Sathnam Sanghera
Sathnam Sanghera is the author of bestselling fiction and non-fiction, including Empireland, which won the British Book Award for Narrative Non-Fiction and became a Channel 4 documentary. His novel Marriage Material was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and adapted for the stage in 2025. His memoir The Boy with the Topknot was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, won the Mind Book of the Year and was adapted for the BBC. His latest book, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud: The Meaning of George Michael, covers the life and music of one of Britain’s greatest pop stars.
Upcoming Events
5x15: Great Writers on Great Musicians
In this special 5x15, 5 leading writers will give a 15-minute talk on a musician who has infiltrated their being, and whose influence reaches far beyond the songs themselves.
5x15: Great Writers on Great Musicians
Past Events
5x15 x Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Botanic Gardens, Past and Future
Sathnam Sanghera and Andrea Wulf join our Kew panel series, for a special event about nature, empire and the lessons of the past.