We are delighted to welcome Daniel Trilling to the Authors’ Club to talk about If We Tolerate This: How the British establishment made the far right respectable

The language of the far right is now in the mouths of our mainstream political leaders, from Labour to the Conservatives.

In 2025 we saw the biggest far-right march in Britain’s history, after a summer of flag-waving protest. The year before, racist mobs tried to attack mosques and hotels housing asylum seekers.

Something incredibly dangerous has been unleashed and yet our political class seems at best indifferent and at worst to welcome it.

In this short, urgent and brilliantly illuminating book, Daniel Trilling explains how we arrived at this extraordinary moment and what we can do to change course before it’s too late.

Daniel Trilling writes about nationalism, migration and human rights for publications including the London Review of Books, the Guardian and the New York Times. His first book, Bloody Nasty People: the Rise of Britain’s Far Right, was longlisted for the 2013 Orwell Prize. Lights in the Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe won Italy’s Libri contro la Fame literary prize and was shortlisted for the 2019 Bread and Roses Award.

To book please contact the booking office at bookings@nlc.org.uk or call 020 7968 0912

The two-course lunch, followed by coffee, costs £39. It’s in the Lady Violet Room and we start with drinks at 12:30pm.  Please book early and inform the club of any dietary requirements.