Edmund Richardson - Baillie Gifford Prize-winner 2026

Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction 2026, Edmund Richardson came in to speak with us about his quest to better understand one of the most elusive figures from ancient history: Alexander the Great. From his childhood obsession with Homer to a military campaign that would touch three continents and create the largest empire Europe had ever known, we spoke about the driving forces behind his epic journey into the East, the words that help us to understand him and the legacy left after his death at just 32.