5x15
676 episodes - English - Latest episode: 29 days ago - ★★★★ - 7 ratings"A pleasingly simple concept... one of the best things I've come upon in the last six months" (The Telegraph - 'Best Podcasts')
5 speakers, 15 minutes each. Script free and against a less-than-precise clock, some of the world's leading figures in the arts and sciences deliver talks about their enduring achievements, wildest moments or deepest passions. It's inspiring, informative, provoking, and above all, entertaining. Based in London but making forays to Sydney, New York and Milan, 5x15 has featured Joanna Lumley, Brian Eno, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jung Chang, Ruby Wax and Alain de Botton.
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Seven brief lessons on physics - Carlo Rovelli
August 08, 2018 10:15 - 11.7 MBCarlo Rovelli guides us through the most transformative physics breakthroughs of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Carlo Rovelli is an Italian theoretical physicist and writer who has worked worldwide in the US, UK and Italy, and is currently the head of the Equipe de Gravite Quantique at the Theoretical Physics Dept of Aix-Marseille University in France. His work is mainly in the field of quantum gravity, where he is among the founders of the loop quantum gravity theory. He has also...
The challenge of diversity in policing - Raj Singh Kohli
August 07, 2018 07:00 - 13.6 MBRaj Kohli joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1992. In 1999 he was promoted to Inspector and, in 2001, completed the Senior Investigators Course and moved to the Borough of Brent as the Detective Inspector in charge of pro-active operations. In 2006 Raj was promoted to Chief Inspector and was made the operational lead for the policing of South Brent. Shortly after, he moved into a central policy unit before being promoted to Superintendent and moving to Camden, where he oversaw signific...
Solo Ocean Rowing - Roz Savage
August 06, 2018 07:00 - 13.4 MBRoz Savage holds four world records for ocean rowing, including first woman to row solo across three oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. She has rowed over 15,000 miles, taken around 5 million oarstrokes, and spent cumulatively over 500 days of her life at sea in a 23-foot rowboat. In 2010 she was named Adventurer of the Year by National Geographic. She is an active environmental campaigner and in 2013 was awarded an MBE for services to environmental awareness and fundraising. Sh...
The Noonday Demon - Andrew Solomon
August 01, 2018 07:00 - 15.4 MBAndrew Solomon is a writer and lecturer on psychology, politics and the arts. He talks about the experience of facing down depression. He’s lectured widely at Harvard, Yale, Cambridge and Stanford amongst others, and writes regularly for 'The New Yorker', 'Newsweek', and the 'Guardian'. His highly acclaimed international study of depression, 'The Noonday Demon' won the 2001 National Book Award and was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize. 'Far from the Tree' his most recent book tells the ...
Adventures in Being Human - Gavin Francis
July 31, 2018 07:00 - 14.4 MBGavin Francis is a GP, and the author of 'True North and Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins', which won the Scottish Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize and Costa Prize. His most recent book, Sunday Times bestseller 'Adventures in Human Being', takes the reader on a remarkable journey through health and illness, offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the secret workings of the heart and the womb; from the pulse of...
The Invention of Nature - Andrea Wulf
July 23, 2018 13:03 - 13.8 MB"Humboldt was one of those wonders of the world.... who appear from time to time as if to show us the possibility of the human mind." Andrea Wulf talks about her book The Invention of Nature and the life of Alexander von Humboldt - a Prussian polymath, geographer, explorer and naturalist who is the forgotten father of environmentalism. Andrea Wulf was born in India, moved to Germany as a child, and now lives in Britain. She is the author of several acclaimed books including The Brother Garde...
Why We Need A Food Revolution - Jamie Oliver - 5x15's Food Fight
July 17, 2018 19:57 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MB5x15 food fight with 5 exceptional speakers on food. Jamie Oliver is a chef and restaurateur and campaigner for healthy food. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories
Rise Like Lions: Poetry & Protest - Ben Okri & Guests
July 13, 2018 15:28 - 43.8 MBBooker Prize winning author Ben Okri speaking with special guests about the power of poetry and protest. Today protest and poetry have never been so urgent and so relevant. As Ben Okri says in "Rise Like Lions: poetry for the many", in a time when you no longer know if people are telling you the truth, it is then that poetry can awaken as a new force in the world. Poetry can rouse and stir us, make us think anew and question the powers that be. In a time where opinions are shouted, the musi...
Legacy of War - Giles Duley - Eden Sessions
July 09, 2018 14:54 - 14.3 MBPhotographer Giles Duley tells the stories of those without a voice. Giles Duley is a photographer, writer and CEO of the charity Legacy of War Foundation. Duley was as a successful fashion and music photographer for ten years during the nineties, working for such publications as GQ, Vogue, Esquire, Arena and Select Magazine. However,having become disillusioned with celebrity culture, he decided to abandon photography and left London to begin work as a full-time carer. In 2005, he returned ...
