Tuesday 1st
After the Arab Spring: power shift in the Middle East?International Institute for Strategic Studies, London LSE, Old Theatre, Houghton St, WC2, 6.30pm, free, www.lse.ac.uk/IDEAS/events
Tragedy and modernity lectureMiriam Leonard, UCL University College London, Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, Gower St, WC1, 6.30pm, free, 020 7679 1350, www.ucl.ac.uk
“Beauty in trouble”: Robert Graves and Louis MacNeiceFran Brearton, Queen’s University Belfast Durham University, Room 140, Elvet Riverside Building, 6.15pm, free, 01913 342887, www.dur.ac.uk
Internet linguisticsDavid Crystal, president of the National Literacy Association Canterbury Christ Church University, North Holmes Rd, Old Sessions House, Canterbury, 6pm, free, 01227 782848, www.canterbury.ac.uk
Wednesday 2nd
Print and Innovation in Sixteenth Century Rhetoric: Agricola, Erasmus and MelanchthonPeter Mack, Director of the Warburg Institute and Professor of History of the Classical Tradition, University of London School of Advanced Study, Senate House Library, Malet St, WC1, 6pm, free, 020 7862 8411, www.sas.ac.uk
The Trouble with Television: Discussion PanelJohn Cussans, writer and co-founder of The Bughouse; Jacques Peretti, journalist and documentary presenter; Charlotte Brunsdon, founder Midlands Television Research Group ICA, The Mall, SW1, 7pm, £12, 020 7930 3647, www.ica.co.uk
Olympics: modern and ancientBarbara Goff, Reading University Reading University, Palmer Building, Whitekights Campus, 8pm, free, 0118 378 4313, www.reading.ac.uk
BAFTA Masterclass: cinematography with David KatznelsonDavid Katznelson, cinematographer ICA, The Mall, London, SW1, 6.15pm, £12, 020 7930 3647, www.ica.co.uk
Thursday 3rd
Anti-slavery, British imperialism and the scramble for AfricaDr Richard Huzzey, University of Plymouth University of Hull, Oriel Chambers, 27 High St, Hull, 4.30pm, free, 01482 305176, www.hull.ac.uk/news-and-events
Making Art in Tudor BritainCharlotte Bolland, Project curator, National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, WC2H,1.15pm, free, www.npg.org.uk/events
Friday 4th
Chasing Venus: A race to measure the heavensAndrea Wulf, author and historian Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, SW1, 1pm, free, 020 7451 2597, www.royalsociety.org/events
Tuesday 8th
Britain, Europe and the new global balanceChris Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust Newcastle University, Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, 5.30pm, free, 01912 226136, www.ncl.ac.uk
The Origin of Structure in the UniverseDr Simon Mitton, biographer and Fellow of St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge Royal Astronomy Society, Burlington House, 1pm, free, W1J, 020 7734 4582, www.ras.org.uk
Wednesday 9th
War is dead, long live the warEd Vulliamy, journalist and author LSE, New Theatre, East Building, Houghton Street, WC2, 6.30pm, free, 020 7955 6043, www.lse.ac.uk/publicevents
Thursday 10th
Cambridge science talks: the inner beauty of crystalsIan Mercer, Natural History Museum and Gemmological Association Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, 7pm, free, 01223 337733, www.cam.ac.uk
Communicating risk and uncertaintyDavid Spiegelhalter FRS, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge Newcastle University, Curtis Auditorium, Hershel Building, Newcastle, 5.30pm, free, 01912 226 136, ww.ncl.ac.uk
Pat Barker on Henry TonksPat Barker, author Durham Light Infantry Museum, Aykley Heads, Durham, 7.30pm, free, 0191 3842214, www.county.durham.gov.uk/sites/dli
Friday 11th
The Civil War of 1812: Citizens and SubjectsProfessor Alan S Taylor, University of Richmond, Virginia, author and historian British Library, Conference Centre, Euston Road, NW1, 6.45pm, free, 020 7412 7332, www.bl.uk
Monday 14th
Carol Ann Duffy and FriendsCarol Ann Duffy, poet Hall One, Kings Place, 90 York Way, N1, 7pm, £9.50, 020 7631 5717, www.kingsplace.co.uk
Wednesday 16th
From Big Bang to BiospheresSir Martin Rees, astronomer royal and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University of Leicester, Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre, University Road, Leicester, 6pm, free, 0116 2522142, www.le.ac.uk
Thursday 17th
UK-Argentina: is there a way forward?Argentine Ambassador Alicia Castro; John Hughes, former UK ambassador; Professor George Philip, LSE; LSE, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2, 6.30pm, free, 020 7849 4612, www.lse.ac.uk/public events
Samuel Beckett: mysticDeclan Kiber, University College Dublin School of Advanced Study, Senate House, Malet St, WC1, 6pm, free, 020 7664 4859, www.sas.ac.uk
