“Our culture is fucked!” despondently states comedian and Radio 4 favourite Tony Hawk as he and his band of pseudo-economists attempt to pick apart the carcass of the current economic system. So why, you may ask, are we here if… Continue Reading
The Bristol Festival of Ideas, which is inviting nearly 100 writers, commentators and thinkers to share their expertise at 60 events over a densely packed May programme, continued with @Bristol’s hosting of Professor Sir David King. King is currently the… Continue Reading
St George’s welcomed James Lovelock as part of this year’s Festival of Ideas, the burgeoning season of lectures and talks covering topics as far-ranging as contemporary cinema, urbanisation and monetary reform. Lovelock is a seminal thinker, whose once-ridiculed theories of… Continue Reading
By Conal Dougan The Bristol Festival of Ideas is now in its 9th year and starting to become something of a local institution. It started in 2005 as part of Bristol’s bid to become the Capital of Culture. Despite the… Continue Reading