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5x15 EartH Hackney
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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..."
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Upcoming Events
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Begin Again
Linda Colley
The Gun, the Ship and the Pen
Ed Caesar
The Moth and the Mountain
Polly Samson
Theatre For Dreamers
Philip Hoare
Albert and the Whale
5x15 Special: Great Lives
Join us for an inspirational journey across seven centuries and hear the incredible true stories behind five extraordinary lives.
Online, Via Zoom
The Earth Convention - Sustainable Cities
5x15 and Rathbones present the sixth session in The Earth Convention series looking at Sustainable Cities
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Isabel Dedring
Sustainable Cities
Rohan Silva
Sustainable Cities
Chris Boardman
Sustainable Cities
Kate Elliot
Sustainable Cities
The Earth Convention - Sustainable Cities
5x15 and Rathbones present the sixth session in The Earth Convention series looking at Sustainable Cities
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Carlo Rovelli
Helgoland
Marcus du Sautoy
in conversation
Carlo Rovelli on Helgoland in conversation with Marcus du Sautoy
Join us to hear master story teller and theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli in conversation with Marcus du Sautoy.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Edmund De Waal
Letters to Camondo
Horatio Clare
Heavy Light
Walter Isaacson
The Code Breaker
Sam Lee
The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird
Suzanne O’Sullivan
The Sleeping Beauties
April 5x15 with Edmund de Waal, Suzanne O'Sullivan, Horatio Clare and more
Join us in April for an evening of art, science and deeply personal storytelling.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Adam Grant
A New Education Story
Laura McInerney
A New Education Story
Jaiden Corfield
A New Education Story
Charlotte Church
A New Education Story
Andria Zafirakou
A New Education Story
Big Change
A New Education Story
A New Education Story with Big Change
After a year of homeschooling and no exams, it’s time to ask big questions about education. What do we want to hold onto, what must we get back to, and what needs a rethink?
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Sarah Raven
A Year Full of Flowers
Jonathan Drori
Around the World in 80 Plants
Tim Smit
The Eden Project
Jonathan Drori, Sarah Raven and Tim Smit
Join us to discover the extraordinary secrets of plants, flowers and gardens around the world – and through the year.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Natalie Haynes
Pandora's Jar
Bettany Hughes
Venus and Aphrodite
Bettany Hughes and Natalie Haynes
Join 5x15 with Natalie Haynes and Bettany Hughes- two leading historians who are giving voice to the women, girls and goddesses of the ancient world.
Online, Via Zoom
Emma Dabiri and Beverly Daniel Tatum
Join 5x15 with Emma Dabiri and Beverly Daniel Tatum
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Beverly Daniel Tatum
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Emma Dabiri
What White People Can Do Next
Georgina Lawton
interviews
Emma Dabiri and Beverly Daniel Tatum
Join 5x15 with Emma Dabiri and Beverly Daniel Tatum
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Alison Bechdel
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Giles Fraser
Chosen
Timothy Garton Ash
The Future of Liberalism
Mona Eltahawy
The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
Ian Goldin
Rescue
May 5x15 with Ian Goldin, Giles Fraser, Mona Eltahawy and more
Join us in May for an evening of necessary sins and journeys through faith; personal quests and bold visions of the future post-Covid.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Olivia Laing
Everybody
Susie Orbach
In conversation
Olivia Laing and Susie Orbach
On Bodies, Protest, Gender and Freedom: hear the acclaimed author Olivia Laing discuss her timely new book, Everybody, in conversation with leading psychotherapist Susie Orbach.
Online, Via Zoom
Finding the Mother Tree
Join us with two world leading experts Suzanne Simard and Jonathan Drori to discover the mysterious world of trees
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Suzanne Simard
Finding the Mother Tree
Jonathan Drori
Around the World In 80 Trees
Finding the Mother Tree
Join us with two world leading experts Suzanne Simard and Jonathan Drori to discover the mysterious world of trees
Online, Via Zoom
Cancelled: A Theatre for Dreamers: An evening of words and music
Central Hall Westminster, SW1H
Central Hall Westminster, SW1H
In Conversation
Polly Samson
David Gilmour
Cancelled: A Theatre for Dreamers: An evening of words and music
Central Hall Westminster, SW1H
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.