Sound Case: Ealing – the home of British rhythm and blues?Harry Shapiro, biographer; Alistair Young, The Ealing Club British Library, Centre for Conservation, Euston Road, NW1, 6.45pm, free, 020 7412 7332, www.bl.uk
Monday 21st
From Experience to Memoir to History: Henny Brenner in Nazi DresdenHenny Brenner, author; Michael Brenner, University of Munich UCL, Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, Gower St, WC1E, 6.15pm, free, 020 7679 3520, www.ucl.ac.uk/ijs
Tuesday 22nd
Elected mayorsAndrew Adonis, politician; Jules Pipe, Mayor of Hackney UCL, Constitution Unit, 29-30 Tavistock Sq, WC1, 6pm, free, 020 7679 4977, www.ucl.ac.uk/contsitution-unit
Biodiversity conservation: using the past to manage the futureKathy Willis, University of Oxford Daubeny Building, Botanic Garden, Rose Lane, Oxford, 6pm, £12, 01865 286 690, www.ox.ac.uk/visitors_friends
Thursday 24th
Iconography of the QueensAlison Weir, author and historian Ondaatje Wing Theatre, National Portrait Gallery, St Martins Pl, WC2, 1.15pm, free, 020 7747 2885, www.npg.co.uk
The science of hatred and dehumanisationDavid Eagleman, neuroscientist Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Pl, WIB, 7pm, £25, 020 7580 5533, www.intelligencesquared.com
Monday 28th
Just a Black Dot? Oxford and the Transit of VenusCharles Barclay, Director, Blackett Observatory, Marlborough College and Associate Fellow, Green Templeton College University of Oxford, Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, 6pm, free, 01865 286 690, www.ox.ac.uk/vistors_friends
Do we need friends?Professor Neil Macrae, Professor of Social Cognition, University Aberdeen Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y, 5.45pm, free, 020 7451 2500, www.royalsociety.org/events
Tuesday 29th
The search for a deeper understanding of our universe at the Large Hadron ColliderProfessor Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director General of CERN Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y, 6pm, 020 7451 2597, www.royalsociety.org/events
Faust comes to Leeds: Creative Destruction in the Victorian CityPeter Mandler, Professor of Modern Cultural History, University of Cambridge Leeds Trinity University College, Horsforth, West Yorkshire, 6pm, free, 0113 283 7100, www.leedstrinity.ac.uk
After the Arab Spring: power shift in the Middle East?International Institute for Strategic Studies, London LSE, Old Theatre, Houghton St, WC2, 6.30pm, free, www.lse.ac.uk/IDEAS/events
Tragedy and modernity lectureMiriam Leonard, UCL University College London, Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, Gower St, WC1, 6.30pm, free, 020 7679 1350, www.ucl.ac.uk
“Beauty in trouble”: Robert Graves and Louis MacNeiceFran Brearton, Queen’s University Belfast Durham University, Room 140, Elvet Riverside Building, 6.15pm, free, 01913 342887, www.dur.ac.uk
Internet linguisticsDavid Crystal, president of the National Literacy Association Canterbury Christ Church University, North Holmes Rd, Old Sessions House, Canterbury, 6pm, free, 01227 782848, www.canterbury.ac.uk
Wednesday 2nd
Print and Innovation in Sixteenth Century Rhetoric: Agricola, Erasmus and MelanchthonPeter Mack, Director of the Warburg Institute and Professor of History of the Classical Tradition, University of London School of Advanced Study, Senate House Library, Malet St, WC1, 6pm, free, 020 7862 8411, www.sas.ac.uk
The Trouble with Television: Discussion PanelJohn Cussans, writer and co-founder of The Bughouse; Jacques Peretti, journalist and documentary presenter; Charlotte Brunsdon, founder Midlands Television Research Group ICA, The Mall, SW1, 7pm, £12, 020 7930 3647, www.ica.co.uk
Olympics: modern and ancientBarbara Goff, Reading University Reading University, Palmer Building, Whitekights Campus, 8pm, free, 0118 378 4313, www.reading.ac.uk
BAFTA Masterclass: cinematography with David KatznelsonDavid Katznelson, cinematographer ICA, The Mall, London, SW1, 6.15pm, £12, 020 7930 3647, www.ica.co.uk
Thursday 3rd
Anti-slavery, British imperialism and the scramble for AfricaDr Richard Huzzey, University of Plymouth University of Hull, Oriel Chambers, 27 High St, Hull, 4.30pm, free, 01482 305176, www.hull.ac.uk/news-and-events
Making Art in Tudor BritainCharlotte Bolland, Project curator, National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, WC2H,1.15pm, free, www.npg.org.uk/events
Friday 4th
Chasing Venus: A race to measure the heavensAndrea Wulf, author and historian Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, SW1, 1pm, free, 020 7451 2597, www.royalsociety.org/events
Tuesday 8th
