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Fri 4th, 18:30
Visual arts and performance
Speakers include Isaac Julien, artist; Helena Blaker, writer and curator
Siobhan Davies Studios, 85 St George Road, London SE1 6ER. 08444 771 000
www.siobhandavies.co
m/parallelvoices
£8
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Fri 4th, 18:30
Visual arts and performance
Isaac Julien - artist
Helena Blaker - writer and curator
Siobhan Davies Studios, St George Rd, SE1. 08444 771 000
www.siobhandavies.co
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£8
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Fri 4th, 10:00
Dawn of a colony: new perspectives on St Ives Art
David Tovey, curator, Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse, National Gallery of Finland
Tate St Ives, Porthmeor Beach, St Ives. 01736 796 226
www.tate.org.uk.stiv
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£20
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Sat 5th, 20:00
Dirty books: the house of homosexual culture
Rupert Smith and Suzanne Portnoy, authors, Elizabeth Coldwell, Forum Magazine.
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1. 0871 663 2500
www.southbankcentre.
co.uk
£7
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Mon 7th, 18:30
Thinking outside the green box
John F Allen, Professor of Biochemistry
Clinical Lecture Theatre, Francis Bancroft Building, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road. 020 7882 5148
www.qmul.ac.uk/
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Mon 7th, 18:30
Law and Society: which is to be master?
Thomas Bingham, former Lord Chief Justice, Vernon Bogdanor, University of Oxford
Westminster School, Little Dean's Yard, SW1. 020 7427 5641
www.temple2008.org
£10
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Mon 7th, 19:00
Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel
Andrew Graham Dixon, author and art critic
V&A, Cromwell Rd, SW7. 020 7942 2000
www.vam.ac.uk
£15
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Mon 7th, 18:00
"The Last Mughal"
William Dalrymple, author
Gresham College, Barnard's Inn Hall, EC1. 020 7796 4949
www.colf.org
Free
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Mon 7th, 19:30
On Democracy: Tony Benn and David Davis in conversation
Tony Benn and David Davis MPs
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1. 0871 663 2500
www.southbankcentre.
co.uk
£10
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Tue 8th, 19:00
London's changing stations
Robert Thorne, author and senior associate at Alan Baxter & Associates
Bishopsgate Institute, Bishopsgate, EC2. 020 7392 9220
www.bishopsgate.org.
uk/events
£7
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Tue 8th, 19:00
London's changing stations
Robert Thorne, author
Bishopsgate Institute, Bishopsgate, EC2. 020 7392 9200
www.bishopsgate.org.
uk/events
£7
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Wed 9th, 18:00
Free speech or incitement to religious hatred: where should we draw the line
Tariq Madood, Bristol Institute of Current Affairs, Geoffrey Robertson, QC, Albie Sachs, The Constitutional Court of South Africa
Temple Church, Inner Temple Lane, EC4. 020 7427 5651
www.temple2008.org
£10
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Wed 9th, 16:30
Cross-cultural approaches to death and regeneration
Ralph Williamson, University of Oxford
Priory Room, Christ Church, Oxford. 01865 276 150
www.ox.ac.uk/
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Thu 10th, 14:00
The Wellcome Debate
Christine Patch, Guys and St Thomas’s Hospital.
Kári Stefánsson, Managing Director, deCODE genetics.
Alison Stewart, Principal Associate, PHG Foundation.
Wellcome Collection, Euston Road, NW1. 020 7611 2222
www.wellcomecollecti
on.org/events
free
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Thu 10th, 19:00
The treasures of Beethoven
John Suchet, author and broadcaster
Daunt Books, Marylebone High St, W1. 020 7224 2295
www.dauntbooks.co.uk
£5
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Thu 10th, 19:00
Should it be illegal to sell genetic tests?
Christine Patch, genetic counsellor; Kari Stefansson, deCODE genetics; Alson Stewart, PHG foundation
Wellcome Collection, Euston Rd, NW1. 020 7611 2222
www.wellcomecollecti
on.org/events
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Thu 10th, 13:00
The lure of the east: the orient in perspective
Nicholas Tromans, curator
Tate Britain, Millbank, SW1. 020 7887 8888
www.tate.org.uk/
britain
£4
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Sat 12th, 11:30
Dispatches from foreign lands
Christina Lamb and Martin Bell, journalists
Darlington Hall, Totnes, Devon. 01803 867 373
www.wayswithwords.co
.uk
£8
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Sun 13th, 18:00
Talking in tongues
Lemn Sissay, artist; Breis, writer and hip hop artist; Christina Oshunniyi, performer and choreographer
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1. 0871 663 2500
www.southbankcentre.
