Poetry is life
Jackie Kay
5x15 The Tabernacle
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The Guardian
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Marcus du Sautoy
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5x15 Tabernacle
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The New Yorker
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Elif Shafak
5x15 EartH Hackney
"A luminous evening – hopeful, heartfelt & deeply inspiring."
Akram Khan Company
"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
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The Telegraph
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The Financial Times
"I said to my father: Isn't it wonderful being a refugee?"
Judith Kerr
5x15 Union Chapel
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Bettany Hughes
Upcoming Events
5x15 online - August 5th
Join us for August's online 5x15 session for an evening of stories and ideas.
Online via Zoom,
Online via Zoom,
Featuring Talks By:
Lisa Taddeo
Three Women
Lily Cole
Who Cares Wins
Fintan O’Toole
Democracy for Sale
Peter Geoghegan
Democracy for Sale
Simon Schama
holds forth
Adam Rutherford
How to Argue with a Racist
5x15 online - August 5th
Join us for August's online 5x15 session for an evening of stories and ideas.
Online via Zoom,
Online via Zoom,
Featuring Talks By:
Bradley Garrett
Bunker: Building for the End Times
Robert Macfarlane
Bunker: Building for the End Times
Wayne Chambliss
A landscape extremophile
Bradley Garrett and Robert Macfarlane
Join urban explorer Bradley Garrett and acclaimed author and academic Robert Macfarlane for a thrilling and timely discussion.
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.
