YearSpeakerTitle of talk or eventFilms
1998Quentin FalkIntroduction to filmThe Third Man (1949)
Neil SinyardIntroduction to filmOur Man in Havana (1959)
Paul Hogarth & Nigel LewisIllustrating Graham Greene
Philip French & Neil SinyardGraham Greene and the cinema
Kate Bonney, Robin Lloyd,May I Suggest …? An entertainment based on
David Pearce & Roger WatkinsGreene's letters to the Press
Martin Corner & Neil SinyardFallen Idol? The Literary Reputation of
Graham Greene
1999Catherine RendonIn the Footsteps of Graham GreeneBrighton Rock (1947)
William CashThe Secret Archives of GreenelandBBC Arena Trilogy
MaireMcQueeneyThe Making of Brighton RockVoice of Greene (3audio tapes)
Cedric WattsDarkest Greeneland: Brighton Rock
Leopoldo DuránGraham Greene, Friend and Brother
Jill Paton Walsh, Dr Thomas"Not a Catholic Novelist but a Novelist who happens to be Catholic"
Woodman & Rosalie Osmond
Michael MeyerPersonal Memories of a Forty Year Friendship
Giles Havergal and Bob CarltonGreene adapted for the Stage
YearSpeakerTitle of talk or eventFilms
2000Martin StannardOpen secrets: Graham Greene, Evelyn WaughThe End of the Affair (1999)
The End of the AffairThe End of the Affair (1955)
Cedric WattsGreene's Secret AgenciesRadio interview & The Other Graham Greene Quentin Falk, Stephen Woolley, An Endless Affair: two film versions of The End of the Affair
Ian Hartcompared
Norman SherryThe Life and Work of Graham Greene: Daring and Devilry: tracking
Graham Greene over 25 years
Friends of the Birthplace TrustRehearsed Reading: World Premiere of A House of Reputation
Greene's unpublished play set in a Latin American brothel
Neil SinyardThe Craft of Graham Greene
2001Peter Duffell & Quentin FalkEngland Made Me: a discussionEngland Made Me (1972)
Neil Sinyard"All the World owes me a Living": England Made MeTravels with my Aunt (1972)
reflections on the novels's style, characterisation, themes & motifsA Shocking Accident (1983)
Patrick SalmonGraham Greene's Scandinavian LivesThe Greene Factor - BBC film
Martin CornerGraham Greene and Pathos
Julia Llewellyn SmithTravels Without My Aunt
travelling in the footsteps of Graham Greene
Judith AdamsonThe Long Wait for Aunt Augusta: Reflections on Graham Greene's
fictional Women
YearSpeakerTitle of talk or eventFilms
2001Bernard DiederichPersonal Reminiscencies: Graham Greene: Among Demons
contd.and Dictators
Roger WatkinsGraham Greene and the Theatre
Rick GekoskiDealing with Graham Greene
Gekowski, a rare books dealer, on meeting Greene & valuing his books
2002Rudolf van Dalm & A.KulpokWorldwide Perceptions of Graham GreeneThe Human Factor (1979)
Neil SinyardIt wasn't like that in the NovelThe Quiet American (1957)
Christopher HamptonAdapting Graham Greene for the CinemaThe Quiet American(2002)
Kazumi Yamagata, PatriciaWorldwide perceptions of Graham GreeneForeign CorrespondentTV Graham John Osthaus documentary
Conversation with a Double Agent: TV documentary
Anthony ArblasterGraham Greene as a Political Novelist
Maria CoutoGraham Greene: Crossing the Frontier
Valentine CunninghamGreene and Metro-Landscapes
Nigel WestGraham Greene and the Secret Service
Gloria EmersonGraham Greene's Americans
Tim WaterstoneThe End of the Affair
Christopher HawtreeThe Freewheeling Graham Greene
YearSpeakerTitle of talk or eventFilms
2003Christopher NeameProducing Monsignor QuixoteMonsignor Quixote (1985)
contd.Philip French & Rodney BennettDiscussion on the making of Monsignor QuixoteThe Destructors (1975)
Neil SinyardPerfect in being much too ShortThe Heart of the Matter (1953)
Robert DavisGraham Greene and Evelyn WaughCheap in August (1975)
Ramon PortaBackground to Monsignor Quixote
Tom HillGreene's portrayal of Christians and Christian Issues
Tom AitkenThe Power and the Glory and A Burnt Out Case
Roderick StrangeA Religious Awareness
Paul WillettsGreene and Maclaren-Ross
2004Norman SherryGraham Greene: A TalkThe Third Man (1949)
Ad-Hoc Theatre CompanyTravels with my Aunt (Play adaption by Giles Havergal)Special Duties (1975)
Brigitte TimmermannGreeneland on the DanubeThe Invisible Japanese Gentlemen (1975)
Alexander KulpokThe German-Austrian ConnectionShadowing the Third Man (2004)
Tom AitkenWas Judas The Third Man? The Lost Childhood in the CinemaBBC film
