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Festival of Ideas

Wed 15 Feb 2023, 19:00 — 20:00

Waterstones | £10 / £8 / £5

How can Cinema Represent our Multicultural Society? Hanna Flint
Festival of Ideas

Mon 20 Feb 2023, 19:00 — 21:00

St George’s Bristol | £13 / £10 / £7

Philosophy Salon: How to Think Like a Philosopher Julian Baggini
Festival of Ideas

Tue 28 Feb 2023, 19:00 — 20:00

Waterstones | £10 / £8 / £5

Who Decides What is Polite and Reasonable? Kirsty Sedgman

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Festival of the Future City

Mon 6 Feb 2023

How Did We Let Grenfell Happen and What Should Change? Peter Apps and Paul Smith
Festival of Ideas

Wed 11 Jan 2023

What Can Jan Morris’ Work Teach Us About Cities and Places? Paul Clements
Festival of Ideas

Wed 18 Jan 2023

Why Has Modernism Persisted in Africa? Jade Munslow Ong

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Listen: Past Events

Festival of Ideas

Thu 1 Dec 2022

What Do Our Borders Teach Us About Our History? Timothy Phillips
Festival of Ideas

Tue 6 Dec 2022

How to Increase Diversity in the Legal and Criminal Justice System A Lifetime for Justice
Festival of Ideas

Wed 16 Nov 2022

How do we fix a system rigged against women? Laura Bates

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Mon 30 Jan 2023

Bristol’s booksellers: what’s on their shelves? Our city’s top booksellers reveal their favourite books about Bristol
Mon 23 Jan 2023

African Modernism: A Reading List The Literature of African Modernism Worth Exploring
Festival of Ideas

Tue 24 Jan 2023

Reading Bristol The best books about Bristol

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