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The Festival: 6 - 14 November 2026 | Tickets: 01308 424901|bridport.tic@bridport-tc.gov.uk
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Saturday 7 November

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    Event 2 | James Braxton | Antiques Ramble 1

    £14.00

    James Braxton - Antiques Ramble 1

    Join TV antiques expert and author James Braxton for a walking tour around Bridport’s celebrated vintage market and antiques shops. Best known for BBC flagship shows like Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road Trip, Braxton is a seasoned auctioneer and author of antiquarian mystery fiction, including Barty: A Tale of a Stolen Bronze. With over forty years of experience in the antiques trade, Braxton brings a practised eye for provenance, history, and craftsmanship to all he finds. Will he spot a genuine bargain along the way, or merely uncover the fascinating histories hidden behind everyday objects? Repeated on Sunday 8 Nov, 12 noon (Event 12). Meet outside The Woodman Pub, 61 South Street Priority booking opens Friday 28 August, while general booking opens on Friday 11 September. Become a Friend today and enjoy two weeks of priority booking, giving you first access to the programme. Contact TIC Bridport to book tickets - 01308 424901.
    When: Saturday 7 November 2026 @ 10am
    Where: The Woodman
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  • Event 3 | Oliver Bullough | Everybody Loves Our Dollars

    £16.50

    Oliver Bullough - Everybody Loves Our Dollars - How Money Laundering Won

    Why is the world flooded with illicit cash and how did Britain become ground zero for laundering it? In Everybody Loves Our Dollars, acclaimed investigative reporter Oliver Bullough reveals why multi-billion-dollar efforts to prevent financial crime have failed. In conversation with festival chair Stuart Rock, Bullough demonstrates how organised crime groups and kleptocrats routinely exploit legal loopholes and regulatory blindspots. Following his bestselling exposés Moneyland and Butler to the World, Bullough delivers an eye-opening exploration of the shady areas of global finance, showing why, for the worst bad actors, cash remains king.

    Priority booking opens Friday 28 August, while general booking opens on Friday 11 September. Become a Friend today and enjoy two weeks of priority booking, giving you first access to the programme. Contact TIC Bridport to book tickets - 01308 424901.
    When: Saturday 7 November 2026 @ 10.30 am
    Where: Electric Palace
    Sponsor: James and Emma Farquharson
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  • Event 4 | Sarah Clegg | Perilous Enchantment

    £14.00

    Sarah Clegg - Perilous Enchantment - The True History of Faeries

    We often picture fairies as harmless, pastel-clad creatures, but the true history of the fae is far darker and more complex. In Perilous Enchantment, historian Sarah Clegg strips away the Victorian glitter to uncover the capricious nature of these otherworldly beings. Following the runaway success of her Sunday Times bestseller The Dead of Winter, Clegg traces how local nature spirits evolved into tricksters, demonic accomplices in witch trials and modern “romantasy” figures. Travelling from ancient Greek nymph caves to Icelandic elf fires, Clegg reveals how shifting fairy myths mirror humanity’s deepest wishes and anxieties. Chaired by historian Eleanor Barraclough. Priority booking opens Friday 28 August, while general booking opens on Friday 11 September. Become a Friend today and enjoy two weeks of priority booking, giving you first access to the programme. Contact TIC Bridport to book tickets - 01308 424901.
    When: Saturday 7 November 2026 @ 12 noon
    Where: Bridport Arts Centre
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  • Event 5 | Natasha Walter | Feminism for a World on Fire

    £14.00

    Natasha Walter - Feminism for a World on Fire

    Join us for an inspiring conversation with acclaimed author and campaigner Natasha Walter about building a more connected and hopeful future. Introducing her powerful new book Feminism for a World on Fire, she talks to Samantha Knights KC about how the challenges facing women today – from inequality and online misogyny to climate change – are interconnected and why our responses should be, too. She offers a vision of feminism rooted in community, imagining how women’s liberation can sit alongside movements for equality, justice and environmental protection. Natasha Walter’s books include The New Feminism and Living Dolls. She is the founder of the charity Women for Refugee Women. Priority booking opens Friday 28 August, while general booking opens on Friday 11 September. Become a Friend today and enjoy two weeks of priority booking, giving you first access to the programme. Contact TIC Bridport to book tickets - 01308 424901.
    When: Saturday 7 November 2026 @ 1.30 pm
    Where: Bridport Arts Centre
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  • Event 6 | Robin Niblett | After America

