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    Films About Looking

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    Future City 2017

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    A Change is Gonna Come

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fotfccover
Fri 20 October 2017
9:00 - 21:00
Various venues
Price: £9.00/ £0.00
Festival of the Future City/
Festival of the Future City

Day Three

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Yanis Varoufakis
Fri 20 October 2017
19:30 - 20:30
We The Curious (At-Bristol)
Fully Booked
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Yanis Varoufakis

Understanding Global Inequality and Other Big Questions

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Sun 22 October 2017
Price: £6.50/ £4.50
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Films About Looking: Summer Madness (PG)

Mark Cousins Sunday Brunches

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Tue 24 October 2017
Free Admission
Festival of the Future City/
David Olusoga

Civilisation and Civilisations: The Revolutions of Art in Television

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Thu 26 October 2017
Price: £5
FoI at Waterstones/
A Change Is Gonna Come: A Panel of Young Adult Authors

Aisha Bushby, Tanya Byrne, Yasmin Rahman and Nikesh Shukla

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Thu 26 October 2017
Price: £6.50/ £4.50
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My Journey for Justice: In Search of a King

Roger Griffith

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The Bristol Festival of Ideas aims to stimulate people’s minds and passions with an inspiring programme of discussion and debate throughout the year. Read more

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Meena Kandasamy
Wed 14 June 2017

When I Hit You

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Fri 26 May 2017

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race

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Tue 05 September 2017

How Not to be a Boy

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Mon 09 October 2017

Little Me: My Life From A-Z

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RT @harknessa: Great name for a museum or BEST name for a museum? @WeTheCurious cc: @JenniferBrandel https://t.co/nkbzpzlLkE
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RT @harknessa: .@GeorgeMonbiot at @FestivalofIdeas: “government needs to be more confident in devolving power — not just to local authoriti…
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RT @casa__claudia: The use of space is gendered says @Finn_Mackay @FestivalofIdeas #nightmarches help women to reclaim the night and public…
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RT @CatalinaTurcu: Thank you @sianushka @SabrinaMahfouz @Finn_Mackay @salenagodden @FestivalofIdeas !!! Great night & great discussion! Nev…
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RT @healtharch: Bristol needs a decade of transformation. @Andrew_Adonis #futurecity17
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RT @beatricepem: Martin Green so brilliant on how culture helps smaller cities like @2017Hull find their voice + rethink local govt leaders…
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RT @WeCanMake_: Quite excited about launching this tomorrow at #Futurecity17. Event says sold out. But come & we’ll do our best to squeeze…
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Mayor's lecture 2017 now online: https://t.co/oZx46PbxiK #futurecity17
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RT @ClareDevaney: When you're at @FestivalofIdeas at @wshed & find out @ArnolfiniArts just opposite has an @Alan_Measles exhibition on ...…
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@teeefsoga Thanks for this. We've got this all-day session tomorrow which might be of interest: https://t.co/pkyiVAkvLB
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RT @RobBryher: Agree. People very vociferous about biodiversity, ecology, etc. but this doesn't chime with majority of people. #futurecity1…
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RT @PippaGoldfinger: Part of #futurecity17 https://t.co/0uI0RmYoKB
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RT @rpancost: Lots of ideas at inclusive transformation #futurecity17 event: long-term commitment, pay people for their work, show action.…
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RT @Jazzaa_: Sketch of @MarvinJRees yesterday at #futurecity17 and State of City Address @festivalofideas #illustration #positivechange htt…
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