Masha Gessen

Join celebrated journalist, author and activist Masha Gessen for the third annual Harriet Martineau Lecture exploring freedom of speech and investigative journalism.

Masha Gessen is world-renowned for her outspoken opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and was at one stage ‘probably the only publically out gay person in the whole of Russia’. Her latest book is Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot. Following in the footsteps of Kate Mosse and Ali Smith in honouring Harriet Martineau - Norwich’s 19th Century radical thinker and the world’s first female journalist - hear Gessen speak, ask your questions and celebrate freedom of expression and investigative journalism through a feminist lens.