Donated by Cambridge Literary Festival - Spring Festival 2025


Lindsey Hilsum | Stories and Poems from the Front Line
Sun 27 Apr 2025 | 8:00pm – 9:00pm

For nearly four decades, Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum has reported from the frontlines of history, covering conflicts from Rwanda and Kosovo to Palestine and Ukraine. Throughout her career, she has always carried a book of poetry, finding solace and meaning in verse amid the horrors of war. In Ukraine, she began tweeting a poem a day, and to her surprise, people read, shared, and asked for more—revealing a deep, universal need for poetry in times of crisis.