Matei Candea

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Hutchinson Heinemann/Hamish Hamilton/Penguin/Picador

July 6, 2026

Magnus Marsden, University of Sussex; Barry Langford, Royal Holloway, University of London; Dominic O'Key, University of Cambridge; Glenn Fosbraey, University of Winchester, and Matei Candea, University of Cambridge

Five books that span time and place, from the music scene in 80s London to the philosophical scene of Ancient Rome.

Freedom of Speech by Norman Rockwell (1943). Smithsonian American Art Museum

June 19, 2026

Matei Candea, University of Cambridge

There have always been competing ideas about what it means to have free speech.