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Anthony Seldon: A Literary Lunch
Wed, Apr 22
|East Grinstead
Inspired by a letter found in the Winchester School archives Anthony Seldon began walking a peace path along the battlegrounds of the first and second world Wars. Come and hear him talk about his peace walks. Tickets includes a two course lunch tea/coffee and a hardback copy of 'The Path of Light'.
Time & Location
Apr 22, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:15 PM
East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
About the event
In 2021, Anthony Seldon, inspired by a fallen First World War soldier who dreamed of a ‘Via Sacra’ to commemorate the war dead and stand as a marker for the triumph of peace, set out on a 1,000km walk tracing the historic route of the Western Front. He went on to recount that story in the widely acclaimed The Path of Peace. But there wasn’t to be lasting peace, with the continent falling into an even more horrific war two decades later.
In The Path of Light, Seldon sets out to walk a new 1,300 km route from the same starting point at Kilometre Zero toAuschwitz, discovering in the towns and villages through which he walks stories of women and men who bravely protected the vulnerable and stood up to evil in the face of unimaginable brutality during the Second World War.
As he ruminates on these ‘figures of light’,…
Tickets
Anthony Seldon: Literary Lunch
This ticket includes a two course lunch, hardback copy of 'The Path of Peace' and the chance to hear Anthony Seldon speak.
£52.00
+£2.60 Bkg Fee
Total
£0.00