Lecture
Neal Ascherson: Europe
Friday 2 March, 18.30
BP Lecture Theatre
£10, Members/concessions
(including LRB subscribers) £8
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Europe is a monster (monstro simile, as they said of the Holy Roman Empire) and a mutant – a creature in its substance unlike the kingdoms and empires and states which preceded it.
It’s a sponge, indeterminate in outline, soft in texture, absorbing incomers and diffusing wealth and culture. Neal Ascherson, author, journalist and expert on Central and Eastern Europe, asks how it can survive.
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