    £16.50

    Robin Niblett - After America - The End of the Old Order and the Future of Geopolitics

    After eighty years of Western dominance, what next? In After America, Sir Robin Niblett, former Director of Chatham House, examines the collapse of American global leadership and the rise of transactional imperial power politics driven by the US, China and Russia. Rather than assuming the old West can simply regroup, Niblett explores how smaller nations and middle powers can navigate this fractured landscape to build a stable future. He is joined by former BBC North America editor Gavin Esler to dissect what this dramatic geopolitical shift means for global stability and diplomacy. Priority booking opens Friday 28 August, while general booking opens on Friday 11 September. Become a Friend today and enjoy two weeks of priority booking, giving you first access to the programme. Contact TIC Bridport to book tickets - 01308 424901.
    When: Saturday 7 November 2026 @ 3.00 pm
    Where: Electric Palace
    Sponsored by: Martin & Lindsay Bowdery
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  • Event 7 | Hannah Bourne-Taylor | Nature Needs You

    £14.00

    Hannah Bourne-Taylor - Nature Needs You

    Join author and environmental campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor for a candid conversation about finding your voice and fighting for the natural world, the subject of her book Nature Needs You. Alongside discussing her grassroots crusade to save the UK’s plummeting swift population – from high-profile campaigning to demanding mandatory swift bricks in new builds – she will dive into her life as an activist and her experiences behind the scenes on Clarkson’s Farm. A frank discussion about rural life, battling bureaucracy and why protecting our wildlife requires radical resistance. She talks to writer and conservationist Keggie Carew. Priority booking opens Friday 28 August, while general booking opens on Friday 11 September. Become a Friend today and enjoy two weeks of priority booking, giving you first access to the programme. Contact TIC Bridport to book tickets - 01308 424901.
    When: Saturday 7 November 2026 @ 4.30 pm
    Where: Bridport Arts Centre
    Sponsor: Rob & Alex Appleby
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  • Event 8 | Iain MacGregor | Battle

    £14.00
    Iain MacGregor - Battle - The Moments that Transformed Warfare from Ancient Greece to Ukraine

    How did leaders like Alexander the Great, Robert the Bruce and Horatio Nelson change the course of history? Join bestselling historian Iain MacGregor for a thrilling journey through 3,000 years of conflict. From the shield walls of ancient Greece to the drone warfare of modern Ukraine, this fascinating talk explores the five forces that have shaped victory and defeat throughout history: Morale, Leadership, Innovation, Subterfuge, Timing & Numbers. Travel from Marathon to the Spanish Armada, Stalingrad and Kyiv, discovering the dramatic moments when battles changed not just wars, but the course of civilisation itself.

    Priority booking opens Friday 28 August, while general booking opens on Friday 11 September. Become a Friend today and enjoy two weeks of priority booking, giving you first access to the programme. Contact TIC Bridport to book tickets - 01308 424901.
    When: Saturday 7 November 2026 @ 4.30 pm
    Where: Bull Ballroom
    Sponsored by: Church House Investments
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  • Event 9 | Katja Hoyer | Weimar

    £14.00

    Katja Hoyer - Weimar - Life on the Edge of Catastrophe

    Between the collapse of the German Empire and the rise of the Third Reich, the Weimar Republic endured 14 years of artistic brilliance, political violence and hyperinflation. Historian Katja Hoyer – author of the bestseller Beyond the Wall – talks to the novelist Boris Starling about how democracy unravelled into tyranny. Central to her narrative are personal accounts from the time, including the diary of a local stationer, Carl Weirich. The result is a remarkably vivid portrait of ordinary citizens trying to navigate a chaotic and frightening world. A gripping new insight into one of the most fascinating periods in German history.

    Priority booking opens Friday 28 August, while general booking opens on Friday 11 September. Become a Friend today and enjoy two weeks of priority booking, giving you first access to the programme. Contact TIC Bridport to book tickets - 01308 424901.
    When: Saturday 7 November 2026 @ 6 pm
    Where: Bridport Arts Centre
    Sponsored by: Sarah Gordon Wild
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