MALVERN FESTIVAL OF IDEAS
A multidisciplinary and inclusive festival of ideas on what matters
Programme 2019
Friday 1st March 2019
Hubris. The Road to Trump, Power, Populism and Narcissism
The Rt. Hon. Lord Owen CH FRCP​
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7.30pm-9.30pm, Friday 1st March 2019
The Chase School, Geraldine Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3NZ
Tickets: mfi2019.eventbrite.com
Saturday 2nd March 2019
Health
Saturday 2nd March 2019
The Chase School, Geraldine Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3NZ
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​10.00am to 11.00am
Crisis in our NHS?
Professor Allyson Pollock
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11.30am to 12.30pm
Mental Health Crisis
Professor Dinesh Bhugra
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1.00pm to 2.00pm Lunch
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Inequality and Empire
​2.00pm to 3.00pm
How more equal societies reduce stress, restore sanity and improve everybody's wellbeing
Professor Kate Pickett
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3.30pm to 4.30pm
How the legacy of the British Empire led to the Brexit attempt and what it tells us about ourselves
Professor Danny Dorling
Professor Sally Tomlinson
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Tickets: mfi2019.eventbrite.com
Saturday 2nd March 2019
7.30pm to 9.30pm, Saturday 2nd March 2019
St Matthias Church, Church Road, Malvern, WR14 1NP
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Gaza in Crisis
Professor Ilan Pappé
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Tickets: mfi2019.eventbrite.com
Saturday 2nd March 2019
10am to 4pm Saturday 2nd March 2019
Malvern Cube, Albert Road North, Malvern, WR14 2YF
Exciting, presenter-led, hands-on science from Explorer Dome
Three 45 minute shows providing an immersive experience where new ideas, scientific interests and identity can be explored.
£6 per ticket, Booking Essential:
10.00am Environment Show
11.05am Body Show
12.25pm Space Show
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Shows suitable for 7-11 years. In the Cube Theatre. Tickets: mfi2019.eventbrite.com
Are You Curious?
Playful fun for all ages.
Open all day in the Cube Lounge.
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The Art and Science of a Masterpiece
A hands-on art activity for children and parents to work on together. During the day you will make paint and contribute to a ‘masterpiece’ as a whole group. Open all day in the Cube Art Room.
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Saturday 2nd March 2019
Maths Rocks: Afternoon of Mathematics
10am to 4pm Saturday 2nd March 2019
Malvern Cube, Albert Road North, Malvern, WR14 2YF
The afternoon Mathematics sessions are aimed at a general audience (teenage and adults).
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Mark Lewney has a PhD in guitar physics and has toured the world with his famous lectures.
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Mark asks, What, actually, is maths? Does it exist independent of human minds? Is it invented, or discovered? Was there such a thing as "maths" in the age of the dinosaurs? Mark introduces the maths of guitars, telecoms, ocean waves and life itself, using all kinds of strange animations in order to “imagineer” the amazing concepts one might meet after A levels.
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Show at 3pm:
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Tom Crawford, the Naked Mathematician, presents Maths: it’s all Greek to me! and performs some experiments (wearing a toga). Tom is a tutor at St Hugh’s College, St Edmund Hall and St John’s College at the University of Oxford where he teaches maths to the first and second year undergraduates. He also runs the award-winning website tomrocksmaths.com and associated social media profiles @tomrocksmaths.
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Show at 2pm:
Tickets: mfi2019.eventbrite.com
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Cube Timetable—at a glance
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10am - Curiosity Project (to 4pm)
10am - Jon Wood (Masterpiece) (to 4pm)
10am - Dome: Environment
11.05am - Dome: Body Show
12.25pm - Dome: Space Show
2pm - Mathematics: Tom Crawford
3pm - Mathematics: Mark Lewney
4pm - Close
Sunday 3rd March 2019
10am to 12.30pm, Saturday 3rd March 2018
Malvern Cube, Albert Road North, Malvern, WR14 2YF
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​10.00am to 11.00am
Democracy and its Crisis
Professor A.C. Grayling
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11.30am to 12.30pm
World capitalism in the early 21st century: an existential crisis for humanity and the planet
Dr Neil Faulkner
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1.00pm to 2.00pm Lunch
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Tickets: mfi2019.eventbrite.com
Sunday 3rd March 2019
2.15pm-4.15pm Sunday 3rd March 2019
Malvern Cube, Albert Road North, Malvern, WR14 2YF
NOTE: This is a change of venue from that originally published
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Colonisation and Decolonisation of the Soul
Professor Alastair McIntosh
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Tickets: mfi2019.eventbrite.com
Tea and Coffee will be provided during the morning and afternoon sessions. A buffet lunch will be available. Lunch must be booked via the website (mfi2019.eventbrite.co.uk) or telephone (01684 565708).
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Malvern Book Co-operative is providing a bookstall on Saturday and Sunday. They will be offering books for sale by speakers at the whole of the Malvern Festival of Ideas.