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Join us for events this May and June, watch our series of free online conversations and read a selection of essays and background material.

What’s New

Referendum 2022

Tue 10 May 2022

Why Bristol’s Democracy Now Needs a ‘One City’ Vision Emma Harvey
Bristol City Poet

Mon 9 May 2022

We’re looking for the new Bristol City Poet

Poets and spoken word performers in Bristol are invited to apply to become the new City Poet.
Bristol City Poet

Tue 3 May 2022

Not Another One? Referendum 2022

Attend

Festival of Ideas

Wed 25 May 2022, 19:00 — 20:00

Waterstones | £8 / £6

What Are the Physics Experiments That Have Changed Our Lives? Suzie Sheehy
Festival of Ideas

Fri 27 May 2022, 19:00 — 20:00

Waterstones | £8 / £6

How Do You Write About Your Life, Race and Class? Margo Jefferson
Festival of Ideas

Thu 9 Jun 2022, 19:00 — 20:00

St George’s Bristol | £10 / £8

Bob Stanley and Pete Paphides Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop

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Watch

Festival of Ideas

Mon 21 Feb 2022

Can We Solve the Poverty Crisis? Andrea Elliott
Festival of Ideas

Thu 28 Apr 2022

How Can We Build Solidarity With the ‘More-Than-Human’ World? James Bridle
Festival of Ideas

Mon 25 Apr 2022

What Is the Unmodified Body and Why Does It Matter? Clare Chambers

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Read

Referendum 2022

Tue 3 May 2022

Why We Need Strong Decisions, Not Strong Leaders Heather Mack
Film2021

Thu 5 May 2022

Peter Domankiewicz Still Crazy After All These Years Reflections on Film2021 and Friese-Greene
Modernism1922

Thu 31 Mar 2022

The Films of 1922 and Kevin Jackson James Harrison

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HEADER PHOTO CREDIT: CITY POET-handover 2020, The Panel – image Evan Dawson