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Watch our series of free online conversations, read the City Poet's poems, listen to past events and keep up to date with our events programme.

Watch: Free Online Series

Festival of Ideas

Mon 1 Aug 2022

Writing the City: Jerusalem and Ramallah Raja Shehadeh and Matthew Teller
Festival of Ideas

Mon 4 Jul 2022

What Does It Mean to Be a GP Today? Polly Morland
Festival of Ideas

Wed 22 Jun 2022

How Do We Create a Digital Republic in the Twenty-First Century? Jamie Susskind

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Read: Bristol City Poet

Bristol City Poet

Fri 15 Jul 2022

Caleb Parkin Tree of Sanctuary Written with Bristol Refugee Rights
Bristol City Poet

Fri 8 Jul 2022

The Things They Get Away With in Public Caleb Parkin
Bristol City Poet

Wed 1 Jun 2022

Caleb Parkin Bristol Queen A poem in celebration of matriarchs

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Listen: Recent Events

Festival of Ideas

Thu 7 Jul 2022

What Are the Effects of Ageing on Our Creativity and Psychology? Geoff Dyer
Festival of Ideas

Fri 27 May 2022

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

Thu 16 Jun 2022

How Can We Feed the World Without Devouring the Planet? George Monbiot

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Attend

Modernism1922

Sun 11 Sep 2022, 14:00 — 16:00

Arnolfini | £9 / £6

Phantom (1922) Film screening with live piano accompaniment
Festival of Ideas

Tue 20 Sep 2022, 19:00 — 20:00

Waterstones | £8 / £6

What Can We Do About Gentrification? Leslie Kern
Festival of Ideas

Wed 21 Sep 2022, 19:00 — 20:00

Waterstones | £8 / £6

How Do We Fix a System Rigged Against Women? Laura Bates

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