Talks

An evening about climate change to put a smile on your face.

How do we build a bridge between neuroscience research in laboratories with our experience of living with a nervous system? This is the goal of Field Neuroscience, or the non-invasive study of nervous systems “in the wild”.

Toby Strong is a multi-Emmy and Bafta winning wildlife cameraman, who has worked on many of the BBC’s landmark series throughout his career. As someone who has seen the beauty of this world but also its demise, Toby cares very deeply and this talk will be full of passion, extraordinary tales, humour, and heart.

Hear an inspirational and often riotously funny first-hand account of the movement to rewild the British landscape with beavers – and how it became the most subversive nature conservation act of the modern era.

Simon Parker is an award-winning travel writer and broadcaster who has reported from well over 100 countries by the age of 34 for the BBC, The Telegraph and Amazon Prime.

A talk on mindfulness from Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author Gelong Thubten.

Join us to find out what constructor theory is, how it might point the way to a successor to quantum theory, and how it might allow physics to tackle some of philosophy’s most perplexing puzzles.