Ticketing information 2012
Please note that all events are free of charge, unless marked with a (£).
Grand Opening
Exhibitions
-
The changing face of a City: 1610 to the present day - Fairfax House 14-30 June (£) Tickets available on the door
Performances
- Little Feet - The Presents 20 June (£)
- Little Feet - Tiddler and other terrific tales 22-23 June (£)
- Little Feet - Landscapes 22-23 June (£)
Talks
- The social value of public organisations 15 June
- Making great TV 16 June
- The wonders of social media 16 June
- The great debate: university funding 16 June
- Anthony Horowitz in conversation 16 June
- Flesh and Stone: A talk by Jane McAdam Freud 16 June
- Rock and roll politics 17 June
- A reading by historian and author Alison Weir 17 June
- Re-writing royal power in medieval and Tudor England 18 June
- Viva la Revolution! 18 June
- Why Dickens? 19 June
- How conflict transforms 20 June
- Global and local transformation: The impact of conflict abroad and at home 20 June
- Great Discoveries in Medicine 20 June
- Walking the ancient landscapes of Britain 20 June
- Prison Fiction and Writing Imprisonment 21 June
- Jung Chang 21 June
- Like a virgin: Exploring frontiers of conception 21 June
- Nick Barnard: How to fly a plane! 21 June
- Steve Bloom: My Big Cats Journal and other adventures 22 June
- Robin Dunbar: The science of love and betrayal 22 June
- Ovid and After 22 June
- Faber Academy Creative Writing I 23 June
- Faber Academy Creative Writing II 23 June
- Faber Academy Creative Writing III 23 June
- New writer readings/in conversation pieces: Session I 23 June
- New writer readings/in conversation pieces: Session II 23 June
- New writer readings/in conversation pieces: Session III 23 June
- Business of playwriting 23 June
- Word Power: Speaking against death in the Arabian Nights 23 June
- The search for the lost emperor Ashoka 25 June
- The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking 25 June
- You're looking very well: The surprising nature of getting old 26 June
- Middle Age: A natural history 26 June
- Aging debate with Julia Unwin (Joseph Rowntree Foundation) 26 June
- The Mind of the Fraudster 27 June
- The changing face of Public Relations 27 June
- Debate: Never again? Lessons and legacies of the financial crisis 27 June
- The City of London 28 June
- To be a cat 28 June
- Structural crisis of the capitalist world-system: How serious? How long? Endpoint? 28 June
- High Society: Mind-altering drugs in history and culture 28 June
- Capital - John Lanchester in interview with Will Gompertz 28 June
- Cracking the Egyptian code 29 June
- Meet the Scientists... who mummified Alan 29 June
- Jennifer Johnson 29 June
- Nick Arnold - life and writings 30 June
- Why we build/The wonder of home 30 June
- King's Cross regeneration project 30 June
- Heritage cities 30 June
- The Romans who shaped Britain 30 June
Concerts
- The Number 26 Bus to Paraguay 16 June (£)
- Brazilian Carnival Day 17 June (£)
- Celebrate the music of Bolivia 18 June (£)
- The Eduardo Niebla Experience: My Gypsy Waltz 22 June (£)
- Joe Stilgoe 24 June (£)
Community events
- BioBlitz! 15-16 June
