Colin Thubron is the president of the Royal Society of Literature. Among his books are Mirror to Damascus, The Hills of Adonis: A Quest in Lebanon, Jerusalem, In Siberia, and, most recently, To a Mountain in Tibet. (January 2012)
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Apocalypse City
January 12, 2012
Jerusalem: The Biography
by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011)
September 29, 2011
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The Last Shaman
August 18, 2011
The Chukchi Bible
by Yuri Rytkheu, translated from the Russian by Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse
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The Secrets of the Mummies
May 12, 2011
Secrets of the Silk Road an exhibition at the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California, March 28–July 25, 2010; the Houston Museum of Natural Science, August 28, 2010–January 2, 2011; and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,
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On Tibet’s Holy Mountain
March 10, 2011
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Madame Butterfly’s Brothel
June 11, 2009
The East, the West, and Sex: A History of Erotic Encounters
by Richard Bernstein
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The Great Battle Against Islam
April 9, 2009
Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
by Roger Crowley
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Fishing in the Dead Sea
November 20, 2008
Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace
by Avi Shlaim
King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life
by Nigel Ashton
The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation
by Marwan Muasher
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Marco Polo Goes to Gorgeous Xanadu
October 9, 2008
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A Prince of the Road
January 17, 2008
A Time to Keep Silence
by Patrick Leigh Fermor, with an introduction by Karen Armstrong
Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
by Patrick Leigh Fermor, with an introduction by Michael Gorra
Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece
by Patrick Leigh Fermor, with an introduction by Patricia Storace
A Time of Gifts
by Patrick Leigh Fermor, with an introduction by Jan Morris
Between the Woods and the Water
by Patrick Leigh Fermor, with an introduction by Jan Morris
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Locked in the Writer’s Room
November 8, 2007
Other Colors: Essays and a Story
by Orhan Pamuk, translated from the Turkish by Maureen Freely
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The Credo of a Great Reporter
August 16, 2007
Travels with Herodotus
by Ryszard Kapuscinski, translated from the Polish by Klara Glwczewska
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The Royal Ballet performs 'Metamorphosis: Titian 2012'
July 14, 2012 – July 20, 2012, 7:30 pm
The Royal Ballet reimagines paintings—the three great Titian canvases of the goddess Diana—in dance.
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Rowan Williams Speaks
June 20, 2012, 7 pm – 8:30 pm
On June 20th the arrestingly erudite Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, will be speaking at the Royal Society of Literature.
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Immrama Literary Festival
June 8, 2012 – June 10, 2012
The small Immrama Literary Festival, dedicated to travel writing, will celebrate the work of Patrick Leigh Fermor, who died last year.
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Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
June 3, 2012, 2 pm – 6 pm
Royal euphoria peaks on June 3rd, when a flotilla of 1,000 flag-decked steamers, galleys and pleasure craft float down the Thames, headed by the Queen at the age of 85.
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Shakespeare's Life and Work, The Oskar Kristeller Lecture
April 29, 2012, 3:30 pm
A challenging look at the application of chronology to both Shakespeare’s life and work will be given at this year’s Oskar Kristeller Lecture at Columbia University.