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Beating Brain Fog

Dr Sabina Brennan

Thursday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

ThursdayOnline / How To +

Richard Dawkins In Conversation With Matt Ridley

On Reading and Writing Science

Thursday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

ThursdayOnline / How To +

How To Write Children’s Stories – a Three-Part Masterclass

Philip Womack

Friday,
10:00 am BST  Online Masterclass

FridayOnline Masterclass

How To Know Thyself – The Neuroscience of Self Awareness

Stephen Fleming in Conversation with David Malone

Friday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

FridayOnline / How To +

Light in the Dark – a History of Movie Directors

David Thomson in Conversation With Erica Wagner

Friday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

FridayOnline / How To +

How To Write a Comedy – a Three-Part Masterclass

Paul Dornan

Friday,
3:00 pm BST  Online Masterclass

FridayOnline Masterclass

An Evening With Hannah Rothschild

In Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

Sunday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

SundayOnline / How To +

Framers – Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil

Tim Harford Meets Kenneth Cukier

Sunday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

SundayOnline / How To +

An Evening With David Hare

In Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

Monday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

MondayOnline / How To +

Travel Club: A Walking Pilgrimage

Robert Martineau In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

Tuesday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

TuesdayOnline / How To +

A New History of the Vikings From Scandinavia to the Silk Road

William Dalrymple Meets Cat Jarman

Wednesday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

WednesdayOnline / How To +

Sir Michael Barber – How To Achieve Ambitious and Challenging Things

In Conversation With Diana Fox Carney

Wednesday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

WednesdayOnline / How To +

The Sleeping Beauties – And Other Stories of Mystery Illness

Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan In Conversation With David Malone

Thursday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

ThursdayOnline / How To +

The Reset – Ideas To Change How We Work and Live

Elizabeth Uviebinené, author of Slay In Your Lane, with Hannah MacInnes

Friday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

FridayOnline / How To +

Why We Make Bad Judgments and What We Can Do About It

Daniel Kahneman, Cass Sunstein and Olivier Sibony In Conversation With Diana Fox Carney

Sunday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

SundayOnline / How To +

Unwinding Anxiety – Train Your Brain to Heal Your Mind

Dr Judson Brewer In Conversation With Matthew Stadlen

Sunday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

SundayOnline / How To +

Nuclear Folly – A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Serhii Plokhy, Professor of History, Harvard

Monday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

MondayOnline / How To +

Alastair Campbell – The Cameron Years

In Conversation With Matthew Stadlen

Tuesday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

TuesdayOnline / How To +

How to Make Positive Changes That Stick – A Two-Part Masterclass

Wendy Wood

Tuesday,
4:30 pm BST  Online Masterclass

TuesdayOnline Masterclass

Niall Ferguson – The Politics of Catastrophe

In Conversation With Matthew d’Ancona

Wednesday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

WednesdayOnline / How To +

Superforecasting – The Art and Science of Prediction

Professor Philip Tetlock In Conversation With Robin Ince

Thursday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

ThursdayOnline / How To +

Operation Pedestal – The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942

Max Hastings

Friday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

FridayOnline / How To +

The Real You – How to Escape Your Limitations

Andrew Parr in conversation with Hannah MacInnes

Sunday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

SundayOnline / How To +

Alexandria – The Quest for the Lost City

Edmund Richardson

Sunday,
4:00 pm BST  Online / How To +

SundayOnline / How To +

An Evening With Anish Kapoor

In Conversation With Matthew Stadlen

Monday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

MondayOnline / How To +

How to Save Our Planet – The Facts

Mark Maslin In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

Monday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

MondayOnline / How To +

Mark Carney – How To Build a Better World For All

In Conversation with Matthew d’Ancona

Tuesday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

TuesdayOnline / How To +

How To Change – The Science of Getting From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Angela Duckworth Meets Katy Milkman

Wednesday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

WednesdayOnline / How To +

The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism

Duke University Professor Herman Pontzer in Conversation with Robin Ince

Wednesday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

WednesdayOnline / How To +

A Night In with Stacey Abrams

In Conversation With Karin Slaughter

Wednesday,
7:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

WednesdayOnline / How To +

Burning Man – The Ascent of DH Lawrence

Frances Wilson

Thursday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

ThursdayOnline / How To +

Stop Listening to Your Inner Critic, Heal Your Trauma and Live a Life Full of Joy

Emmy Brunner

Friday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

FridayOnline / How To +

How To Write a Novel – A Three-Part Masterclass

Francesco Dimitri

Friday,
3:00 pm BST  Online Masterclass

FridayOnline Masterclass

The Search for Authentic Connection in a Digital Age

MIT Professor Sherry Turkle In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes

Sunday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

SundayOnline / How To +

How To Make Peace With Your Body

Katy Wix In Conversation With Dr Linda Papadopoulos

Monday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

MondayOnline / How To +

Fully Human – A New Way of Using Your Mind

Steve Biddulph

Monday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

MondayOnline / How To +

A Night In with the Secret Barrister and Alexandra Wilson

Tuesday,
8:00 pm BST  Online / How To +

TuesdayOnline / How To +

Life on a Knife’s Edge – A Brain Surgeon’s Reflections on Life, Loss and Survival

