A LEADING authority on East-West relations will give a public lecture in the North-East later this month (Sunday, October 20).

Robin Brooke-Smith, who has written a new book titled Storm Warning about north-west Pakistan, will explore the build up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2011, and the years since.

A former principal of Edwardes College at the University of Peshawar, Pakistan, Mr Brooke-Smith will appear at Holgate House, at Durham University’s Grey College, South Road, Durham City, on Sunday, October 20, at 2.15pm. Entry is free and open to all.

Afterwards, Mr Brooke-Smith will sign copies of his book.