of Graham GreeneThe Comedians (1967)
Cedric WattsGhost on the Rooftops: How Conrad haunted GreeneMortmain (1976)
Mark Lawson, Ian Thomson,Discussion: Catholicism and Graham GreeneAlas Poor Malling (1976)
AN Wilson
YearSpeakerTitle of talk or eventFilms
2004Judith AdamsonGraham and his Publisher, Max Reinhardt
contd.Richard GreeneGraham Greene's Letters
David LodgeGraham Greene and the Anxiety of Influence
Greene's influence on David Lodge as a writer
Bruce KentMore Power, Less Glory
John MortimerThoughts on Greene
Robert McCrumGraham Greene and P G Wodehouse: Two Edwardian Schoolboys
Louise DennysA Literary Relationship
Louise Dennys's experiences of working with Greene as niece & publisher
Neil SinyardThe Novelist and the Tramp
Greene's relationship with Charlie Chaplin
2005Mark BryantThe Art of the Matter: Graham Greene and his works in CartoonsThe End of the Affair (1999)
and CharactersThe Fallen Idol (1948)
Tom AitkenInnocents Abroad: The Quiet AmericanOur Man in HavanaThe Beginning of the End of the Affair (1999)
Peter Stothard"God exists only for leader writers": Graham Greene and theBBC film about the 1999 film and changing of The Times Greene's affair with Catherine Walston
Greene's sometimes uneasy relationship with the Press
Martin CornerChildhood in the Fiction of Graham Greene
Adrian WoottonGraham Greene and the Cinema
YearSpeakerTitle of talk or eventFilms
2005Guy Hamiltoninterviewed by Neil Sinyard
contd.Marie-Françoise AllainGraham Greene: The Man of Passionate Extremes
her work with Greene, his friendship with her father & her relationship
with Yvonne Cloetta
Euan CameronA Guiding Light
recollections of working with Greene and his influence on his life
John Sutherland & Kate MosseThe End of the Affair: Two perspectives
Clive FrancisWith Great Pleasure - readings from a selection of Greene's prose
Koo StarkMemories of Graham Greene
Rudolf van DalmThe Splinter of Ice
Neil SinyardThe Dangerous Third Martini - Graham Greene's experiences
as a film critic
2006Bernard BergonziGreene and the CriticThe Honorary Consul (1983)
Roy HattersleyEnglish Journeyman: J.B. PriestleyThe Potting Shed (1981)
Ivan WiseClash of Ideals: Greene and G B ShawOur Man in Havana (1959)
Leslie GriffithsComedians - but who's laughing ?When Greek meets Greek (1975)
Ian ThomsonArticles of Faith: Greene and The Tablet
Cedric WattsThe Power and the Glory: Paradoxes and Pleasures
Patrick MarnhamFrom The Lawless Roads to Getting to know the General:
YearSpeakerTitle of talk or eventFilms
2006a political journey
contd.Miranda FranceGreene, Argentina and The Honorary Consul
Michel LechatGraham Greene in the Congo, 1959
Rudolf van DalmI am my books: Greene, children and child-women
Neil SinyardSad dogs and Engishmen: canine motifs in the work of
Graham Greene
2007Sebastian PeakeThe Life and Work of Mervyn PeakeAcross the Bridge (1957)
His son discusses his father Greene's help in getting Mervyn Peake publishedThey shot Graham Greene (2004)
Andrew BiswellSaints, Sinners and Exiles: Graham Greene & Anthony BurgessQuentin Falk interviewing Greene at the NFT
Rupert, Graf StrachwitzBarbara Greene: Countess StrachwitzThe End of the Party (2004)
Son discusses his mother, Greene's cousin, who journeyed to Liberia with himWent the Day Well (1942)
Robert DavisFigures in Greene's Carpet: The Power and the Glory
toMonsignor Quixote
Tamas MolnarGreene and Catholicism in Hungary
LászlóRóbert interviewed by Tamas Molnar
William BoydGreene in Africa 1: The Heart of the Matter
Chris WoodheadGreene in Africa 2: A Burnt-out Case
David PearceReadings: "In the style of Graham Greene"
YearSpeakerTitle of talk or eventFilms
2007Richard GreeneOver the Border: the Letters of Graham Greene
contd.Clive FrancisA Greene Occasion: a celebration of some of Greene's writings
Neil SinyardLimelight in Venice: a journey round Greene's most
charismatic villain
2008Peter HollindaleOriginal Innocence, Greene's Children.Brighton Rock (1947)
Libby PurvesOn Brighton Rock and the short storiesThe Destructors(1975)
Ian KerGreene and the Catholic revival in English LiteratureThis Gun for Hire (1942)
Darren MiddletonGraham Greene's Evolutionary Theology
