Anne Applebaum in conversation with James Lamont

Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author Anne Applebaum is one of the world’s foremost experts on the history of Soviet totalitarianism, European geopolitics and the global rise of modern authoritarianism. She joins us at Hay Festival Kunstsilo for a conversation with DN Media Group journalist James Lamont about her distinguished career.

Applebaum seamlessly combines the most rigorous historical scholarship with a clear, sharp and direct style. She is best known for her contributions to The Atlantic, The Washington Post and The Spectator and for her award-winning books. Her latest is Autocracy, Inc., an exposé of how global autocracies unite to undermine democracy, and the collective strategy needed to defeat them. In this event she delivers an extraordinary masterclass in journalism and foreign commentary.