Robert Harris & John Sawers: History, Politics and Personality
Friday 4th December 2026
19:15 to 21:00
Holy Cross Church, Ramsbury, SN8 2QP
ROBERT HARRIS & SIR JOHN SAWERS - a wide-ranging conversation on power, politics and the people who shape history.
Robert Harris studied English at Cambridge University and joined the BBC in 1978 as a reporter on Newsnight and Panorama. He later worked as a political editor and columnist on the Observer, Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph. He is the author of seventeen novels, including Fatherland, Enigma, Pompeii, The Cicero Trilogy, An Officer and a Spy, The Ghost, Conclave, Munich, Act of Oblivion, Precipice and most recently Agrippa. His books have been translated into more than 40 languages and nine have been adapted for film and television. He has four children and has lived with his wife, Gill Hornby, in Kintbury, for the past 33 years.
Sir John Sawers is a former British intelligence officer, diplomat and Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). He was previously the British Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
At the end of the talk, there will be an opportunity to ask questions and to purchase one of Robert Harris' books.
Tickets: £15 each - available online from Eventbrite
Tickets are also available from Ramsbury Post Office & Ian Smith - oldtiff@icloud.com
Doors open: 6:45pm for a 7:15 start
Pre-talk refreshments: there will be a bar open for pre-talk drinks
If you are unable to join us, please consider making a donation to support The Friends. This can be done:
- directly into our bank account (our bank details are on the Membership page); or
- via our website's Donations page, where donations can be marked as anonymous, if you prefer.
ROBERT HARRIS & SIR JOHN SAWERS - a wide-ranging conversation on power, politics and the people who shape history.
Robert Harris studied English at Cambridge University and joined the BBC in 1978 as a reporter on Newsnight and Panorama. He later worked as a political editor and columnist on the Observer, Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph. He is the author of seventeen novels, including Fatherland, Enigma, Pompeii, The Cicero Trilogy, An Officer and a Spy, The Ghost, Conclave, Munich, Act of Oblivion, Precipice and most recently Agrippa. His books have been translated into more than 40 languages and nine have been adapted for film and television. He has four children and has lived with his wife, Gill Hornby, in Kintbury, for the past 33 years.
Sir John Sawers is a former British intelligence officer, diplomat and Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). He was previously the British Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
At the end of the talk, there will be an opportunity to ask questions and to purchase one of Robert Harris' books.
Tickets: £15 each - available online from EventbriteTickets are also available from Ramsbury Post Office & Ian Smith - oldtiff@icloud.com
Doors open: 6:45pm for a 7:15 start
Pre-talk refreshments: there will be a bar open for pre-talk drinks
If you are unable to join us, please consider making a donation to support The Friends. This can be done:
- directly into our bank account (our bank details are on the Membership page); or
- via our website's Donations page, where donations can be marked as anonymous, if you prefer.
Terms and Conditions: Tickets are refundable up to 7 days before event. If for any reason the event has to be cancelled, we will do our utmost to notify ticket holders before the date of the event.