Thursday 19 November 2020
Join us for a fascinating hour where the distinguished political commentator Edward Stourton will interview the best selling author Paul Vallely on his latest book which delivers an original and groundbreaking exploration of historical and contemporary philanthropy.
This is the definitive book on philanthropy - its history, contradictions and future. A deep and probing study of a highly complex practice that is an increasingly powerful force in our world., John Gray, Emeritus Professor of European Thought, London School of Economics
Ticket price:
£12.50 inclusive of VAT
All proceeds from this event will go to The Tablet's Development Fund.
Special 40% discount on recommended retail price of the book is included in the entry fee*. Details of how to access this offer will be provided after booking.
*This offer is only available until 19 November 2020
This discussion will take place via Zoom. You will need to download the Zoom app onto your device to be able to join the call. Full details of how to join the call will be sent in the days before the event.
Edward Stourton is writer and presenter of several high-profile current-affairs programmes and documentaries for radio and television, and regularly presents BBC Radio Four programmes such as The World at One, The World This Weekend, Sunday and Analysis. He is a frequent contributor to the Today programme, where for ten years he was one of the main presenters.
He has authored several books including John Paul II: Man of History, In the Footsteps of St Paul, Absolute Truth: The Catholic Church Today, It's a PC World : What It Means to Live in a Land Gone Politically Correct, Diary of a Dog-Walker: Time Spent Following a Lead, Cruel Crossing: Escaping Hitler Across the Pyrenees and Auntie's War: The BBC During the Second World War.
Paul Vallely CMG is a British writer on religion, ethics, Africa and development issues. In his seminal 1990 book Bad Samaritans: First World Ethics and Third World Debt, he first coined the phrase that campaigners needed to move "from charity to justice" – a slogan that was taken up by Jubilee 2000 and Live 8.
He is now a writer and consultant on ethics, religion and international development. He is Visiting Professor in Public Ethics at the University of Chester and a Senior Fellow at the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester. He is a Canon of the Anglican Manchester Cathedral. He writes regularly in the New York Times and The Guardian.