"The concept behind 5x15... is unique and quite brilliant"
John Crace
The Guardian
"How could I resist an event named after an equation?"
Marcus du Sautoy
“feminism is my self-help”
Scarlett Curtis
5x15 Tabernacle
"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..."
The Financial Times
"the optimism we need is going to come from our fellow human beings"
Elif Shafak
5x15 EartH Hackney
"I said to my father: Isn't it wonderful being a refugee?"
Judith Kerr
5x15 Union Chapel
"A luminous evening – hopeful, heartfelt & deeply inspiring."
Akram Khan Company
"What better way to get your intellectual stimulation than in easy bite-sized chunks?"
The Evening Standard
"An event that Socrates would have loved..."
Bettany Hughes
Upcoming Events
A Theatre for Dreamers: An evening of words and music with Polly Samson and David Gilmour
Central Hall Westminster, SW1H
Central Hall Westminster, SW1H
In Conversation
Polly Samson
David Gilmour
A Theatre for Dreamers: An evening of words and music with Polly Samson and David Gilmour
Central Hall Westminster, SW1H
The Tabernacle, W11
Featuring Talks By:
Cal Newport
Digital Minimalism
Tim Harford
Digital Minimalism
Cal Newport and Tim Harford discuss: Digital Minimalism
Professor Cal Newport shows us how to live better with less technology. In conversation with the 'Undercover Economist' Tim Harford.
The Tabernacle, W11
5x15 Notting Hill - February 2020
5 speakers, 15 minutes each. An evening of innovation, ideas and inspiration.
The Tabernacle, W11
The Tabernacle, W11
Featuring Talks By:
Rachel Clarke
Dear Life: A doctor's story of love and loss
Gaia Vince
Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty and Time
Sophie Walker
Five Rules for Rebellion
Paul Mason
On our common humanity
Adam Kucharski
The Rules of Contagion
5x15 Notting Hill - February 2020
5 speakers, 15 minutes each. An evening of innovation, ideas and inspiration.
The Tabernacle, W11
5x15 Notting Hill - March 2020
The Tabernacle, W11
The Tabernacle, W11
Featuring Talks By:
Helen Lewis
Difficult Women
Lijia Zhang
Socialism is Great
Claudia Hammond
The Art of Rest
Adam Rutherford
How to Argue with a Racist
Jeff Rediger
Cured, on the science behind spontaneous remission
5x15 Notting Hill - March 2020
The Tabernacle, W11
Emmanuel Centre, SW1P
Featuring Talks By:
Hilary Cottam
Radical Help
Janne Teller
Europa28
Kapka Kassabova
Europa28
Ana Pessoa
Europa28
Lisa Dwan
Europa28
5x15 - Europa28 with the Hay Festival
This exclusive Hay Festival Europa28 event brings together women writers, artists, scientists & entrepreneurs from across the EU to give their visions for the future.
Emmanuel Centre, SW1P
Emmanuel Centre, SW1P
In Conversation
Rebecca Solnit
Mary Beard
Rebecca Solnit and Mary Beard
Two of the world's leading feminist thinkers in conversation on Rebecca Solnit’s powerful memoir Recollections of My Non-Existence for an event with London Review Bookshop.
Emmanuel Centre, SW1P
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.