Healing the Soil -Tim Smit - Eden Sessions
July 09, 2018 14:47 - 9.69 MBTim Smit talks about the Eden Project and the importance of protecting our planet. Sir Tim Smit is best known for his achievements in Cornwall. He ‘discovered’ and then restored ‘The Lost Gardens of Heligan’ with John Nelson, which is now one of the UK’s best loved gardens having been named ‘Garden of the Year’ by BBC Countryfile Awards (Mars 2018). Tim’s book The Lost Gardens of Heligan won Book of the Year in 1997. Tim is Executive Vice-Chair and Co-founder of the multi award-winning Ede...
Ending FGM in Somaliland and Beyond - Nimco Ali - Eden Sessions
July 09, 2018 14:43 - 12.9 MBActivist and Daughters of Eve co-founder Nimco Ali talks about how to end female genital mutilation. Nimco is a British Somali feminist and social activist. She is co-founder and director of Daughters of Eve, a survivor-led organisation which has helped to transform the approach to ending female genital mutilation (FGM). Nimco formerly worked on 'The Girl Generation: Together to End FGM' campaign, which celebrates the Africa-led movement to end FGM in one generation. Currently she is an...
Turning the Tide on Plastic - Lucy Siegle - Eden Sessions
July 09, 2018 14:31 - 15.6 MBA “call to arms” against single-use plastic by journalist, broadcaster and eco lifestyle expert Lucy Siegle. Lucy Siegle is a writer and TV presenter specialising in environmental issues and ethical shopping and lifestyles. She is an authority on the environmental and social footprint of the global fashion industry through her book To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing out the World and as producer of The True Cost, the Netflix feature documentary. She co-founded the Green Carpet Challenge with...
A journey from Syria - Hassan Akkad - Eden Sessions
July 09, 2018 14:18 - 13.7 MBSyrian refugee and BAFTA-winner Hassan Akkad about his journey from Syria to Europe. Hassan Akkad arrived in the UK after 87 days of travelling, fleeing his home and job as an English teacher in Damascus, Syria. He shares a story and experience of many refugees fleeing conflict, a story that we hear reports of on the news but that the majority of people have no experience of. Hassan has told this story in a ground-breaking way. Having filmed his entire Journey on a GoPro camera, his footage...
PART 2/ Exploring the New Science of Psychedelics - Michael Pollan
June 18, 2018 12:59 - 26.4 MBCould psychedelic drugs change our worldview? Michael Pollan, one of America's most admired Writers, takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousness. In conversation with Rosie Boycott. A materialist, a sceptic, a storyteller, Michael Pollan is the bestselling author of some of our greatest thinking on human nature and nutrition. In mid-life, he here turns his attention to one of the most intriguing stories of the 20th century; the scientific promise and cultura...
PART 1/ Exploring the New Science of Psychedelics - Michael Pollan
June 18, 2018 12:59 - 25.3 MBCould psychedelic drugs change our worldview? Michael Pollan, one of America's most admired Writers, takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousness. In conversation with Rosie Boycott. A materialist, a sceptic, a storyteller, Michael Pollan is the bestselling author of some of our greatest thinking on human nature and nutrition. In mid-life, he here turns his attention to one of the most intriguing stories of the 20th century; the scientific promise and cultura...
Will we ever achieve gender equality? - Miriam González Durántez
May 29, 2018 14:46 - 12.4 MBMiriam Gonzáles Durántez is the Founder and Chair of Inspiring Girls, a charity dedicated to raising the aspirations of young girls around world by connecting schoolgirls and female role models. The campaign has launched in Serbia, Spain, Italy, Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia with more in the pipeline for 2018 and beyond. She is also the co-chair of law firm Dechert LLP’s International Trade and Government Regulation practice. She previously served as a senior cabinet member for EU Exter...
The Value of Everything - Mariana Mazzucato
May 29, 2018 14:42 - 20.3 MBProfessor Mariana Mazzucato (PhD) holds the Chair in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), and is Founder and Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose (IIPP). She is winner of the 2014 New Statesman SPERI Prize in Political Economy, the 2015 Hans-Matthöfer-Preis, and the 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. She was named as one of the ‘3 most important thinkers about innovation‘ by the New Republ...
How Rewilding Can Save the Environment - Isabella Tree
May 29, 2018 14:39 - 14.3 MBIsabella Tree writes for publications such as National Geographic, Granta, The Sunday Times and The Observer. Her articles have been selected for The Best American Travel Writing and Reader's Digest Today's Best Non-Fiction, and she was Overall Winner of the Travelex Travel Writer Awards. She published her first book The Bird Man - a Biography of John Gould when she was 25. Her latest book Wilding - the Return of Nature to an English Farm charts the story of the pioneering rewilding proje...
How Democracy Ends - David Runciman
May 29, 2018 14:37 - 14.6 MBDavid Runciman is Professor of Politics at Cambridge and Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies. He is the author of five previous books, including Political Hypocrisy, The Confidence Trap and Politics (for the Ideas in Profile series). He is a Director of the Leverhulme-funded Conspiracy and Democracy research project. David Runciman writes regularly about politics for the London Review of Books and hosts the widely acclaimed weekly podcast Talking Politics. About H...
