Founded as a celebration of creativity, culture, and intellectual exchange, EA Festival has quickly become a landmark event in the UK’s literary calendar. This year’s programme features a dynamic blend of disciplines, from cutting-edge science and global politics to gastronomy, nature writing, and spoken word poetry.
Highlights from the 2025 line-up include:
- Susie Alegre, international human rights lawyer and author of Freedom to Think, exploring AI, technology, and freedom of thought.
- Marcus du Sautoy, renowned Oxford mathematician and author of Creative Code, discussing artificial intelligence and creativity.
- Fuchsia Dunlop, world authority on Chinese cuisine, sharing insights from her award-winning book Invitation to a Banquet.
- James Canton and Chloe Dalton, two authors whose books about landscapes and animals explore human beings’ relationship with nature from very different perspectives.
- Ben Lewis, acclaimed art historian and author of The Last Leonardo, exposing the high-stakes world of art fraud.
- Lord Jonathan Sumption, historian and former Supreme Court Justice, offering a powerful analysis of modern democratic decline.
- Luke Wright, one of Britain’s most celebrated performance poets, returns with his electrifying new show Pub Grub.
