Sufiya Ahmed
SUNDAY 14th MAY
14:00-14:45
MAIN HALL
Listen to Sufiya Ahmed talk about her latest books Rosie Raja: Churchill’s Spy, Noor-Un-Nissa Inayat Khan and Princess Sophia Duleep Singh. Ahmed will introduce you to Churchill and Noor’s mission to defeat the enemy in WW2 and Princess Sophia’s role in the Suffragette movement. She will talk about her childhood dream to become an author and how her previous roles in advertising and in the Houses of Parliament helped. There will be dressing up with props and plenty of time for questions.
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