Dr Rahul Jandial

Tuesday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

TuesdayOnline / How To +

The Musical Human – A New History of Life on Earth

Michael Spitzer

Wednesday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

WednesdayOnline / How To +

New Yorker Editor David Remnick Meets Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright

The Plague Year

Thursday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

ThursdayOnline / How To +

How to Write and Deliver Unforgettable Speeches – a Three Part Livestream Masterclass

JP Flintoff

Thursday,
3:00 pm BST  Online Masterclass

ThursdayOnline Masterclass

The Double Life of Bob Dylan

Clinton Heylin In Conversation With Matthew Stadlen

Friday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

FridayOnline / How To +

Inkspots with Katherine Rundell

Author of Rooftoppers and The Good Thieves

Saturday,
10:00 am BST  Online

SaturdayOnline

What David Hume Teaches Us about Being Human and Living Well

Julian Baggini

Sunday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

SundayOnline / How To +

Two Beats Ahead – What Great Musical Minds Teach Us About Creativity

Panos A. Panay, R. Michael Hendrix, and Hank Shocklee in conversation with Matthew Stadlen

Monday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

MondayOnline / How To +

Pandora’s Jar – Women in the Greek Myths

Natalie Haynes

Tuesday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

TuesdayOnline / How To +

How To Find Your Creative Voice Through Journaling

Laura Rubin

Tuesday,
5:00 pm BST  Online Masterclass

TuesdayOnline Masterclass

How to Think About Robots

Kate Darling

Wednesday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

WednesdayOnline / How To +

How To Be Clear – A Livestream Masterclass In Business Writing

Philip Collins

Thursday,
3:00 pm BST  Online Masterclass

ThursdayOnline Masterclass

Legendary Diver John Volanthen on the Thai Cave Rescue

Thursday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

ThursdayOnline / How To +

The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything

Jordan Ellenberg

Friday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

FridayOnline / How To +

Inkspots with Sita Brahmachari

Author of When Secrets Set Sail

Saturday,
10:00 am BST  Online

SaturdayOnline

Inkspots with Cressida Cowell

Author of How to Train Your Dragon and The Wizards of Once

Saturday,
11:00 am BST  Online

SaturdayOnline

The Anglo-Saxons – A History of The Beginnings of England

Dan Snow Meets Marc Morris

Sunday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

SundayOnline / How To +

Martin Rees Meets Ian Goldin

From Global Crisis to a Better World

Monday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

MondayOnline / How To +

A Life in Beauty

Leonard Lauder, Chairman Emeritus and Former CEO of The Estée Lauder Companies

Monday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

MondayOnline / How To +

How to Protect Your Privacy Online

Adam LeBor

Tuesday,
3:00 pm BST  Online Masterclass

TuesdayOnline Masterclass

What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

Heather McGhee

Tuesday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

TuesdayOnline / How To +

Effortless – How to Make It Easier to Do What Matters

Greg McKeown

Wednesday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

WednesdayOnline / How To +

The New Neuroscience of Mental Illness and the Origins of Human Emotion

Stanford Professor Karl Deisseroth In Conversation With David Malone

Thursday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

ThursdayOnline / How To +

How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet – From Theranos to Fyre Festival

Gabrielle Bluestone

Friday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

FridayOnline / How To +

Sebastian Junger on Freedom

In Conversation With Sophy Roberts

Friday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

FridayOnline / How To +

Inkspots with Michael Morpurgo

Author of Song of Gladness

Saturday,
10:00 am BST  Online

SaturdayOnline

Inkspots with Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Author of Millions and Noah’s Gold

Saturday,
11:00 am BST  Online

SaturdayOnline

William Blake Vs the World

John Higgs

Monday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

MondayOnline / How To +

How Confidence Works – The New Science of Self-Belief

Ian Robertson

Tuesday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

TuesdayOnline / How To +

Lisa Taddeo on Madness, Transgression and Power

In Conversation With Hadley Freeman

Thursday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

ThursdayOnline / How To +

Inkspots with Kate Gilby Smith

Author of The Astonishing Future of Alex Nobody

Saturday,
10:00 am BST  Online

SaturdayOnline

Inkspots with Rob Biddulph

Author of Draw with Rob: Build a Story

Saturday,
11:00 am BST  Online

SaturdayOnline

Inkspots with Isabella Tree

Author of Wilding and When We Went Wild

Saturday,
10:00 am BST  Online

SaturdayOnline

Inkspots with Allegra McEvedy

Junior Bake Off Judge and Author of Jolly Good Food

Saturday,
10:00 am BST  Online

SaturdayOnline

Michael Pollan – The Mind-Altering Power of Plants

Friday,
6:30 pm BST  Online / How To +

FridayOnline / How To +

How To Write a Life Story: Five-Night Retreat in Trasierra, Spain

Taught by award-winning biographer Frances Wilson and bestselling author Katherine Rundell

Thursday,
 Trasierra, Spain

ThursdayTrasierra, Spain

Benaki Festival

Friday,
9:00 am BST  Kardamyli

FridayKardamyli