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SINGLE EVENTS

Mar 28

John Simpson: The Leaders & Lunatics Tour

Live on Stage in London

Friday,
7:30 pm GMT  Royal Geographical Society, London

FridayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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Mar 29

Yung Pueblo – How To Love Better

Live In Conversation with Poppy Jamie

Saturday,
7:30 pm BST   Royal Geographical Society, London

Saturday Royal Geographical Society, London

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Apr 11

Merlin Sheldrake – Fungi: Web of Life Live

Live on Stage in London

Friday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society, London

FridayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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Apr 28

A History of Britain in Ten Enemies

Horrible Histories Creator Terry Deary

Monday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

MondayThe Conduit, London

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Apr 7

An Evening With Joan Armatrading

Live In Conversation in London

Monday,
7:30 pm BST  Cadogan Hall, London

MondayCadogan Hall, London

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Apr 8

The Ideological Brain – The New Neuroscience of Susceptible Minds

Leor Zmigrod In Conversation with David Edmonds

Tuesday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

TuesdayThe Conduit, London

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Apr 7

The Future of What We Eat

Stuart Gillespie In Conversation with Dolly van Tulleken

Monday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

MondayThe Conduit, London

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Apr 24

How Tyrants Fall

Marcel Dirsus In Conversation With Brian Klaas

Thursday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

ThursdayThe Conduit, London

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May 8

The Iranian Embassy Siege – The True Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama

Ben Macintyre and special guests Sim Harris and John Gunn

Thursday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society, London

ThursdayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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May 9

The GothamChess Europe Tour 2025

Levy Rozman AKA GothamChess

Friday,
7:30 pm BST  Central Hall Westminster, London

FridayCentral Hall Westminster, London

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May 6

The Women’s Health Crisis (and how to thrive despite it)

Naga Munchetty In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

Tuesday,
7:30 pm BST  The Royal Society of Medicine, London

TuesdayThe Royal Society of Medicine, London

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May 2

Robert Macfarlane – Is a River Alive?

Live in Conversation with Horatio Clare

Friday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society

FridayRoyal Geographical Society

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May 15

Welcome Them In: High Immigration Is Good For Britain

Zoe Gardner and Jonathan Portes vs Nadhim Zahawi and Matthew Goodwin

Thursday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society

ThursdayRoyal Geographical Society

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May 12

The Stoic Capitalist – Advice for the Exceptionally Ambitious

Robert Rosenkranz in Conversation With Paul van Zyl

Monday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit

MondayThe Conduit

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May 19

These Strange New Minds – How AI Works

Oxford Neuroscientist Christopher Summerfield, Research Director of the UK AI Safety Institute

Monday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

MondayThe Conduit, London

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May 20

Sayeeda Warsi – Muslims Don’t Matter

Live in Conversation in London

Tuesday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society, London

TuesdayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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May 27

A Night With Geoff Dyer

Live in Conversation in London

Tuesday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

TuesdayThe Conduit, London

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May 27

Caroline Darian, Daughter of Gisèle Pelicot

Live In Conversation in London

Tuesday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society

TuesdayRoyal Geographical Society

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May 28

Capitalism and its Critics – from the Luddites to Degrowth

The New Yorker’s John Cassidy

Wednesday,
1:00 pm BST  The Conduit, London

WednesdayThe Conduit, London

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May 14

The Dangerous Ambition of Science

Roman Krznaric and Adam Rutherford in conversation with Ella Saltmarshe

Wednesday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

WednesdayThe Conduit, London

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May 29

The Solution to Misogyny is Men

Jackson Katz In Conversation With Jess Davies

Thursday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

ThursdayThe Conduit, London

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Jun 10

Pornography Can Be A Force For Good

Blake and Peter Tatchell vs Mary Harrington and Zoe Strimpel

Tuesday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society

TuesdayRoyal Geographical Society

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Jun 16

Alain de Botton – The School of Life Live

How Emotionally Mature Are You?

Monday,
7:30 pm BST  Central Hall Westminster, London

MondayCentral Hall Westminster, London

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Jun 10

Jeremy Hunt – Can Britain Be Great Again?

Live In Conversation with Paul van Zyl

Tuesday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

TuesdayThe Conduit, London

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Jun 2

Robin Ince – Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal

Adventures in Neurodiversity

Monday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

MondayThe Conduit, London

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Jun 14

Jacinda Ardern – A Different Kind of Power

Live in Conversation in London

Saturday,
7:30 pm BST  Central Hall Westminster

SaturdayCentral Hall Westminster

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Jul 14

Trump 2.0 Will Make the World a Safer Place

Michael Gove vs Mehdi Hasan

Monday,
7:30 pm BST  Royal Geographical Society, London

MondayRoyal Geographical Society, London

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Sept 30

The Body Keeps the Score – Dr Bessel van der Kolk

Live in Conversation in London

Tuesday,
7:30 pm BST   Central Hall Westminster, London

Tuesday Central Hall Westminster, London

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Sept 25

Don’t Talk About Politics – How to Change 21st Century Minds

Sarah Stein Lubrano In Conversation With Tim Finch

Thursday,
6:15 pm BST  The Conduit, London

ThursdayThe Conduit, London

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ONLINE EVENTS

Mar 26

How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of War

Edward Fishman

Wednesday,
6:00 pm GMT  Online / How To +

WednesdayOnline / How To +

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Mar 27

The Prosecutor – One Man’s Battle to Bring Nazis to Justice

Costa Prize-Winner Jack Fairweather In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

Thursday,
6:00 pm GMT  Online / How To +

ThursdayOnline / How To +

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Apr 23

On Muscle – The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters

Bonnie Tsui In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

Wednesday,
6:00 pm BST  Online / How To +

WednesdayOnline / How To +

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Apr 17

An Alternative Tour of the Human Anatomy

Gabriel Weston In Conversation with Robin Ince

Thursday,
6:00 pm BST  Online / How To +

ThursdayOnline / How To +

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Apr 1

How to Think, Feel, and Perform Like the Top 1%

Maya Raichoora In Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

Tuesday,
6:00 pm BST   Online / How To +

Tuesday Online / How To +

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Apr 24

The Lost Girls of Autism – How Science Failed Autistic Women

Gina Rippon

Thursday,
6:00 pm BST  Online / How To +

ThursdayOnline / How To +

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Apr 10

The Story of Doctor Who

John Higgs

Thursday,
6:00 pm BST  Online / How To +

ThursdayOnline / How To +

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Apr 30

Philippe Sands – The Secret History of Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia

Philippe Sands

Wednesday,
6:00 pm BST  Online / How To +

WednesdayOnline / How To +

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May 6

How to Stop Hating the People We Disagree With

Paul Dolan In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

Tuesday,
6:00 pm BST  Online / How To +

TuesdayOnline / How To +

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