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Julia Shaw credit Boris Breuer
Fri 26 April 2019
19:00 - 20:00
Waterstones
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Julia Shaw

Are You Evil?: The science behind humanity’s dark side

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Nicci Gerrard (c) Phil Fisk
Mon 29 April 2019
19:00 - 20:00
Waterstones
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Nicci Gerrard

What Can Dementia Teach Us About Love?

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Stephanie Flanders Talk, Festival of Economics 2017, Bristol

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James Bloodworth
Tue 02 April 2019

What is the Future for Work in Low-Wage Britain?

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Steven Pinker
Tue 19 March 2019

Are Things Really that Bad? The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress

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Caroline Criado-Perez
Thu 14 March 2019

How Do We Deal with the Gender Data Gap?

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James Meek
Mon 11 March 2019

How Do We Leave the Old Britain Behind and Build a New Country?

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