New Thinking: Paul Cartledge and Peter Frankopan On Democracy

As part of our New Thinking series of events - where we invite you to join us as we take a look at some new ideas and a new look at some old ideas.
For this very special event we take a new look at one of the oldest and best of ideas: democracy. Our guides are two of the most respected historians working today.

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The Silk Roads provides a major reassessment of world history, and an important account of the forces that have shaped the global economy and the political renaissance in the re-emerging east.