An evening with Michael Reid, presenting: Spain. The Trials & Triumphs of a Modern European Country
Michael Reid is an author, journalist and speaker, specializing in Latin American, Iberian and international affairs. In 2023 he was appointed as a Visiting Professor of the London School of Economics.

From 1994 until 2023 he was a staff journalist for The Economist. From 2014 to 2022 he wrote the “Bello” column on Latin America and was a senior editor and Spain correspondent; from 1999 to 2013 he was the magazine’s Americas Editor; he was previously its correspondent in Brazil, Mexico, and Central America. He spent most of the 80s based in Lima covering the region for The Guardian and the BBC.

His new book “Spain: The Trials and Triumphs of a Modern European Country” was published by Yale University Press in March 2023. His previous books include “Forgotten Continent: A History of the New Latin America” (Second edition, 2017) and “Brazil: The Troubled Rise of a Global Power” (2014), both published by Yale University Press.

Find out more by joining us on June 1st – Reid will discuss his life and works, read from the book, and give his views on Spain and Latin America’s recent past and all too immediate future.

There will be drinks and snacks and a signing. Whilst the event is free, places are limited. To make sure of a place please reserve via buying 3€ “priority postcards”