AWW25: An Escape to Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain - Matthew Longo
Update: 2025-03-20
Description
With Annabelle Quince.
The winner of the 2024 Orwell Prize for Political Writing, Matthew Longo, talks to Annabelle Quince about The Picnic. An improbable historical event, this pan-European outing involved goulash, beer and 600 East Germans on the border between Hungary and Austria.
Event details:
Tue 04 Mar, 2:30 pm | West Stage
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