François GallixThe Riddles of Graham Greene: Brighton Rock
as a literary Catholic detective story
Neil SinyardFeuds, Frauds and the Great Sausage Scandal
Gail Vida Hamburg How The Quiet American found his way into my novel
Chris MullinMy brief career as a novelist - with thanks to Graham Greene
Brigitte TimmermannThe Vienna Sigmund Freud left behind in 1938,
and Graham Greene rediscovered in 1948
David PearceStamboulTrain and the Timetable for 1932
Cedric WattsGreene and the god Janus
YearSpeakerTitle of talk or eventFilms
2009Jeremy LewisThe Other GreenesThe Third Man (1949)
The lives of Greene's siblings and first cousinsFive Minutes, Mr Welles (2005)
Rod MenghamGraham Greene in the 1930sa fictional portrayal of Orsen Welles
Tom AitkenEccentric Catholics: Graham Greene and Frederick Rolfe
as Spoiled Priests
Mark BoscoGraham Greene: Catholic Literary Modernist
Cornelia MayerPerformance of a selection of Compositions and Arrangements
by Anton Karas played on the Zither
Chris HullProphecy and Comedy in Havana: Greene's 'entertainment' and
the reality of British diplomacy in Cuba
Michael BillingtonGraham Greene in the Theatre
David CrystralGoing Careful in The Third Man: a Linguistic Exploration
Kate AdieInto Danger
Kate Adie's own work as a journalist & broadcaster
Charles DrazinThe Oklahoma Kid: a sympathetic portrait of writer and part-time
investigator Holly Martins
David PearceDr. Fischer of Geneva and coming to terms with terrorism
Neil SinyardForgotten Memories and the Mystery of The Tenth Man
YearSpeakerTitle of talk or eventFilms
2010Jeremy LewisThe Hall GreenesThe Ministry of Fear (1944)
contd.François GallixGreene's Unpublished Material
Frances McCormackNothing but a regret: compunction and shame in the
Catholic novels of Graham Greene
Mike HillGreene and Hitchcock
Joe SpenceIn and Beyond The Living Room: The Art and Scope
of Graham Greene, Dramatist
Peter HollindaleConrad and Greene in two Continents
Tim ButcherChasing The Devil - How Greene Lost His Heart to West Africa
Michael BrearleyA (second) Psychoanalyst looks at Graham Greene
Svetlana DimcovićBackstage With Greene
Thomas O'ConnorDouble Exposure: Capturing Greene on Film
Humphrey HawksleyJourney without Maps
David PearceWill the real Graham Greene please stand up
Rowan JoffeIllustrated talk on making the 2010 film Brighton Rock
2011Christian HofferbertGodless Greene - Changing Extremes in Greene's workBrighton Rock (2010)
François GallixGraham Greene's books for ChildrenBrighton Rock (1947)
Martin JenkinsAt last - the Blue Plaque
YearSpeakerTitle of talk or eventFilms
2011A successful mission to get a blue plaque installed to commemorate Greene
contd.Tim BentinckHow Greene was my Childhood
The actor recall a Berkhamsted childhood and Greene's influence
Julian ClappBrighton Rock - locations
Places in Brighton connected with the novel
Cedric WattsBrighton Rock, Janus and Proteous
Greek and Roman mythology in Greene's writings
Joyce StavickThe Not-so-Quiet Americans - university students speak out
as Greene film critics
Michael BrennanFaith and Authorship in the early Novels
Lee LangleyTraps and Escapes
The pleasures & problems of screen adaptations
Steve ChibnallProblems with Pinkie: Adapting Brighton Rock for the screen,
1947 and 2010
Bernard IneichenSpies, Lies and Dangerous to Believe: Espionage in the writings of
Norman Lewis and Graham Greene
Neil SinyardAll writers are equal but some writers are more equal than others:
reflections on the links and contrasts between Greene & Orwell
YearSpeakerTitle of talk or eventFilms
2012Creina Mansfield, Sarah Prescott Researching GreeneThe Human Factor (1979) & Martyn Sampson The experiences of three current Greene researchers The Tenth Man (1988)
Kevin RuaneThe Hidden History of Graham Greene's Vietnam War
François GallixGreene, Spies and MI6
Adam PietteThe Third Man, Underground Intelligence and the Freudian Cold War
Ian ThomsonGraham Greene in Tallin
Christopher HullSex, Drugs and Communism: Greene's visits to Cuba
Peter EvansBelgravia, Vienna, Havana: Carol Reed in Greeneland
Quentin FalkFilm adaptations of Greene: An Illustrated Talk
Brigitte Timmerman"Though never intended for publication, it had to start as a story".
