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Robin DiAngelo
Tue 19 February 2019
19:00 - 20:00
Waterstones
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Robin DiAngelo

Why Is It So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism?

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Chinonyerem Odimba
Wed 20 February 2019
17:30 - 18:30
Bristol Old Vic
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Princess and the Hustler

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Stephanie Flanders Talk, Festival of Economics 2017, Bristol

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Robert Plomin
Tue 12 February 2019

Darwin Day Lecture: How Does DNA Make Us Who We Are?

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Jo Dunkley
Fri 01 February 2019

Our Universe

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Mary Robinson
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Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience and the Fight for a Sustainable Future

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Martin Rees
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On the Future: Prospects for Humanity

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