Ticketing information 2012

Please note that all events are free of charge, unless marked with a (£).

Grand Opening

• Grand Opening of the Festival and 'Where it all began: The Big Bang'  14 June
  

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  

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