The Third Man - a comparative text analysis
Neil SinyardTemple of Doom : some reflections on Graham Greene, Wee Willie
Winkie and the Shirley Temple controversy
2013François GallixGreene's Magic PlacesDr Fischer of Geneva (1984)
Carlos Villar FlorTravels with my Priest: Greene's Spanish trips 1976-89The Heart of the Matter(1953)
Randall StevensonThe Heart of the Matter: the James Tait Black Novel of the Century?
Frances AssaGreene and Israel
Frances McCormack"Memory cheats": deception, recollection and the problem of reading
inThe Captain and the Enemy
YearSpeakerTitle of talk or eventFilms
2013John BatchelorGraham Greene's writing: the theatre of the mind
contd.Joyce StavickAn American investigates Greene's aversion to America
Michael Bowie"We Catholics are damned by our knowledge"
Nicholas ShakespeareFrom Buenos Aires to Berkhamsted: a personal journey
Richard GreeneHis recent research for a biography of Greene
Neil Sinyard"The Overpowering smell of cooked ham". Reflections on three of
Greene's film reviews
2014Brian McDonnellGraham Greene and Film NoirLoser Takes All (1956)
Rubén MohenoGraham Greene in Mexico: A Hint of an ExplanationThe Quiet American (2002)
Michael MeeuwisMerriment or Make-Believe? Reflections on Congo Journal,
Missionaries and a Home Video
Andrew BiswellJourneys to the Border: WH Auden, Christopher Isherwood &
Graham Greene
Tracy LoughranDivided Selves: Graham Greene and Psychoanalysis in Interwar
Britain
Jon WiseThe Unseen Greene: Researching Graham Greene in the UK and USA
Rebecca RoachSpying on Writers: Graham Greene's interviews
Darren MiddletonThe Company of Others: On Graham Greene and Shusaku Endo
YearSpeakerTitle of talk or eventFilms
2014(Paper read by Frances McCormack)
contd.Judith AdamsonReflections
Motonori SatoThe Invisible Japanese Gentleman: Graham Greene's
literary influence in Japan
Mike Hill"The worst potboiler I ever perpetrated". The Confidential Agent:
The novel and the film considered
2015NO FESTIVAL
2016Carlos Villar FlorJourney With Maps: the beginning of Greene's Quixotic holidaysThe Third Man (1949)
Roy HattersleyThe Catholic MuseTwo Gentle People (1975)
Nick WarburtonTravels with Auntie - an interview with Mike HillDream of a Strange Land (1976)
Warburton's experiences as a writer a radio play adaptor
University of North GeorgiaCurrent Research on Graham Greene
Studentstwo students describe their Greene-related work
Cedric WattsGreene and Jews
Caroline Bourget & Nick DennysRegarding Graham - Greene's daughter & nephew interviewed
by Jon Wise
Judith Adamson"I've always wanted to be in a publisher's office"
Greene's experiences with and experiences of the world of publishing
YearSpeakerTitle of talk or eventFilms
contd.Alice Reeve-Tucker"Something to catch hold of in the general flux": Greene's presentation
of religious ideas and longings in his first three novels
Neil SinyardTaking Liberties: two controversial film adaptations of, and by,
Graham Greene
2017Michael MeeuwisThe Five Lives of the Congo JournalThe Fugitive (1947)
The diary kept by Greene when he went to the Belgian CongoConfidential Agent (1945)
Giles FraserThe Priesthood and Graham Greene's WritingsDavid Pearce on Graham Greene Interviewed by Mike Hill a visual sound tribute
Kevin RuaneOur Man in Hanoi: the strange and enduring friendship of Graham
Greene and Trevor Wilson
Peter JamesBrighton and Beyond: Writing Modern Crime Fiction
Andrew LownieGuy Burgess, Soviet Spy, and Graham Greene
Tim HetheringtonJudging a Book by its Cover - an interview with Mike Hill
Louise DoughtyWriting Modern fiction –interviewed byCreina Mansfield
Pierre JoannonGraham Greene and the Honorary Consul
The Irish Honorary Consul's memories of his friendship with Greene
Mike HillVivatBristowa: Graham Greene, Berkhamsted and the unfinished
novelLucius