"the optimism we need is going to come from our fellow human beings"
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5x15 EartH Hackney
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Akram Khan Company
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The New Yorker
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Upcoming Events
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Jason Allen-Paisant
remembers the trees of his childhood Jamaica from his home in Leeds
Taran N Khan
discovers a hidden Hamburg in the company of Afghan migrants
Ben Mauk
in the mountains of the northern Philippines
Bathsheba Demuth
visits a whale-hunting station on the Bering Strait, Russia
William Atkins
Hosts
Should We Have Stayed At Home?
Should We Have Stayed at Home? Celebrate the publication of a travel-writing issue of Granta as we reflect on the meaning of travel in 2021.
Online, Via Zoom
Dennis Duncan and John Lloyd
Join us with Dennis Duncan and John Lloyd for a riveting story of ambition, obsession and alphabetical order…
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Dennis Duncan
Index, A History of The
John Lloyd
In Conversation
Dennis Duncan and John Lloyd
Join us with Dennis Duncan and John Lloyd for a riveting story of ambition, obsession and alphabetical order…
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
James Rebanks
English Pastoral
Rosie Boycott
Interviews
James Rebanks on English Pastoral
Join 5x15 to hear bestselling author James Rebanks as he reflects on his prize-winning new book, English Pastoral; the countryside we’ve inherited, and the legacy we want to leave.
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Amitav Ghosh
The Nutmeg's Curse
Rosie Boycott
In conversation
The Nutmeg's Curse - Amitav Ghosh
Through the prism of the nutmeg, Amitav Ghosh, the author of Gun Island, tells the story of the climate crisis at 5x15 online
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.
