Archives : Social
Story of the Angry Man
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- Nir Paldi
“I wanted to create a provocative piece of political theatre, but I hadn’t wanted to get my nose broken”. Nir tells of an experience with The Angry man, a rather…
A Musical Odyssey
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- Alabama 3
Merging poetry, politics, music and performance, A3 take us on a dark journey through contemporary England. At times angry, at times, starkly beautiful their performance is a true tour de…
Transforming the Media
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- Paris Lees
Paris is joined on stage by friend Dr Kate Stone, a Cambridge professor who recently waged war against transphobic prejudices in the media. The two candidly discuss their experience of…
Flex Is Kings
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.…
Amanda Lepore: The Most Expensive Body on Earth.
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- Amanda Lepore
Amanda discusses her journey of self-discovery, and the long road to becoming ‘the number one transsexual in the world’. Expect a brutally candid story, punctuated with plenty of curveballs: family…
Joseph Cox: The Deep Web Isn’t All Dark
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- Joseph Cox
Joseph offers a brief survey of the Deep Web’s varied offering: crowd-sourced hit men, jihadists and esoteric drugs. Yet he invites us to look beyond the pixels, and sensationalist newspaper…
Zero Degrees of Empathy
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- Simon Baron-Cohen
In this harrowing talk, Simon looks at notorious incidents of 20th Century evil. He argues for a more scientific understanding of the problem, seeing so-called evil in terms of a…
Sane New World
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- Ruby Wax
“It doesn’t matter if your famous or live in a mud hut or what culture you’re from: depression loves everyone”. Characteristically candid, Ruby discusses her own experiences of mental illness…
Banknotes, backlash & the rise of a role model
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- Caroline Criado-Perez
In this harrowing talk, Caroline explores the current state of gender equality in the UK and abroad. She describes her campaign to improve female representation and the horrific backlash that…
On the Map.
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- Simon Garfield
Simon explores the weird and wonderful world of cartography, taking us on a whistlestop tour of maps, starting at 276 BC, and ending in the present day. We are shown…