Book for the Jewish Book Week events in Hall One and Hall Two tonight – ‘Legacy’ at 6.30pm and ‘The Good State’ at 8pm – and save £8.

Please note, this offer cannot be combined with other Jewish Book Week offers.

In the early 1800s Lehmann Gluckstein fled Eastern Europe for Whitechapel. He and his family created a small tobacco factory that eventually became the largest catering company in the world: J. Lyons. They owned restaurants, hairdressing salons, theatre booking services, delicatessens and a food hall. For over a century Lyons restaurants and corner houses were on every high street, bringing the world to the British people, democratising luxury and globalising our tastes.

Legacy: One Family, a Cup of Tea, and the Company who took on the World charts the rise and fall of one of the most influential dynasties in British History. Hanns and Rudolf author Thomas Harding discusses with Matthew Stadlen.

Thomas Harding is a bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than 16 languages. He has written for the Financial Times, The Sunday Times, the Washington Post and the Guardian.

Matthew Stadlen is a national radio and television presenter, producer and writer. He has presented weekend early mornings on LBC since October 2016.

There is a ticking time-bomb at the heart of our representative democracy and in more than 50 countries around the world. The problem is as large and widespread as it is serious.

Politics is too often the enemy of government – at least; of good government. A.C. Grayling argues need proportional representation. We need to lower the voting age to 16. We need a written constitution. We need to separate the functions and powers of the executive, the legislature and the judiciary.

Democracy is for all, not some.