A scene from the Hay Festival, 2011 © Sarah Barton
Wednesday 6th
From judgement to atonement: sculpture at Strasbourg, Lincoln and Naumburg
Paul Crossley, Courtauld Institute
University of York, King’s Manor, York, 5.30pm, free, 01904 322622,
www.york.ac.uk
Sunday 10th
Is democracy right for the world’s current problems?
Andrew Gamble, David Runciman and Glen Rangwala, University of Cambridge
Hay Festival, Big Tent, Hay-on-Wye, 1pm, £5.25, 01497 822629,
www.hayfestival.com
Tuesday 12th
Does the sun cause climate change?
Lucie Green, solar scientist; Mark Maslin, paleoclimatologist
Cheltenham Science Festival, Town Hall, Imperial Square, Cheltenham, 12.45pm, £7, 08448 808094,
www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science
Abolitionist experimentation in Sierra Leone: conflicting ideas and expectations
Suzanne Schwarz, WISE
Hull History Centre, Worship St, Hull, 12.30pm, free, 01482 305176,
www.hull.ac.uk
Wednesday 13th
Thomas Friedman: a manifesto for rescuing America
Thomas Friedman, columnist and author
The Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle St, W1, 7pm, £25, 020 7792 4830,
www.intelligencesquared.com
Thursday 14th
Island Stories: fifty years of photography in Britain
Martin Barnes, V&A
Sackler Centre, V&A South Kensington, Cromwell Rd, SW7, 1pm, free,
020 7942 2000, www.vam.ac.uk
Tuesday 19th
The potential infinite
Øystein Linnebo, Birkbeck
Clore Management Centre, 2 Malet St, Bloomsbury, WC1, 5pm, free,
020 7380 3109, www.bbk.ac.uk
Wednesday 20th
Poetry and faith
Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury; Fiona Sampson, poet
LSE, Old Theatre, Houghton St, WC2, 7pm, £10, 020 7845 4676, www.rslit.org
Thursday 21st
Thomas Becket: warrior, priest, rebel, victim
John Guy, historian
Ondaatje Wing Theatre, National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Pl, London WC2, 1.15pm, free, 020 7306 0055, www.npg.org.uk
The long Earth
Terry Pratchett, author; Stephen Baxter, author; David Wallace, philosopher of physics
The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle St, W1, 7pm, £10,
020 7409 2992, www.rigb.org
Monday 25th
Winner take all: the race for the world’s resources
Dambisa Moyo, author and economist
LSE, Old Theatre, Houghton St, WC2, 6.30pm, free, 020 7955 6043,
www.lse.ac.uk
Wiltshire’s White Horses project
Micheal Morpurgo, author
Salisbury International Arts Festival, Oliver’s Castle, Wiltshire, 2pm, free, 08452 419651,
www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
Friday 29th
Eurasian renaissance: intellect, art and exchange
Felipe Fernández-Armesto, historian
British Library, 96 Euston Rd, NW1, 6.30pm, £7.50, 020 7412 7676,
www.bl.uk
Wednesday 6th
From judgement to atonement: sculpture at Strasbourg, Lincoln and Naumburg
Paul Crossley, Courtauld Institute
University of York, King’s Manor, York, 5.30pm, free, 01904 322622,
www.york.ac.uk
Sunday 10th
Andrew Gamble, David Runciman and Glen Rangwala, University of Cambridge
Hay Festival, Big Tent, Hay-on-Wye, 1pm, £5.25, 01497 822629,
www.hayfestival.com
Tuesday 12th
Lucie Green, solar scientist; Mark Maslin, paleoclimatologist
Cheltenham Science Festival, Town Hall, Imperial Square, Cheltenham, 12.45pm, £7, 08448 808094,
www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science
Abolitionist experimentation in Sierra Leone: conflicting ideas and expectations
Suzanne Schwarz, WISE
Hull History Centre, Worship St, Hull, 12.30pm, free, 01482 305176,
www.hull.ac.uk
Wednesday 13th
Thomas Friedman, columnist and author
The Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle St, W1, 7pm, £25, 020 7792 4830,
www.intelligencesquared.com
Thursday 14th
Island Stories: fifty years of photography in Britain
Martin Barnes, V&A
Sackler Centre, V&A South Kensington, Cromwell Rd, SW7, 1pm, free,
020 7942 2000, www.vam.ac.uk
Tuesday 19th
Øystein Linnebo, Birkbeck
Clore Management Centre, 2 Malet St, Bloomsbury, WC1, 5pm, free,
020 7380 3109, www.bbk.ac.uk
Wednesday 20th
Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury; Fiona Sampson, poet
LSE, Old Theatre, Houghton St, WC2, 7pm, £10, 020 7845 4676, www.rslit.org
Thursday 21st
John Guy, historian
Ondaatje Wing Theatre, National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Pl, London WC2, 1.15pm, free, 020 7306 0055, www.npg.org.uk
The long Earth
Terry Pratchett, author; Stephen Baxter, author; David Wallace, philosopher of physics
The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle St, W1, 7pm, £10,
020 7409 2992, www.rigb.org
Monday 25th
Dambisa Moyo, author and economist
LSE, Old Theatre, Houghton St, WC2, 6.30pm, free, 020 7955 6043,
www.lse.ac.uk
Wiltshire’s White Horses project
Micheal Morpurgo, author
Salisbury International Arts Festival, Oliver’s Castle, Wiltshire, 2pm, free, 08452 419651,
www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
Friday 29th
Felipe Fernández-Armesto, historian
British Library, 96 Euston Rd, NW1, 6.30pm, £7.50, 020 7412 7676,
www.bl.uk
