V.S. Naipaul conversation event and unrelated media blurbs

V.S. Naipaul in conversation with Geordie Greig Tuesday 31st May 2011, 7pm Royal Geographical Society The Nobel Prize-winning Trinidadian author V. S. Naipaul has spent half a century examining the legacy of colonialism on the Third World, unravelling the guilt of the rulers and the self-serving myths of the ruled. His latest book, The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief, is a travelogue in which the author sets out to discover how far the old Africa's belief in magic has been subverted by the outside world. Tickets are still available to see a giant of Western letters. PARTNER CONTENT Recommended reading from The Periscope Post Is royal wedding fever out of control — or is it just right? Did President Obama cave in to the birther bullies — or was releasing his birth certificate the best way to stamp out a vicious rumour? And did the Guantanamo WikiLeaks files really tell us that Britain is a hotbed of Islamist extremism? Find out who said what and why at The Periscope Post, the best and quickest way on the Web to put the day’s headlines in perspective. IQ? ONLINE THIS WEEK The Artangel Longplayer Conversation 2011: James Lovelock and John Gray Watch and listen to full video and audio of the recent Artangel Longplayer conversation between political philosopher John Gray and climate scientist and ‘futurologist’ James Lovelock. Taking the philosophical implications of long time as a starting point, they discuss immortality, suicide, the pursuit of happiness and Darwinism. New videos from 5x15 Stories Including Fergal Keane on when the Japanese attempted to invade India during World War IT and the outrageous blunders committed by General Mutaguchi, ‘one of the great vainglorious fools of history’. Plus, Libyan novelist Hisham Matar, on his father’s disappearance into Gaddafi’s prisons and why as an artist he steers clear of political engagement. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030424