co.uk
£7
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Sun 13th, 12:15
Torture and the Law
Phillipe Sands, QC; John Snow, broadcaster
Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon. 01803 867 373
www.wayswithwords.co
.uk
£8
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Mon 14th, 14:00
Stalin's Hidden Legacy
Simon Sebag Montefiore, author
Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon. 01803 867 373
www.wayswithwords.co
.uk
£8
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Tue 15th, 19:00
Saving and losing spitalfields
Dan Cruickshank, writer, broadcaster and architectural historian
Bishopsgate Institute, Bishopsgate, EC2. 020 7392 9220
www.bishopsgate.org.
uk/events
£7
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Tue 15th, 13:00
Islam and democracy: are they compatible?
Usama Hassan, David Nordell, Amedee Turner, QC
St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, EC2. 020 7248 5139
www.stmarylebow.org.
uk
free
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Tue 15th, 19:00
Hafiz of Shiraz on the metaphysics of love
Leonard Lewisohn, University of Exeter
The Royal Asiatic Society, Stephenson Way, SW1. 01223 813 663
www.tenemosacademy.o
rg
£5
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Tue 15th, 19:45
Bring on the apocolypse
George Monbiot, journalist
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1. 0871 663 2500
www.southbankcentre.
co.uk
£9
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Wed 16th, 19:00
The Creative Journey: Fay Weldon in conversation
Fay Weldon, author and playwright
Freud Museum, Maresfield Gardens, NW3. 020 7435 2002
www.freud.org.uk
£12
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Wed 16th, 19:00
Fay Weldon in conversation
Fay Weldon, author and playwright
Freud Museum, Maresfield Gdns, NW3. 020 7435 2002
www.freud.org.uk
£12
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Wed 16th, 18:30
The vision of canary wharf
Michael Heseltine, former MP
Canary Wharf, E14. 020 7882 5147
www.qmul.ac.uk/
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Wed 16th, 18:30
Margaret Mellis exhibition talk
Emily Whalley, artist
Sainsbury Centre, Norfolk Rd, Norwich. 01603 593 199
www.scva.ac.uk
£6
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Wed 16th, 19:00
"Semi-invisible man: the life of Norman Lewis"
Julian Evans, biographer;
Barnaby Rogerson, Eland Publishing
Daunt Books, Marylebone High St, W1. 020 7224 2295
www.dauntbooks.co.uk
£5
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Thu 17th, 14:00
The worst of medicine
Michael Fitzpatrick, GP; William Schabas, Irish Centre for Human Rights
• David Wootton, Professor of History, University of York and author of 'Bad Medicine'
Facilitator
• Fiona Fox, Director, Science Media Centre
Wellcome Collection, Euston Road, NW1. 020 7611 2222
www.wellcomecollecti
on.org/events
free
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Thu 17th, 19:00
The worst of medicine
Michael Fitzpatrick, GP; David Wootton, author; Fiona Fox, director of Science Media Centre
Wellcome Collection, Euston Rd, NW1. 020 7611 2222
www.wellcomecollecti
on.org/events
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Tue 22nd, 13:00
The intimate world of Chardin
Marie-Claude Elliot, art historian
Wallace Collection, Manchester Sq. 020 7563 9500
www.wallacecollectio
n.org
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Tue 22nd, 18:00
Do schoolchildren and students know how to research?
Guy Claxton, University of Bristol; Stephen Heppell, education policy advisor; Mike Tomlinson, former chief inspector of schools
RSA, John Adam St, WC2. 020 7451 6868
www.thersa.org.uk/
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Free
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Tue 22nd, 19:00
"The Bellini Card: A Yashim the eunuch mystery"
Jason Goodwin, author;
Barbara Nadel, novelist
Daunt Books, Marylebone High St, W1. 020 7224 2295
www.dauntbooks.co.uk
£5
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Wed 23rd, 18:30
Recording Reality
Jo Kirkby, senior scientific officer, the National Gallery
National Gallery, Trafalgar Sq, WC1. 020 7747 2885
www.nationalgallery.
org.uk
£5
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Thu 24th, 19:00
Can international tribunals deliver justice?
