Colson Whitehead: Cool Machine
Saturday, 22 August 2026 at 19:45
Speaker: Colson Whitehead
Purcell Room
Southbank Centre talks in London
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Upcoming Talks
Colin Grant: What We Leave We Carry
Wednesday, 26 August 2026 at 19:45
Speaker: Colin Grant
Purcell RoomMieko Kawakami: Sisters in Yellow
Friday, 28 August 2026 at 19:45
Speaker: Mieko Kawakami, Georgina Godwin
Purcell RoomThe Rest Is History: The Ultimate Victorian Adventure
Friday, 4 September 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Tom Holland, Dominic Sandbrook
Royal Festival HallThe Rest Is Classified: Live
Friday, 4 September 2026 at 19:00
Queen Elizabeth HallThe Rest Is Money: Live
Friday, 4 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Robert Peston, Steph McGovern
Purcell RoomThe Rest Is Football: Bursting Onto the Stage
Friday, 4 September 2026 at 20:30
Speaker: Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank CentreSherlock & Co.
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 00:00
Purcell Room, Southbank CentreEmpire: Live
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: William Dalrymple, Anita Anand
Queen Elizabeth HallThe Rest Is Politics: The Special Relationship
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 13:00
Royal Festival HallFootball Cliches: Live
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare, David Walker
Purcell Room, Southbank CentreThe Rest Is History: Live
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 16:00
Royal Festival HallTeam America: World Police?
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 16:00
Speaker: Anthony Scaramucci, David McCloskey
Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank CentreThe Rest Is Science: Live
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Hannah Fry, Michael Stevens
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank CentreThe Book Club
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Dominic Sandbrook, Tabby Syrett
Purcell Room, Southbank CentreThe Rest Is Entertainment: Live
Saturday, 5 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Richard Osman, Marina Hyde
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank CentreThe Real Housewives of Regency England
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Tom Holland, Marina Hyde
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank CentreThe Three Ayatollahs: An Unbreakable Dynasty?
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 13:00
Purcell RoomStanley Tucci: Film, Food and Me
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Stanley Tucci, Gary Lineker
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank CentreAncient Myths: Mary Beard & Josephine Quinn
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 15:00
Speaker: Mary Beard, Josephine Quinn
Queen Elizabeth HallThe Rest Is Politics US: Trump on a Knife Edge
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 16:00
Royal Festival HallWe Have Ways of Making You Talk
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 16:00
Speaker: Al Murray, James Holland
Purcell Room, Southbank CentreThe Rest Is Quiz
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Richard Osman, Marina Hyde
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank CentreThe Rest Is Politics: Off the Record
Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Rory Stewart, Alastair Campbell
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank CentrePaul Smith: Threads
Thursday, 10 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Paul Smith
Queen Elizabeth HallAmelia Dimoldenberg: The Future of Digital Media
Friday, 18 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Amelia Dimoldenberg
Royal Festival HallRebecca F Kuang: The Future of Education
Saturday, 19 September 2026 at 14:00
Speaker: Rebecca F Kuang
Queen Elizabeth HallReimagining Shared Spaces: The Future of Housing
Saturday, 19 September 2026 at 16:30
Purcell RoomOlly Alexander: The Future of Queer Storytelling
Saturday, 19 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Olly Alexander
Queen Elizabeth HallMya-Rose Craig: Beyond the Climate Crisis
Sunday, 20 September 2026 at 14:00
Speaker: Mya-Rose Craig
Queen Elizabeth HallThe Future of Images in a Post-Truth Era
Sunday, 20 September 2026 at 16:30
Purcell RoomAsh Sarkar: The Future of Relationships
Sunday, 20 September 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Ash Sarkar
Queen Elizabeth HallThe Booker Prize 2026 Shortlist Announcement
Tuesday, 22 September 2026 at 19:30
Queen Elizabeth HallLiane Moriarty: Big Little Truths
Tuesday, 22 September 2026 at 19:45
Speaker: Liane Moriarty
Purcell RoomOmar El Akkad in Conversation
Thursday, 24 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Omar El Akkad
Queen Elizabeth HallBrutal(ism) Love and Hate
Sunday, 27 September 2026 at 16:00
Purcell RoomVikki Heywood & Francis Spufford: Hidden London
Saturday, 3 October 2026 at 15:00
Speaker: Vikki Heywood, Francis Spufford
Purcell RoomEmily St John Mandel: Exit Party
Saturday, 3 October 2026 at 19:45
Speaker: Emily St John Mandel
Purcell RoomIconic Women of the Hayward Gallery
Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 19:45
Purcell RoomNussaibah Younis: Fundamentally
Friday, 16 October 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Nussaibah Younis, Pandora Sykes
Purcell RoomMichael Lewis: Blockers
Tuesday, 20 October 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Michael Lewis
Royal Festival HallService95 Book Club: Nadia Murad in Conversation
Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 19:45
Speaker: Nadia Murad
Purcell RoomOrwell's England: 85 Years Later
Saturday, 24 October 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Nikesh Shukla
Royal Festival HallDua Lipa & Zadie Smith: White Teeth
Saturday, 24 October 2026 at 15:00
Speaker: Dua Lipa, Zadie Smith
Royal Festival HallCreative Future Writers' Day
FreeSunday, 25 October 2026 at 10:30
Purcell RoomCreative Future Writers' Day: Live Stream
FreeSunday, 25 October 2026 at 10:30
Online EventsIra Glass: Stories for a Saturday Night
Saturday, 3 April 2027 at 20:00
Speaker: Ira Glass
Royal Festival Hall