The American Dream at 250

As we mark the 250^th anniversary of American Independence, the writer and academic Sarah Churchwell asks: How’s it playing out? Is this what the Founding Fathers would have wanted? And how does America tell its story from Birth of a Nation to the Great Gatsby, and from Hamilton to Trump?

Sarah Churchwell is the author of Behold America: A History of America First and the American Dream, The Wrath To Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells and Careless People: Murder Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby. She hosts the Goalhanger podcast Journey Through Time with David Olusoga.

Chaired by Peter Florence.

The interview lasts for an hour followed by a 30-minute Q&A. In addition to being this being an online livestream, it can be streamed up to 30 days after the event has taken place.

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Buy all nine conversations for just £45 – a saving of over £40! You can book any combination of in-person and online livestream tickets – the offer will automatically be added when you reach the checkout – but please note that it will only apply if you buy all nine at the same time.