John Laughland, author; Philippe Sands, QC; Simon Jenkins, writer and columnist
ICA, The Mall, SW1. 020 7930 3647
www.ica.org.uk/
events
£10
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Fri 25th, 18:00
The conceptual in choreography
Yvonne Rainer, choreographer-filmmaker; Catherine Wood and Mark Nash, curators
Siobhan Davies Studios, St George Road, SE1. 08444 771 000
www.siobhandavies.co
m/parallelvoices
£8
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Fri 25th, 18:00
The conceptual in choreography
Yvonne Rainer, choreographer-filmmaker; Catherine Wood and Mark Nash, curators
Siobhan Davies Studios, St George Rd, SE1. 08444 771 000
www.siobhandavies.co
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Thu 31st, 16:00
The role of technology for the 21st century artist
Jeremy Sutton, artist
Oxford Internet Institute, St Giles, Oxford. 01865 287 210
www.ox.ac.uk/
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Thu 31st, 18:00
The golden touch
Pete Franklin and Gavin Plumley, musicologists
Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool. 0151 702 7400
www.tate.org.uk/
liverpool
£7
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Tue 9th, 13:00
The Tunguska event
Chris Trayner, University of Leeds
Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1. 020 7734 3307
www.ras.org.uk
Free
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Thu 18th, 19:00
The Creative Journey: Amanda Craig in conversation with Timberlake Wertenbaker
Amanda Craig, novelist and columnist
Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens, NW3 5SX. 020 7435 2002
www.freud.org.uk
£12
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Wed 1st, 13:30
The world food crisis
Steve Wiggins, Overseas Development Institute;
Lord Melchett, the Soil Association; Alex Evans, Chatham House
St James's Church, Piccadilly, W1. 020 7274 5406
www.global-
development-
forum.org
£8
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Wed 8th, 19:00
The international agenda of the next president of the USA
Mariella Frostrup, broadcaster (to be confirmed)
St James's Church, Piccadilly, W1. 020 7274 5406
www.global-
development-
forum.org
£8
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Tue 14th, 13:00
Pictures in the sky: the origin and history of constellations
Ian Ridpath, astronomer and author
Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1. 020 7734 3307
www.ras.org.uk
Free
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Wed 15th, 19:00
Forget globalisation
Ha-joon Chang, University of Cambridge; Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, MP
St James's Church, Piccadilly, W1. 020 7274 5406
www.global-
development-
forum.org
£8
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Wed 22nd, 19:00
European leadership is needed to reform the UN
Mark Malloch-Brown
Minister of State at the Foreign and commonwealth office; Maggie Black,
author
St James's Church, Piccadilly, W1. 020 7274 5406
www.global-
development-
forum.org
£8
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Thu 23rd, 19:00
The Creative Journey: Deborah Moggach in conversation
Deborah Moggach, writer
Freud Museum London, Maresfield Gardens, NW3. 020 7435 2002
www.freud.org.uk
£12
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Wed 29th, 19:00
"Only private initiative will develop the south"
Paul Judge, president of the Royal Society of Arts; Karen Ellis, Overseas Development Institute
St James's Church, Piccadilly, W1. 020 7274 5406
www.global-
development-
forum.org
£8
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Tue 11th, 13:00
The big bang machine
Brian Cox, University of Manchester
Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1. 020 7734 3307
www.ras.org.uk
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Tue 9th, 13:00
Universe of multiverse?
Bernard Carr, Queen Mary
Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BQ. 020 7734 3307
www.ras.org.uk
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Tue 13th, 13:00
The new science of astrobiology and the search for life in the universe
Allan Chapman, University of Oxford
Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1. 020 7334 3307
www.ras.org.uk
Free
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Tue 10th, 13:00
Sir William Herschel: the first big telescope astronomer
Professor Allan Chapman, University of Oxford
Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1. 020 7734 3307
www.ras.org.uj
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Fri 8th, 17:30
Trademark Law and New Uses of Trademarks
Graeme Dinwoodie, Professor in Intellectual Property Law
Derek Willoughby Lecture Theatre, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square. 020 7882 5148
www.qmul.ac.uk/
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Mon 8th, 17:30
Between legacy and prophecy: ruins and the vision of time in Russia and the West
Andreas Schonle - Professor of Russian
Skeel Lecture Theatre, People's Palace, Queen Mary, University of London. 020 7882 5148
www.qmul.ac.uk/
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Mon 8th, 17:30
Reform and the EU: A Tale of Two Lisbons
Kenneth Armstrong, Professor of European Union Law
Clinical Lecture Theatre, Francis Bancroft Building, Queen Mary, University of London. 020 7882 5148
www.qmul.ac.uk/
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Free
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