Festival of Ideas

Part of the Malvern Festival of Ideas What would it take for humanity to avert ecological catastrophe and create a society that exists in harmony with the natural world? In…

Part of the Malvern Festival of Ideas Imagination Session: Democracy is our shared imagination Imagining a better world can’t be left to our politicians. In this session we will 1)…

Part of the Malvern Festival of Ideas Will Hutton (Journalist and Author) and Steve Richards (Broadcaster and Political columnist) will discuss The State We’re In, beginning with the question of how to blend…

Part of the Malvern Festival of Ideas The natural world is in a careful balance, what happens when we start to mess with it? Follow food webs and trophic cascades to…

Part of the Malvern Festival of Ideas Dominic Grieve, British barrister and former politician and Attorney General, addresses the question, Can we be better governed? 2-3pm Tickets: Book Online​ This year,…

Part of the Malvern Festival of Ideas A talk by Tom Crawford, teaching and Outreach fellow in Mathematics. The million-dollar maths equations are 7 maths problems that are seen as…

Part of the Malvern Festival of Ideas Imagination Session: Money, Power and Gardening Treasure, serious treasure, is found deep beneath the earth. The ones who found it don’t know what…

Part of the Malvern Festival of Ideas Tim Jackson (Ecological Economist) and Jane Davidson (former minister for environment, sustainability and housing in the Welsh Government) will explore ideas around alternative…

Part of the Malvern Festival of Ideas A talk by Asad Rehman, Executive Director of War on Want. He will explore the idea of turning this moment of multiple crises…

Conversation. Discussion. Education. A return of the annual Festival of Ideas in it’s 10th year. A themed weekend of talks: this year’s theme is IMAGINE. Talks will touch on a…