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Upcoming Events
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Amia Srinivasan
The Right to Sex
Lisa Taddeo
In conversation
Amia Srinivasan and Lisa Taddeo on The Right to Sex
Join 5x15 to hear philosopher Amia Srinivasan, bestselling author of The Right to Sex, in conversation with the author of Three Women, Lisa Taddeo.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Geoff Dyer
The Last Days of Roger Federer
Leila Mottley
Nightcrawling
Jackie Morris
Feather, Leaf, Bark and Stone
Jonathan Freedland
The Escape Artist
Alexandre Antonelli
The Hidden Universe
5x15 - 5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - June 2022
Join us in June for an online evening of extraordinary true-life stories, beautiful books and the finest new fiction
Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
In Conversation
George Monbiot
Franny Armstrong
Regenesis: George Monbiot and Franny Armstrong
Join George Monbiot for a discussion of his new book Regenesis offering a profoundly hopeful vision for the future of food
Online, Via Zoom
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.
