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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:
Morgan Housel
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel on The Psychology of Money
Join us for an unmissable evening with Morgan Housel, author of The Psychology of Money, the massive bestseller that upturns much of our accepted wisdom about money.
Online, Via Zoom
Mission Economy
Join us to hear from one of the world's most innovative economists, Mariana Mazzucato, in conversation with Rana Foroohar.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Mariana Mazzucato
Mission Economy
Rana Foroohar
In conversation
Mission Economy
Join us to hear from one of the world's most innovative economists, Mariana Mazzucato, in conversation with Rana Foroohar.
Online, Via Zoom
George Saunders and Max Porter
5x15 presents: Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders in an unmissable conversation with Max Porter
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
In Conversation
George Saunders
Max Porter
George Saunders and Max Porter
5x15 presents: Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders in an unmissable conversation with Max Porter
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Eat Better Forever
Rosie Boycott
In conversation
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: Eat Better Forever
Hear Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall - celebrated writer, campaigner and broadcaster - on his ground breaking book: Eat Better Forever.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Rathbone Investment Management
The Earth Convention
Geeta Sethi
The Earth Convention
Tristram Stuart
The Earth Convention
Anthony Warner
The Earth Convention
Tim Benton
The Earth Convention
The Earth Convention: What We Eat and Why It Matters
This fourth session in the Earth Convention series explores the huge global impact of food production on the environment and climate change.
Online, Via Zoom
Feb 2021 5x15 - 5 speakers, 15 minutes each
Join us in February for an evening of urgent and immersive storytelling from 5x15.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Ben Okri
A Fire In My Head
Peter Ettedgui
Rising Pheonix
Rachel Clarke
Breathtaking: Inside the NHS in a Time of Pandemic
Justin Fenton
We Own This City
Jason Hickel
Less is More
Feb 2021 5x15 - 5 speakers, 15 minutes each
Join us in February for an evening of urgent and immersive storytelling from 5x15.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
In Conversation
Elizabeth Kolbert
David Wallace Wells
Elizabeth Kolbert and David Wallace-Wells
Join us to journey into the future with Elizabeth Kolbert on her new book Under a White Sky in conversation with David Wallace-Wells.
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Rebecca Solnit
Recollections of My Non-Existence
Mary Beard
in conversation
Rebecca Solnit and Mary Beard: Recollections of My Non-Existence
We are delighted to bring together Rebecca Solnit and Mary Beard in a digital event to celebrate the paperback publication of Recollections of My Non-Existence.
LRB, Online
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
The Story of Bread
Join two brilliant writers – Rob Penn and Colin Tudge - to discuss how food shapes the world, what's gone wrong, and how we can put it right
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.
