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Iain MacGregor: The Hiroshima Men

Name: Iain MacGregor: The Hiroshima Men
Start: 2025-06-12T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-06-12T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Buccleuch Marquee

A harrowing and timely account of the people behind—and affected by—the atomic bomb that changed the world forever.

Saturday, 14 June 2025

5:30pm ‐ 6:30pm

Buccleuch Marquee
Harmony Garden and Orchard, St Mary's Road, Melrose, TD6 9LJ

https://tikt.link/iainmac

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80 years ago this August, the world woke up to the horror of Hiroshima. 80,000 died immediately, with tens of thousands dying slowly in the months and years to come, from radiation poisoning. Using meticulous research to uncover stories yet untold, renowned historian Iain MacGregor takes us deep into the minds of those who designed and developed the first atomic bomb, those who made the momentous decision to drop it and those whose lives were lost or shattered on the day humanity was forever altered. With world politics today on knifepoint BBC correspondent Fergal Keane can think of “no more important book for our time” than The Hiroshima Men.