


Tickets & Special Discounts
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​Evening Festival Pass: £35 - For the 9th May 2025
1-Day Festival Pass: £60 - For the 10th May 2025
1-Day Festival Pass: £60 - For the 11th May 2025
2-Day Festival Pass: £85 - For both the 10th and 11th May 2025
All Festival Pass £95 - For the 9th, 10th and 11th May 2025
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 single ticket price if bought before the 30th March 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 9th May 2025
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Friday 9th May 15.30 – 16.40 - Professor Matt Goodwin - Bad Education: Why Our Universities Are Broken and How We Can Fix Them
Friday 9th May 17.00 – 18.10 - Ambassador Leigh Turner in conversation with Andrew Monaghan - Lessons in Diplomacy: Politics, Power and Parties
Friday 9th May 18.30 – 19.40 - Michelle Ogundehin in conversation with Kellie Miller - Four steps to a home that heals and makes you happy
Friday 9th May 20.00 – 21.10 - Hugo Rifkind - Rabbits
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​Saturday 10th May 2025
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Saturday 10th May 9.50 – 11.00 - Dr Terri Apter - Grandparenting: On Love and Relationships Across Generations
Saturday 10th May 11.20 – 12.30 - Jonathan Fenby - China’s Heritage – Two Millennia of Exceptionalism
Saturday 10th May 12.50 - 14.00 - Howard Jacobson - What Will Survive of Us
OUTSIDE ACTIVITY - Strictly limited to 60 places
Saturday 10th May 13.45 -15.30 - Jack Cornish - A guided walk around Lewes with Jack Cornish as your guide
Saturday 10th May 14.20 - 15.30 - Frances Welch - The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse: The curious destinies of Queen Victoria's granddaughters
Saturday 10th May 15.50 – 17.00 - Craig Brown - A Voyage Around the Queen
Saturday 10th May 17.20 – 18.30 - Monica Macias - Black Girl from Pyongyang: In Search of My Identity
Saturday 10th May 18.50 – 20.00 - Norman Baker - The Strange Death of Dr Kelly
Saturday 10th May 20.20 – 21.30 - Gabriel Gatehouse - The Coming Storm: A Journey into the Heart of the Conspiracy Machine
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​Sunday 11th May 2025
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Sunday 11th May 9.50 – 11.00 - Cathy Scott-Clark - Russia’s Man of War: The Extraordinary Viktor Bout
Sunday 11th May 11.20 - 12.30 - Diana Darke - Islamesque: The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe's Medieval Monuments
Sunday 11th May 12.50 - 14.00 - Chris Mullin - Error of Judgement: The Birmingham Bombings and the Scandal That Shook Britain
Sunday 11th May 14.20 – 15.30 - David Torrance - The Wild Men: The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government
Sunday 11th May 15.50 – 17.00 - Paul Cooper - Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline
Sunday 11th May 17.20 - 18.30 - Michael Sheridan in conversation with Julian Baggini - The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China
Sunday 11th May 18.50 – 20.00 - Julian Baggini - How the World Eats: A Global Food Philosophy