"the optimism we need is going to come from our fellow human beings"
Elif Shafak
5x15 EartH Hackney
"A luminous evening – hopeful, heartfelt & deeply inspiring."
Akram Khan Company
"The line-up, under any circumstances would have been intriguing... the event was sold out... there was an electricity in the room..."
The New Yorker
"5x15's packed soirees feel like an evening of offline, communal surfing, it's due as much to the eclectic menu of speakers as to the short time allotted to each..."
The New York Times
"The ability to 'think intelligently' about subjects that tickle, exercise and expand your mind is at last tangible with entertaining talks at 5x15."
The Telegraph
"a brilliant concept of five 15-minute talks delivered by significant voices..."
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Upcoming Events
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Kate Humble
Where the Hearth Is
Helen Rebanks
The Farmer's Wife
Kate Humble and Helen Rebanks
The wonderful Kate Humble and Helen Rebanks join us for a special conversation about country life, everyday living and the meaning of home.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Marcus du Sautoy on Around the World in 80 Games
Award-winning mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explores the maths behind the games we love, and why we love to play them in conversation with Alex Bellos
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
5x15 x Rathbones & Kew Gardens: Nature's Diversity
Join us for the first event in 5x15's new series with Rathbones and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on nature's diversity and new ways of thinking.
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
5x15 x Keystone Positive Change: Plastics
5x15 x Keystone present the fifth in our Six Ideas to Change the World series, with Pulitzer Prize winning writer Elizabeth Kolbert on life beyond plastics.
Online, Via Zoom
5x15 x English Heritage
5x15 & English Heritage present an inspiring evening of storytelling celebrating London's blue plaques scheme & the figures they commemorate
The Tabernacle, W11
The Tabernacle, W11
Featuring Talks By:
Simon Callow
On Charles Laughton
Anita Anand
On Princess Sophia
Joanna Lumley
on Jean Muir
Ben Okri
on TS Eliot
Rosemary Hill
on William Ewart
5x15 x English Heritage
5x15 & English Heritage present an inspiring evening of storytelling celebrating London's blue plaques scheme & the figures they commemorate
The Tabernacle, W11
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
David Grann
The Wager
Kassia St Clair
The Race to the Future
Rosamund Young
The Wisdom of Sheep
Paul Caruana Galizia
A Death in Malta
Adam Sisman
The Secret Life of John Le Carré
5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - November 2023
Join us in November for stories of shipwreck, assassination and the fight for justice; of cataclysmic car races, the private lives of sheep and an author's secret life...
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Nina Stibbe
Went to London, Took the Dog
Cathy Rentzenbrink
In conversation
Nina Stibbe and Cathy Rentzenbrink on Went to London, Took the Dog
Nina Stibbe, author of the beloved Love, Nina, returns with a hilarious, poignant new book! She'll be in conversation with acclaimed memoirist Cathy Rentzenbrink.
Online, Via Zoom
About
5x15 produces events of ideas, insight and inspiration for the world’s leading organisations and most discerning audiences. We bring internationally acclaimed speakers to the stage to share stories that are informative, provoking, and above all, entertaining.
Wade Davis @ 5x15 - Cultures at Risk
Wade Davis is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker whose work has taken him from the Amazon to Tibet, Africa to Australia, Polynesia to the Arctic.
About
5x15 produces events of ideas, insight and inspiration for the world’s leading organisations and most discerning audiences. We bring internationally acclaimed speakers to the stage to share stories that are informative, provoking, and above all, entertaining.
