Art

JLF London 2026. The Jaipur Literature Festival

Sat 6 Jun British Library

A convivial weekend not to be missed as JLF returns to the British Library for its 13th edition. The Library once again comes into colourful life, with talks, panels and more across three venues, as speakers and writers from around the world discuss everything from art to literature, history to science, food to film, international politics to sustainability.Opening event: Friday 5 June – The Queen of Crime: The Life and Legacy of Agatha Christie with Lucy Foley, James Prichard and Lucy Rowland in conversation with Shrabani Basu (not included in Saturday and Sunday tickets).Saturday speakers: Tash Aw, Tishani Doshi, Somnath Batabyal, Fredrik Logevall, Gurnaik Johal, Pia Ghosh-Roy, Archana Sharma, Saad Mohseni, Lyse Doucet, Rashmee Roshan Lall, Nikita Gill, Mallika Kapur, Vivek Singh, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Marcus du Sautoy, Sanjoy K. Roy, Ruchir Joshi, Richard Horton, Deborah Lutz, Samantha Ellis, Bee Rowlatt, Noa Avishag Schnall, Alexander McCall Smith, Nandini Das, William Dalrymple, Jeet ThayilSunday speakers: Tahmima Anam, Vaseem Khan, Abir Mukherjee, Bee Rowlatt, Bruno Macaes, Sarah Churchwell, Fredrik Logevall, Georgina Godwin, Marina Warner, Samantha Ellis, Namita Gokhale,...