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Wed, Aug 31, 6:30pm

Hannah Critchlow and Rowan Williams

Join 5x15 with Hannah Critchlow and Rowan Williams on the importance and power of Joined Up Thinking

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Joined Up Thinking

Rowan Williams

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Hannah Critchlow and Rowan Williams

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Mon, Sep 5, 6:30pm

Andrea Wulf on Magnificent Rebels

5x15 presents: award winning author Andrea Wulf on Magnificent Rebels

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Magnificent Rebels

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Mon, Sep 5, 6:30pm

Andrea Wulf on Magnificent Rebels

5x15 presents: award winning author Andrea Wulf on Magnificent Rebels

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Thu, Sep 15, 6:30pm

Carlo Rovelli and Oliver Burkeman

Join 5x15 online with two extraordinary thinkers - leading theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli and best-selling author Oliver Burkeman

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Helgoland

Oliver Burkeman

Four Thousand Weeks

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Thu, Sep 15, 6:30pm

Carlo Rovelli and Oliver Burkeman

Join 5x15 online with two extraordinary thinkers - leading theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli and best-selling author Oliver Burkeman

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Mon, Sep 19, 7:00pm

5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - September 2022

Start the new season with 5x15 in September and journey from the ground beneath your feet, to island utopias and the outer edges of reason

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Featuring Talks By:

Sam Knight

The Premonitions Bureau

Jack Parlett

Fire Island: Love, Loss and Liberation in an American Paradise

Philip Lymbery

Sixty Harvests Left

Lucy Siegle

Be the Ultimate Friend of the Earth

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Mon, Sep 19, 7:00pm

5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - September 2022

Start the new season with 5x15 in September and journey from the ground beneath your feet, to island utopias and the outer edges of reason

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Mon, Oct 24, 6:30pm

Tom Mustill: How to Speak Whale

Join 5x15 to explore how science could change our relationship with animals forever

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How To Speak Whale

Lucy Jones

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Mon, Oct 24, 6:30pm

Tom Mustill: How to Speak Whale

Join 5x15 to explore how science could change our relationship with animals forever

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Tue, Nov 1, 7:00pm

Abi Morgan and David Nicholls

Join 5x15 online with Abi Morgan and David Nicholls for an unmissable conversation

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Abi Morgan

This is Not a Pity Memoir

David Nicholls

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Abi Morgan and David Nicholls

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Upcoming Events

Hannah Critchlow and Rowan Williams

Hannah Critchlow and Rowan Williams

Andrea Wulf on Magnificent Rebels

Andrea Wulf on Magnificent Rebels

Carlo Rovelli and Oliver Burkeman

Carlo Rovelli and Oliver Burkeman

5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - September 2022

5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - September 2022

Tom Mustill: How to Speak Whale

Tom Mustill: How to Speak Whale

Abi Morgan and David Nicholls

Abi Morgan and David Nicholls

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