The View From the War Zones: Standpoints, War Stories and the Struggle for Truth - Peter Oborne

Peter Oborne explores how the stories told about war are shaped by standpoint, political, moral and personal.

Drawing on his recent reporting from Gaza and on other war zones (including Iran, West Bank, Lebanon, Ukraine and Yemen), he reflects on what he witnessed on the ground and how those experiences challenge official narratives, media framing and government statements.

He examines how political interests, newsroom pressures and cultural assumptions influence which voices are amplified, which are minimised and which are ignored altogether.Oborne discusses the dangers of silence and the consequences of misrepresentation, especially when civilian suffering is filtered through layers of ideology and geopolitical calculation.

He argues that journalists covering conflict cannot pretend to be neutral: every decision about what to report, what to question and what to challenge emerges from a standpoint that must be acknowledged.This session offers a candid, morally searching conversation about truth-telling in times of war and why recognising where we stand is essential for understanding Gaza and other places of conflict, power and the responsibilities of journalism.

A powerful concluding session to the weekend.Followed by book-signing.