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“My principle inspiration’ Danny Boyle
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Nicolas Roeg: : Short
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Categories: Literature & Film
Speakers/Performers: Nicolas Roeg

From his early involvement in Lawrence of Arabia, to directing  Performance and The Man who Fell to Earth, Nicholas Roeg became known for  films that evaded traditional narrative and which have had a lasting impact on cinema.  Roeg  mak...
Event: Crunch 2011
Drum-synth pop collective sets the audience on fire.
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Beaty Heart: Short
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Speakers/Performers: Beaty Heart

Beaty Heart perform their joyful mix of afro-inspired beats and synths at Crunch 2011.
Event: Crunch 2011
Is artificial intelligence a fundamental advance for humankind or an outcome to be feared?
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Rise of the Machines: Short
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Categories: Culture & Society, Politics & Economics, Science & Technology
Speakers/Performers: Lillian Edwards, Alan Winfield, Hilary Lawson

From 2001 to The Matrix, intelligent machines and robots have played a central role in our fictions. Some now claim they are about to become fact.  Is artificial intelligence possible or just a science fiction fantasy?  And would it be a ...
Event: HowTheLightGetsIn 2011
Anti-system and highly successful: a new generation of artists
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Julian Stallabrass: Banksy and the Medi...
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Speakers/Performers: Julian Stallabrass

Controversial art historian and photographer Julian Stallabrass examines the trajectory of a new generation of artists from the margins of the system to art world's new favourites.
Event: Crunch 2011
What is mental illness? And are we in danger of medicalising normal human behaviour?
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Taking Over the Asylum: Short
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Categories: Psychology & Mind, Human Body & Medicine
Speakers/Performers: Molly Meacher, Richard Bentall, Mark Salter

From ADHD to binge eating, celebrity worship syndrome to sex addiction, new types of mental illness are increasingly in the public eye. But what is mental illness?  Are we in danger of medicalising normal human behaviour or offering recogn...
Event: HowTheLightGetsIn 2011
Is consciousness unique to humans?
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Animal Reason: Short
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Categories: Philosophy, Culture & Society, Ethics & Religion
Speakers/Performers: Rachel Armstrong, Tim Crane, Colin Blakemore, Mary Midgley, John Harris

Once we supposed that consciousness was unique to humans. Increasingly there are those who claim animals are conscious too. Are they? And if so, how does this change how we see ourselves and the nature of consciousness itself? Mary Midgley...
Event: HowTheLightGetsIn 2011
Might the richness of sensual experience provide the only truth?
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Sensuality and Deception: Short
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Speakers/Performers: Jonathan Derbyshire, Mary Warnock, Catherine Malabou, Hilary Lawson Robert Rowland Smith

From the origins of western thought, we have been encouraged to value the sophistication and purity of the mind over the sensual experiences of the body. But could it be that the body is making a comeback? Might the richness of sensual expe...
Event: HowTheLightGetsIn 2011
Our speakers get to the heart of poetry’s power to awaken us to the universe’s mystery
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I Think Therefore Iamb: Short
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Categories: Literature & Film, Metaphysics & Language
Speakers/Performers: Hilary Lawson Rachael Boast, Harry Eyres, Jamie McKendrick

Eliot read verse to escape from the self, and Cocteau likened writing poetry to untying the Gordian knot. Is poetry a release from the emotional hinterlands of real life, or a means of enriching them? Can poetry and reason exist without one...
Event: Crunch 2011
Date added: 17/01/2012
Is there an ideal political framework or can Sparta be as valuable as Athens?
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David Aaronovitch: After Democracy...
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Categories: Culture & Society, Politics & Economics
Speakers/Performers: David Aaronovitch

From the Russian mafia to global corporations, from Chinese leaders to Saudi princes, the world it would seem is run by oligarchies as much as democracy. Should we be outraged or is democracy over-rated? Is there an ideal political framewor...
Event: HowTheLightGetsIn 2011
"I Wanna Be Like You"
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The Correspondents: Short
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Categories: Live Music
Speakers/Performers: The Correspondents

"I Wanna Be Like You" The Correspondents were gloriously animated and had the whole room jumping.
Event: HowTheLightGetsIn 2011
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