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Towards a more inclusive education

09 Feb 2023

Bafta-nominated film director Georgia Oakley, author Paul Baker, and educators Catherine Lee and Bennie Kara explore and celebrate 20 years of social change movements that shaped progress towards a more inclusive education in the UK.

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The transformative power of everyday wonder

19 Jan 2023

Join Dacher Keltner, a world-leading expert in the science and history of the emotions, for an inspiring exploration into how we can all find more wonder and awe in our modern lives.

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Stories against the dark

19 Dec 2022

For our final event of the year, join us for a festive treat! Live in person from the Great Room, multi-award-winning author Robert Macfarlane and acclaimed theatre-maker Simon McBurney explore the power and purpose of storytelling when dark times draw near.

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How colour changed our way of seeing

08 Dec 2022

Internationally renowned designer Riccardo Falcinelli reveals the surprising history of how colour came to define the way we see the world around us.

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100 years of British broadcasting

15 Dec 2022

Broadcast historian David Hendy looks back on 100 years of the BBC and reflects on how BBC broadcasting came to be such a central part of the British Christmas experience.

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Journeys through food, faith and culture

10 Nov 2022

Writer and restaurant critic Jimi Famurewa looks through the lens of food, faith, and culture to explore what it means to be Black, African, and British today.

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Edible economics

27 Oct 2022

Celebrated economist Ha-Joon Chang argues that our economic diet is as unhealthy and bland as eighties cuisine, and needs an injection of new thinking and diverse flavour to better nourish society.

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Three centuries of the RSA

12 Jul 2022

What can the RSA’s history tell us about what it takes to make change happen? Join us to celebrate ‘Arts and Minds’, the acclaimed new official history of the RSA, with author, Anton Howes.

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Can we be free in the age of the internet?

23 Jun 2022

How can we protect our right to think freely against the vast influence of the internet? Human rights lawyer Susie Alegre explores the long history and current state of the struggle to set our minds free.

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How we rebuild in the wake of disaster

28 Apr 2022

How do we heal when the worst happens? Disaster response expert Lucy Easthope joins former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams to share stories of human resilience and compassion in the face of catastrophe.