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29 SUNDAY
MARCH 2009
David Starkey 103
Henry: Virtuous Prince
4pm / Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street /
£6.50-£12.00
Written for the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII’s
accession, the first volume of David Starkey’s two-part
life of the king has been eagerly awaited for more
than a decade. ‘There are two Henrys, the one old,
the other young,’ he explains. Writing with a mixture
of tabloid verve and original scholarship, peppering
every page with pungent wit and yet never skimping
on the detail, David Starkey takes the controversial
view that Henry’s descent into tyranny began with
Wolsey’s rise to fame.
Sponsored by Blackwell
The Sheldonian Theatre
Vince Cable MP 104
The Storm:
The World Economic Crisis
and What It Means
7pm / Town Hall (Main Hall), St Aldates / £8.00
What are the causes of the world economic crisis and
how should we respond to the challenges it brings
Vince Cable, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats
and the undoubted political star of the economic
downturn, addresses these problems and shows
that although the crisis is global, the complacency
of the British government towards the huge bubble
in property prices and high levels of personal debt
has left the country badly exposed. Cable shows that
an insular response to the current crisis would be a
disaster, and urges us to resist the siren voices that
promote isolationism and nationalism as the answer
to economic woes.
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Portrait of Henry VIII at Christ Church