News and Politics | November 08, 2011 | 5 comments

Stephen Fry and friends on the life, loves and hates of Christopher Hitchens

See the full conversation between Stephen Fry and friends of Christopher Hitchens on Sunday 20th November at 9pm on Current UK // Sky 183, Virgin 155.

Stephen Fry and friends of Christopher Hitchens got together with an audience of 2,500 to celebrate the life and work of the great writer, journalist and intellectual earlier this month and Current UK will be bringing you the full event on Sunday 20th November at 9pm.

Joined by Richard Dawkins on the stage at London’s Royal Festival Hall, Fry discussed Hitch’s commitment to revealing the truth throughout his career. Actor Sean Penn joined the conversation via a link-up from Los Angeles, giving a reading from The Trial of Henry Kissinger.

Satirist Christopher Buckley and editor Lewis Lapham talked via satellite about Hitch’s skill as a journalist while Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie and James Fenton provided a personal insight with some hilarious anecdotes.

Ensuring Hitch himself was kept involved throughout the event, his wife Carol and novelist Ian MacEwan sent email updates from his bedside, reassuring everyone that his ‘Rolls Royce mind’ was still ‘purring beautifully.’

The discussion was organised by Intelligence Squared.

Current // Sky 183, Virgin 155


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