AWW25: An Escape to Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain - Matthew Longo

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, 2:30pm | West Stage