Join the renowned commentator, Oxford Professor and Guardian columnist for the epic story of Europe from the end of the war to the invasion in Ukraine.

Drawing on half a century of travel and thinking, Timothy Garton Ash joins us to tell the story of Europe since its emergence from wartime hell in 1945: how it slowly recovered and rebuilt, liberated and united to come close to the ideal of a Europe ‘whole, free and at peace’. And then faltered.

Highly personal and deeply felt, this talk will be full of vivid experiences, encounters and anecdotes: from his father’s memories of D-Day to interviewing Polish dockers, Albanian guerrillas in the mountains of Kosovo, and angry teenagers in the poorest quarters of Paris, as well as advising prime ministers, chancellors and presidents in the UK, Europe and the US.

Don’t miss this urgent call to the citizens of this great old continent to understand and defend what we have collectively achieved.

Praise for Timothy Garton Ash’s Homelands:

‘The right book for Europe, at the right time. For a continent fascinated with its past, and yet indispensable for everyone’s future, this mix of memoir and reflection is the perfect book for the present. In beautiful language, Garton Ash gives us a sense of the Europe that was, and of one that might yet be.’ Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny

‘A moving love letter to Europe, Homelands merges memoir, political analysis and social criticism to reflect on the future of a continent still haunted by its past. Friend of dissidents in former communist Europe, first-hand witness of high politics in the West, Garton Ash is unafraid to think about what the European project got wrong but also how it can redeem itself’ Lea Ypi, author of Free

‘We know there are Germans, Italians, Spaniards and Poles – but are there Europeans? Yes, at least one: Timothy Garton Ash. Homelands is the brilliant, captivating story of how he became one.’ Mark Lilla, author of The Once and Future Liberal