Britain, Europe and the new global balanceChris Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust Newcastle University, Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, 5.30pm, free, 01912 226136, www.ncl.ac.uk
The Origin of Structure in the UniverseDr Simon Mitton, biographer and Fellow of St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge Royal Astronomy Society, Burlington House, 1pm, free, W1J, 020 7734 4582, www.ras.org.uk
Wednesday 9th
War is dead, long live the warEd Vulliamy, journalist and author LSE, New Theatre, East Building, Houghton Street, WC2, 6.30pm, free, 020 7955 6043, www.lse.ac.uk/publicevents
Thursday 10th
Cambridge science talks: the inner beauty of crystalsIan Mercer, Natural History Museum and Gemmological Association Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, 7pm, free, 01223 337733, www.cam.ac.uk
Communicating risk and uncertaintyDavid Spiegelhalter FRS, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge Newcastle University, Curtis Auditorium, Hershel Building, Newcastle, 5.30pm, free, 01912 226 136, ww.ncl.ac.uk
Pat Barker on Henry TonksPat Barker, author Durham Light Infantry Museum, Aykley Heads, Durham, 7.30pm, free, 0191 3842214, www.county.durham.gov.uk/sites/dli
Friday 11th
The Civil War of 1812: Citizens and SubjectsProfessor Alan S Taylor, University of Richmond, Virginia, author and historian British Library, Conference Centre, Euston Road, NW1, 6.45pm, free, 020 7412 7332, www.bl.uk
Monday 14th
Carol Ann Duffy and FriendsCarol Ann Duffy, poet Hall One, Kings Place, 90 York Way, N1, 7pm, £9.50, 020 7631 5717, www.kingsplace.co.uk
Wednesday 16th
From Big Bang to BiospheresSir Martin Rees, astronomer royal and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University of Leicester, Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre, University Road, Leicester, 6pm, free, 0116 2522142, www.le.ac.uk
Thursday 17th
UK-Argentina: is there a way forward?Argentine Ambassador Alicia Castro; John Hughes, former UK ambassador; Professor George Philip, LSE; LSE, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2, 6.30pm, free, 020 7849 4612, www.lse.ac.uk/public events
Samuel Beckett: mysticDeclan Kiber, University College Dublin School of Advanced Study, Senate House, Malet St, WC1, 6pm, free, 020 7664 4859, www.sas.ac.uk
Sound Case: Ealing – the home of British rhythm and blues?Harry Shapiro, biographer; Alistair Young, The Ealing Club British Library, Centre for Conservation, Euston Road, NW1, 6.45pm, free, 020 7412 7332, www.bl.uk
Monday 21st
From Experience to Memoir to History: Henny Brenner in Nazi DresdenHenny Brenner, author; Michael Brenner, University of Munich UCL, Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, Gower St, WC1E, 6.15pm, free, 020 7679 3520, www.ucl.ac.uk/ijs
Tuesday 22nd
Elected mayorsAndrew Adonis, politician; Jules Pipe, Mayor of Hackney UCL, Constitution Unit, 29-30 Tavistock Sq, WC1, 6pm, free, 020 7679 4977, www.ucl.ac.uk/contsitution-unit
Biodiversity conservation: using the past to manage the futureKathy Willis, University of Oxford Daubeny Building, Botanic Garden, Rose Lane, Oxford, 6pm, £12, 01865 286 690, www.ox.ac.uk/visitors_friends
Thursday 24th
Iconography of the QueensAlison Weir, author and historian Ondaatje Wing Theatre, National Portrait Gallery, St Martins Pl, WC2, 1.15pm, free, 020 7747 2885, www.npg.co.uk
The science of hatred and dehumanisationDavid Eagleman, neuroscientist Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Pl, WIB, 7pm, £25, 020 7580 5533, www.intelligencesquared.com
Monday 28th
Just a Black Dot? Oxford and the Transit of VenusCharles Barclay, Director, Blackett Observatory, Marlborough College and Associate Fellow, Green Templeton College University of Oxford, Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, 6pm, free, 01865 286 690, www.ox.ac.uk/vistors_friends
Do we need friends?Professor Neil Macrae, Professor of Social Cognition, University Aberdeen Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y, 5.45pm, free, 020 7451 2500, www.royalsociety.org/events
Tuesday 29th
The search for a deeper understanding of our universe at the Large Hadron ColliderProfessor Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director General of CERN Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y, 6pm, 020 7451 2597, www.royalsociety.org/events
Faust comes to Leeds: Creative Destruction in the Victorian CityPeter Mandler, Professor of Modern Cultural History, University of Cambridge Leeds Trinity University College, Horsforth, West Yorkshire, 6pm, free, 0113 283 7100, www.leedstrinity.ac.uk
