Unmissable Culture: Rory Stewart, Alice Roberts, Adam Rutherford, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Simu Liu,

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** Here are just a few of our highlights for the Summer:
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** 24th May 2022 - 6:30pm BST
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An Evening With Rory Stewart
In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes
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Rory Stewart has dedicated his life to acting in times of political crisis and developing fragile and conflict-afflicted states. As a new era dawns for global geopolitics, he joins us with his insights.

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** 26th May 2022 - 7:30pm BST
Online
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Simu Liu: We Were Dreamers
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Spend an evening with the star of Marvel's first ever Asian superhero movie, Simu Liu, as he traces his path from his humble upbringing in China to the bright lights of Hollywood.
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** 23rd May 2022 - 6:30pm BST
Online
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Buried – An Alternative History of the First Millennium in Britain
Alice Roberts in conversation with Luke Naylor-Perrott
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Combining archaeological evidence with cutting edge DNA research and written history, the bestselling anthropologist joins us with a bold new account of the so-called Dark Ages.

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** 31st May 2022 - 6:00pm BST
Online
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Race, Reproduction and the Dangers of Eugenics
Adam Rutherford and Dolen Perkins-Valdez
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Join us on May 31 when Rutherford and Perkins-Valdez will draw on the themes of their new books and discuss the dark history of eugenics.
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** Podcasts
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Owen Jones Meets Michael Lewis – The Fifth Risk
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** How To Academy Podcast
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‘I read Michael Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods. I’ll never play like that. But it’s good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like’ – Malcolm Gladwell

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** Long Read
The New Yorker
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The War on Economics
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** Idrees Kahloon
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Many progressives view the dismal science as their adversary. Yet it has often proved to be a singularly powerful ally.
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** Museums and Galleries
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ASMR at the museum | Turning the pages of a medieval choirbook
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** Victoria and Albert Museum
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Watch as Catherine examines the book in preparation for a display, and turns the pages. She tells us how the manuscript would have been used, shows us the exquisite illustrations, tells us about the parchment that it is made from, and how notation was scraped away with a knife when the liturgy changed.
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