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BYLINE FESTIVAL · 2017–2026

Every Byline Festival, in one place

From Pippingford Park to Dartington, Keele and WOMAD: every line-up, the highlights and the films.

At Byline Times, we recognise that it’s not just enough to produce news, investigations or more content. We also need to build a wider community of readers who collectively believe in the importance of truth and the principles of fairness, without which a modern democracy cannot thrive.

But that community is best built bottom up – at grass roots events and face-to-face meetings – and here on our get together page, you can find events where you can meet our team and our various writers, and develop your own ideas how to improve things

We’re not here to tell you what to think, but to show you what is happening.

So do join us if you can, or suggest other places where we can interact. Meanwhile, keep your eye open for our new Byline Times Fellowship programme with regular weekly webinars and other ways, such as local News Clubs, whereby you can get involved in the mission. And, as the saying goes, take back control.

Coming up

November 9, 2026 7:30 pm UTC

Byline Times at the Cockpit – November

Byline Times at The Cockpit: 9th November Join the team behind Byline Times for an entertaining evening of challenging, thought-provoking…

Past events

October 12, 2026 7:00 pm GMT+0000

Where Is Justice Now?

Where is Justice Now? The latest in our series of Byline @ The Cockpit events is another open-form discussion on 12…
September 7, 2026 7:30 pm UTC

Professor Jason Arday: What Happened?

Challenging, thought-provoking live discussion in the round with the Byline Times team
July 30, 2026 7:00 pm GMT+0000

The Authoritarian Playbook

Byline Times joins The Lincoln Project and Quiet Riot for a timely transatlantic conversation about democracy, authoritarian politics and how…
July 23, 2026 12:00 pm GMT+0000

WOMAD

WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) brings together artists from all over the globe. Byline Times is curating the…
July 6, 2026 7:30 pm GMT+0000

The Lure of… Iconoclasm

https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/the_lure_of_iconoclasm How are public myths made? Why do some individuals and institutions command extraordinary loyalty, even in the face of uncomfortable…
June 23, 2026 7:30 pm GMT+0000

Trojan Horses Rehearsed Reading

A staged reading of Peter Jukes’ play, directed by Stephen Unwin, and featuring Joanna Scanlan and Hardeep Matharu, further cast…
June 8, 2026 7:30 pm GMT+0000

The Lure of Hope

On June 8th the Byline Times team and a panel of distinguished guests will dive into the slippery notion of hope.
May 11, 2026 6:30 pm BST

The Lure of… Compromise

Join the team behind the independent investigative news outlet Byline Times for entertaining, challenging discussions, inspirational readings and special guests…
March 28, 2026 12:00 pm GMT+0000

TOGETHER: the March to Stop the Far Right

We’re proud to be a media partner of TOGETHER – an alliance of hundreds of civil society organisations marching against the far-right.…

From the archive, 2017–2025

Screenings, launches, debates and celebrations from before this calendar began.

2025

Down the Rabbit Hole: an adventure with Byline Times · 9 April 2025 · Greenwood Theatre, London SE1
Six years of Byline Times: panels, film, comedy and conversation on truth, radicalisation and resistance, with Otto English, Rosie Holt, James Bloodworth, Joe Mulhall, Heidi Siegmund Cuda, Hardeep Matharu, Stephen Colegrave and Peter Jukes.
2073: screening and Q&A · 19 February 2025 · Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square
With director Asif Kapadia, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes.

2024

The Battle for Kyiv: screening and Q&A · 29 April 2024 · Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square
Oz Katerji’s film, followed by a Q&A with the director.

2023

Betrayed: The Brexit Documentary · 2 October 2023 · Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square
Two screenings, presented with Mike Galsworthy.
My Extinction: screening · 6 July 2023 · Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square
Byline Festival and Dartmouth Films on what it takes for us to act on the climate crisis.
The Eastern Front: premiere · 14 June 2023 · Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square
John Sweeney’s film from the front line in Ukraine, shown live in Leicester Square.

2022

Wokelore: book launch · 20 July 2022 · The Frontline Club, London W2
With Hardeep Matharu, Peter Jukes, Bonnie Greer, Otto English and Musa Okwonga.
Digital Gangsters with Ian Lucas · 22 April 2022 · Glyndŵr University, Wrexham
The inside story of how greed, lies and technology broke democracy.

2021

Byline Book Club: Kyle Taylor · 10 August 2021 · Online
In conversation with the author of The Little Black Book of Data and Democracy.

2020

The Great British Break Up: the rise of English nationalism · 31 March 2020 · King’s College London, Waterloo
Marking the first birthday of the Byline Times newspaper.

2019

Byline Times Question Time · 10 December 2019 · NUJ, Acton Street, London WC1
What Should We Do About Drugs? · 12 November 2019 · NUJ, Acton Street, London WC1
With Volteface.
News Club: Proof · 9 July 2019 · NUJ, Acton Street, London WC1
Launching the new edition of Proof, with Jon Robins, Hardeep Matharu, Nick Hardwick, Duncan Campbell, Frances Crook and Patrick Maguire.
News Club: Dr Scilla Elworthy · 12 June 2019 · NUJ, Acton Street, London WC1
On her business plan for peace.
News Club: Democracy in Danger · 14 May 2019 · NUJ, Acton Street, London WC1
News Club: Behind the Headlines of our First Edition · 9 April 2019 · NUJ, Acton Street, London WC1
The launch of the Byline Times newspaper.
Cambridge Analytica a Year On · 20 March 2019 · NUJ, Acton Street, London WC1
With Carole Cadwalladr, David Carroll, Ravi Naik and Peter Jukes.

2018

Dial M for Mueller: Trump, Putin & the Great Brexit Robbery · 27 November 2018 · Greenwood Theatre, London SE1
Why Britain needs a Mueller inquiry, with Carole Cadwalladr, Damian Collins, David Lammy, Bill Browder and guests.

2017

Dark Money, Deep Data · 20 September 2017 · NUJ, Acton Street, London WC1
Brakes on Brexit? · 10 July 2017 · NUJ, Acton Street, London WC1

Looking for Byline Festival? Every festival from 2017 to WOMAD 2026 is in the archive →