


Tickets & Special Discounts
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​Evening Festival Pass: £35 - For the 16th January 2026
1-Day Festival Pass: £60 - For Saturday the 17th January 2026
1-Day Festival Pass: £60 - For Sunday the 18th January 2026
2-Day Festival Pass: £85 - For both the 17th and 18th January 2026
All Festival Pass £95 - For the 16th, 17th and 18th January 2026
Alternatively, single tickets cost £14.00 for each individual talk.
Purchase two tickets to one talk for £13.00 each, 3 or more for £12.00 each.
Early Bird price if bought before the 1st December 2025 - £12.00 each
Buying your Tickets:
To purchase your tickets from the secure site please scroll down this page and click on the speaker(s) you wish to see.
To book by telephone please call the Box Office on: 0333 666 3366.
(This new box office number qualifies as inclusive call minute packages for mobiles and landlines)
Tickets are strictly limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
Please note:
A booking fee will be added by the ticket company ‘TicketSource’ when you buy online or via the ticket telephone line.
50% of these fees have been paid by The Lewes Speakers Festival and so the fee will amount to no more than a maximum of 5% of the price of the ticket(s). This percentage decreases if you spend more than £25.
To keep the fee to a minimum please book online and print your tickets out at home. This is free of charge.
Alternatively, TicketSource add £1.50 to the booking fee for tickets to be sent to you by post.
Any queries, please email: marcrattrayuk@yahoo.co.uk
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​Friday 16th January 2026
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Friday 16th January 15.30 – 16.40
Sam Freedman Failed State: The Sunday Times Bestselling Investigation Into Why Britain is Struggling
Friday 16th January 17.00 – 18.10
Professor Richard Overy Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan
Friday 16th January 18.30 – 19.40
Sir Ed Davey Why I Care: And Why Care Matters
Friday 16th January 20.00 – 21.10
Caroline Lucas England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
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​Saturday 17th January 2026
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Saturday 17th January 9.50 – 11.00
Maggie Oliver and ‘Jade’ Speaking Out on Grooming, Justice and Safeguarding
Saturday 17th January 11.20 – 12.30
Parmy Olson Supremacy – AI, Chat GPT and the race that will change the world.
Saturday 17th January 12.50 - 14.00
Xinran Xue The Book of Secrets: A Family’s Story of Love, Loyalty and Betrayal in Modern China
Saturday 17th January 14.20 - 15.30
Iain Dale in conversation with Alex Puffette Margaret Thatcher: The Prime Ministers Series
Saturday 17th January 15.50 – 17.00
Sir Vince Cable Eclipsing the West: China, India and the Forging of a New World
Saturday 17th January 17.20 – 18.30
Dr Andrew Monaghan Blitzkrieg and the Russian Art of War (Russian Strategy and Power)
Saturday 17th January 18.50 – 20.00
Dame Penny Mordaunt Pomp & Circumstance: Why Britain’s Traditions Matter
Saturday 17th January 20.20 – 21.30
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​Sunday 18th January 2026
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Sunday 18th January 9.50 – 11.00
Professor Clive Webb Vietdamned: How the World’s Greatest Minds Put America on Trial
Sunday 18th January 11.20 - 12.30
Olia Hercules Strong Roots: A Ukrainian Family Story, Interrupted
Sunday 18th January 12.50 - 14.00
Chris Mullin The Starmer government - an interim report
Sunday 18th January 14.20 – 15.30
Bob Seeley The New Total War: From Child Abduction to Cyber Attacks and Drones to Disinformation – Russia’s Conflict with Ukraine and the West
Sunday 18th January 15.50 – 17.00
Professor David Betz Could the UK be heading toward its own civil conflict?
Sunday 18th January 17.20 - 18.30
Dr Theodore Dalrymple An Englishman's Home Is His Car Park: Slovenliness as a Way of Life.
Sunday 18th January 18.50 – 20.00
General Sir Barney White-Spunner Nations in Arms: Five Armies That Made Europe
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