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Prof. Dame Sally Davies
Dame Sally is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England and the first woman to fill this post. She is a haematologist with specialist research interest in sickle cell disease.…
Poems
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- Carol Ann Duffy
Carol reads through a series of selected pieces, giving us a broad cross-section of her life’s work. She also tells us about the inspiration behind some of her most iconic…
Deidre Schoo & Michael Beach Nichols
Flex are a troop of urban, street dancers performing in Brooklyn. Faced with dwindling prospects, and harsh economic conditions, they turned to dance as a constructive channel for their energy.…
Barbara Nitke
Barbara is a photographer who’s work can be seen in galleries across the world (though usually behind a black curtain). In the 70’s she worked extensively in porn and BDSM…
Marc Abrahams
Marc is a scientist, founder and host of the Annual Ig Nobel Prize, which celebrates all things odd, trivial and well, improbable emerging from the world of science. He is…
Dev Hynes | Blood Orange
Any music lover worth their salt will already have Dev firmly on their radar. A musician with the golden touch, he’s been at the helms of some of the most…
Choire Sicha
The New Yorker dubs him ‘the anti-blogger’… But, for all that, Choire’s influence can be felt across all reaches of the internet. He’s served as editor of Gawker (twice), The…
An Awkward Start
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- Spartacus Chetwynd
Spartacus’ talks spans everything from makeup tips to modern art. Her aim is to make the art scene more spontaneous accessible and to illustrate her point, she treats us to…
THE LOST CHANCE SALOON: LONDON
It was our great pleasure to announce the most hedonistic happening to date and seminal spectacle of 2014 ‘The Lost Chance Saloon’ which opened its doors on 16th and 17th…
Synthetic Aesthetic
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- Daisy Ginsberg
Daisy’s talk offers a creative vision of a genetically designed future: where the seemingly limitless possibilities of these brilliant, yet unfamiliar technologies are locked in battle with as yet unknown…