Edmund de Waal is one of the world's leading ceramic artists. His work has been widely exhibited and he has most recently created major installations for the V&A and Tate Britain. His memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes was published by Chatto and Windus in 2010 and has won the Costa Biography Award and the Royal Society of Literature Odaatje Prize. In 2011 he was awarded an OBE for services to art. He lives with his family in London.

James Harding was appointed editor of The Times in December 2007. Previously James worked for the Financial Times, as Washington bureau chief from 2002-2004, after having been the FT's medai editor for three years. He also opened the Shanghai bureau for the FT - the first Euopean newspaper to open an office in the city since the 1949 revolution. He speaks Japanese, Chinese, French and German and is a member of Westminster Synagogue.

Venue: Kent House Knightsbridge, Rutland Gardens, London, SW7 1BX
Date: Wednesday, 18th January 2012
Time: 7pm for 7.30pm
Tickets: £20 (in advance), £25 at the door, Concessions £15 (seniors, students).
Price includes a glass of wine and refreshments after.

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