"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
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The Financial Times
Upcoming Events
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - June 2023
Stories of education, #MeToo, influential women of the Middle Ages, and the world's cities as seen through a pilot's eyes - 5x15 in June
Online, Via Zoom
5x15 Live at Kew Gardens
On the evening of the summer solstice, 5x15 comes to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for a unique live event on the wonders of the natural world.
Temperate House, Kew Gardens, TW9
Temperate House, Kew Gardens, TW9
Featuring Talks By:
5x15 Live at Kew Gardens
On the evening of the summer solstice, 5x15 comes to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for a unique live event on the wonders of the natural world.
Temperate House, Kew Gardens, TW9
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Lucy Jones
Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Early Motherhood
Amy Liptrot
In conversation
Lucy Jones and Amy Liptrot on Matrescence
Join us to hear two fantastic authors, Lucy Jones and Amy Liptrot, in conversation about Matrescence, Jones's new book on motherhood.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
5x15 x Keystone Positive Change: Water
5x15 x Keystone Positive Change present the second in our Six Ideas to Change the World series, with Tim Smedley and Alok Jha on Water.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Polly Morland
A Fortunate Woman: A Country Doctor's Story
Rachel Clarke
In conversation
Polly Morland and Rachel Clarke on A Fortunate Woman
Acclaimed author Polly Morland speaks about the NHS and her new book A Fortunate Woman, with doctor and best-selling writer Rachel Clarke.
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.
