Monstrous Anger of the Guns (Malvern Festival of Ideas)
We are seeing injustices caused by war and occupation unfold in real-time via social media, and we are speaking out in our millions against these horrors. Yet, from Gaza to…
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On Voice and the Feeling of Truth (Malvern Festival of Ideas)
Join novelist, poet and playwright Owen Sheers as he concludes our weekend with readings and conversation around his attempts to move beyond a partial truth through engaging with ideas of…
Capitalism, Democracy, and “Bullshit” (Festival of Ideas)
Join Grace Blakeley and Sam Fowles — the socialist firebrand and the barrister who stood up to the Prime Minister — as they peel back the layers of deception. Together,…
X Marks the Spot (Festival of Ideas)
Unearthing the physical remains of our past is a quintessential human itch – seen in every society from the ancients through to today. But the stories behind archaeological exploration and…
Making Disability Funny (Festival of Ideas)
The writers of The Daily Tism, Sara Gibbs and Elsa Williams, discuss punching inwards – how own-voices writers mine their own lives for comedy. Discussions include how to target your…
Embodying Pride, Cultivating Protest (Festival of Ideas)
Senthorun Raj, who is Reader in Human Rights Law at Manchester Law School, explores the various ways lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex, queer, and asexual people around the world…
History and the History Wars (Festival of Ideas)
History is now front-page news, contested as never before. Statues have fallen and the reputations of great men have been called into question. In this Saturday evening talk, Professor David…
Spectral Strokes: Unveiling the World of The Sad Ghost Club (Festival of Ideas)
Step into the cosy realm of ink-stained paper and whispered tales. Join Lize Meddings, the brilliant graphic novelist behind The Sad Ghost Club, as she guides you through a minifold…
Who Do You Really Think You Are? (Festival of Ideas)
Join geneticist and broadcaster, Adam Rutherford, as he takes his genetics shears and history axe in hand and pollards, prunes and chops down some of the (genealogy, family and evolution)…
The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be (Festival of Ideas)
Mark Lewney delivers his amazing physics show – it’s about futurism and the physics of predicting the future, in which Uncertainty plays a starring role. Why aren’t astrologers rich? Surely,…
Human Rights: The Case for the Defence (Festival of Ideas)
On International Women’s Day, join two feminist icons, Baroness Hale of Richmond and Baroness Chakrabarti, as they discuss justice, rights and free speech. After the devastation of the Second World…
Not Irrelephant (Festival of Ideas)
A gaming and learning session led by Rosemary Webb about one the most intelligent animals in the world, the elephant. Learn fun facts about elephants through games such as ‘Top…
