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The New Yorker
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5x15 EartH Hackney
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Upcoming Events
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Jonathan Safran Foer
We Are the Weather
John Micklethwait
The Wake Up Call
James O’Brien
How Not To Be Wrong: The Art of Changing Your Mind
5x15 - 5 speakers, 15 minutes each - with Jonathan Safran Foer
With sparks from the US election still sure to be flying, join us online on Bonfire Night to explore what comes next. With James O’Brien, Jonathan Safran Foer, John Micklethwait
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Jung Chang
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister
Jung Chang - Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister
Join us for a rare opportunity to hear the extraordinary author of Wild Swans in conversation as we celebrate her epic new book.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
In Conversation
Michael Sandel
Polly Toynbee
Michael Sandel and Polly Toynbee
Hear one of the world's most popular philosophers Michael Sandel live at 5x15 online in conversation with journalist & writer Polly Toynbee.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Rathbone Investment Management
In partnership with
Lucy Siegle
Fashions, plastic and consumers
Steve Evans
Industrial sustainability
Dieter Helm
Net Zero
Miatta Fahnbulleh
New Economics Foundation
The Earth Convention- Consumers – Fast Fashion, Manufacturing and Plastics
The third event in The Earth Convention series from 5x15 and Rathbones is all about consumers & manufacturing - our consumption patterns & the supply chains that feed them.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
In Conversation
Carlo Rovelli
Neil Gaiman
Carlo Rovelli and Neil Gaiman
Join us for an event of cosmic proportions, as two masterful storytellers- Neil Gaiman and Carlo Rovelli - discuss life, the universe and everything...
Online, Via Zoom
Now moved to 2021: 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
Now moved to 2021: A Theatre for Dreamers: An evening of words and music with Polly Samson and David Gilmour
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.
