Photo © Colin Thomas
Edward Stourton
Confessions: Life Re-examined
in conversation with Rob Gifford
Wednesday 9 April 2025, 7.00 - 8.00pm
Waterstones, Unit 72, Midsummer Place
Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3GA
In-person tickets: £10/£7
Livestream (Zoom): £5
Brought face to face with the author of his obituary and his own inevitable mortality, Edward Stourton, one of the best-known names in British broadcasting, was prompted to reflect on the life he has led and the events that have shaped him. In conversation with Rob Gifford, he describes this remarkable journey with candour, humour and the insight that only forty years’ experience of writing and reporting can provide.
As a young journalist, Ed reported first from party conferences and picket lines and then from war zones, witnessing events making international headlines from Haiti to Hong Kong, before returning home to join the infighting on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. In Ed’s time, the Empire has given way to the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, men-only clubs have been replaced by #MeToo, and instead of a handful of radio and television channels, we have millions of voices on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
Wry and unflinching, Ed reflects on his life and changing social attitudes against the context of a world that is dramatically different from the one in which he began his reporting career.
About Edward Stourton
Edward Stourton has worked in broadcasting for over forty years, and regularly presents BBC Radio Four programmes such as The World at One, The World This Weekend, Sunday and Analysis. He has been a foreign correspondent for Channel Four, ITN and the BBC, and for ten years was one of the main presenters of the Today programme.
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About Rob Gifford
Rob Gifford is a cultural activist based in Stony Stratford. He co-curates StonyWords, a community festival celebrating the word in all its formats that happens every year in January. He is also chair of Stony Stratford Theatre Society, with whom he has acted for the last eight years, and has adapted a number of Dickens stories for performance to raise money for MK Food Bank. He has been a member of the Labour Party since 1976, which means he has seen every permutation of it!