NEEDS A REVOLUTION TO SURVIVE

(Please note that this discussion will be in French)
Jacques Marseille: Economic historian at La Sorbonne, author of "La Guerre des deux France"
In conversation with
Charles Bremner: Paris Correspondent for The Times and has previously reported from New York and Brussels

MAMAN KNOWS BEST: Anglo-Saxon v French ways of bringing up children

Judith Warner: Former special correspondent for Newsweek in Paris and author of "Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety"
Clara Gaymard: France's Ambassador for International Investment         

Chaired by Kirsty Lang, presenter of Radio 4’s Front Row and BBC World, former Paris Correspondent for the Sunday Times and the BBC.



INTELLECTUALS BEGIN AT CALAIS (ARE THE BRITISH GUILTY OF SPURNING THE INTELLECTUAL TRADITION? OR ARE THE FRENCH GUILTY OF OVER-VALUING IT?)

Professor A.C. Grayling: Historian, philosopher and author of "Descartes: The Life of Rene Descartes" and "Its Place in His Times"
Timothy Garton Ash: Oxford historian, Guardian columnist and author of “Free World”
Alain Minc: One of France's leading thinkers;  an historian, economist, social commentator and business guru
Colin MacCabe, Former Head of Research at the British Film Institute and author of "Portrait of the Artist at 70" - a book on Jean-Luc Godard

Chaired by Richard Lindley, veteran television reporter and presenter


MULTICULTURALISM IS THE GOD THAT FAILED

David Goodhart: Editor of Prospect magazine
Philippe Auclair: British Correspondent for the French magazine, Marianne and author of "Le Royaume Enchanté de Tony Blair"
Agnès Catherine Poirier: Political and arts correspondent for Libération. She is a regular contributor to the BBC, The Guardian and author of “Le Modèle Anglais, une illusion française”
Kenan Malik:  Independent writer, lecturer and broadcaster

Remaining speaker to be announced

Chaired by Claire Fox, Director of the Institute of Ideas











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