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Festival of Ideas

Malvern Festival of Ideas: Relative Distance in the Afterlives of Slavery with Matthew Smith

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Relative Distance in the Afterlives of Slavery: Matthew J. Smith, Director of the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London, shares some of…

Malvern Festival of Ideas: Re-frame Your Now; Re-vision Your Future – A Regenerative Way of Seeing with Ruth Davey

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Ruth Davey, Director of Look Again, evidence-based mindful photography for mental health and wellbeing, explores how seeing with fresh eyes enables us to improve our wellbeing and resilience in the…

Malvern Festival of Ideas: The Frog & The Scorpion with Andy West

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Can we ever blamed for following our nature? Is there such a thing as being too kind? These are the questions that the fable of The Frog and the Scorpion…

Malvern Festival of Ideas: Melissa Benn & Jane Martin

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Writer and campaigner Melissa Benn in conversation with social historian Jane Martin about the strength of political and family traditions – concerning ethics, ideas and ways of campaigning – and…

Malvern Festival of Ideas: Drawing Stories from the Past with Will Hughes

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Artist and illustrator Will Hughes presents a workshop for children demonstrating how to create and draw historical characters and use them to make an illustrated story. Suitable for children aged…

Malvern Festival of Ideas: The Ship of Theseus with Andy West

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Theseus kept repairing his ship until one day all the parts had been replaced with new parts. We will discuss the question ‘Is it the same ship?’ This session is…

Malvern Festival of Ideas: Real Equality & Inclusion with Afua Hagan

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On real equality and inclusion: Afua Hagan, one of the leading voices on diversity in Britain, examines our legacy in the context of Black Lives Matter and Equality for Women. Afua…

Malvern Festival of Ideas: Archaeology in the Age of Genetics with Alice Roberts

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Discover how archaeology and genetics are joining forces to illuminate Ancient Britain, as Professor Alice Roberts shares stories from her bestselling books, Ancestors and Buried. Professor Alice Roberts is an…

The Poetry and Music of Science (Festival of Ideas)

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Part of the Malvern Festival of Ideas A talk by Tom McLeish, theoretical physicist, academic leader and author. As any scientist knows, the imagination is essential to the immense task…

George Orwell wasn’t a prophet (Festival of Ideas)

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Part of the Malvern Festival of Ideas A talk by Nathan Waddell, author and lecturer on early twentieth-century and modernist literature. The title of this talk is: George Orwell wasn’t…

Imagine…A World in which we never lost our childhood’s sense of justice (Festival of Ideas)

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Part of the Malvern Festival of Ideas A talk by Onjali Q Rauf, bestselling author and human rights activist. She is the founder of NGO Making Herstory, a woman’s rights…

Imagine…A World where Basic Human Rights and Dignity were Respected (Festival of Ideas)

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Part of the Malvern Festival of Ideas A talk by Afraa Hashem. Afraa is one of the main characters in the award-winning documentary, For Sama. Affra opened schools in Aleppo and remained in…

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