What next for Brexit? - Anatole Kaletsky
May 29, 2018 14:28 - 20.5 MBAnatole Kaletsky is co-chairman and chief economist of Gavekal Dragonomics, a Hong Kong-based investment research and asset management firm serving 900 global financial institutions. He is also a prominent economic commentator, director of JP Morgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust and a board member of the Open Society Foundations and of the Institute for New Economic Thinking. Before co-founding Gavekal in 2002, Kaletsky worked for 25 years as a journalist for the Economist, Financial Ti...
The reality of imaginary illness - Suzanne O'Sullivan - Wellcome Book Prize 2016
May 18, 2018 15:34 - 17.9 MBSuzanne O'Sullivan talks about her book 'It's All in Your Head'. As many as a third of people visiting their GP have symptoms that are medically unexplained. In most, an emotional root is suspected which is often the last thing a patient wants to hear and a doctor to say. We accept our hearts can flutter with excitement and our brows can sweat with nerves, but on this journey into the very real world of psychosomatic illness, Suzanne O'Sullivan finds the secrets we are all capable of keeping ...
The Men You’ll Meet - Owen Sheers
May 17, 2018 09:27 - 19 MBOwen Sheers is a novelist, poet and playwright. Here he recites a poem written for his daughters. His BAFTA and Grierson nominated film-poem, 'The Green Hollow' has recently been published by Faber, who in July 2018 will also be publishing his forthcoming BBC film-poem to mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS, 'To Provide All People'. His one man play 'Unicorns, almost', about the life and poetry of WWII poet Keith Douglas, will be produced by The Story of Books in Hay-on-Wye during this year...
River Cafe at 30 - Ruth Rogers
May 16, 2018 10:39 - 17.4 MBThe co-founder of the Michelin starred restaurant the River Cafe, Ruth Rogers, appears at 5x15 to tell the story about founding the iconic restaurant 30 years ago with Rose Gray. She is joined by Joseph Trivelli and Sian Wyn Owen co-authors of the River Cafe 30 cookbook. Recorded at 5x15 in November 2017. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15...
Autism & neurodiversity - Steve Silberman - Wellcome Book Prize 2016
May 15, 2018 21:19 - 13 MBSteve Silberman is an award-winning investigative reporter who has covered science and cultural affairs for Wired and other magazines for more than 20 years. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker, Time, Nature and Salon. He is the author of Neurotribes, a study of autism that won the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. It is shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2016. *** The Wellcome Book Prize is an annual award, open to new works of fiction or non-fiction. To be eligible for...
McMafia - Misha Glenny
May 13, 2018 06:00 - 15.4 MBMisha Glenny is an award-winning journalist and historian who has travelled around the world, interviewing men and women involved in organised criminal activity. His book 'McMafia' is now a major new BBC 1 drama series. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: http://5x15stories.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: ht...
Girl Up - Laura Bates
May 12, 2018 06:00 - 20.7 MBLaura Bates studied English at Cambridge University and went on to be a freelance journalist and the founder of the Everyday Sexism Project. She is now an award-winning campaigner and a leading voice on women's issues. Her book 'Girl Up' exposes the truth about the pressures surrounding body image, the false representations in media, the complexities of a sex and relationships, the trials of social media and all the other lies they told us. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals ...
Diversify: Six Degrees Of Integration - June Sarpong
May 11, 2018 06:00 - 14 MBJune Sarpong MBE (born 31 May 1977) has enjoyed a 15-year career which has already seen her become one of the most recognizable faces of British television. She has interviewed everyone – from Nelson Mandela to Tony Blair to 50 Cent. She's also the co-founder of the WIE Network (Women: Inspiration and Enterprise), and of the DNA Summit (Decide Now Act), an initiative that bring together some of the most innovative minds in the world to generate ideas and initiatives that will effect lasting...
One On One - Craig Brown
May 10, 2018 06:00 - 15.2 MBCraig Brown has been writing the hugely popular Private Eye celebrity diary since 1989. He has also written parodies for many other publications, including The Daily Telegraph, Vanity Fair, The Times and The Guardian. His book One on One (2011) examines the curious nature of different types of meeting, from the oddity of encounters with the Royal Family (who start giggling during a recital by TS Eliot) to those often perilous meetings between old and young (Mark Twain terrifying Rudyard Kip...
15 Minute Literary Festival - Craig Brown
May 09, 2018 06:00 - 14.1 MBCraig Brown has been writing the hugely popular 'Private Eye celebrity diary' since 1989. He has also written parodies for many other publications, including The Daily Telegraph, Vanity Fair, The Times and The Guardian. His book 'One on One' (2011) examines the curious nature of different types of meeting, from the oddity of encounters with the Royal Family (who start giggling during a recital by TS Eliot) to those often perilous meetings between old and young (Mark Twain terrifying Rudyard...
#MeToo - Laura Bates
May 08, 2018 10:23 - 15.6 MBLaura Bates, founder of The Everyday Sexism Project, which exists to catalogue instances of sexism experienced on a day to day basis, tackles #MeToo. Recorded at 5x15 at the Tabernacle, November 2017. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: http://5x15stories.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: https://www.facebook...
Mayhem: A Memoir - Sigrid Rausing - Wellcome Book Prize 2018
May 03, 2018 09:19 - 12.6 MBSigrid Rausing talks about her memoir 'Mayhem", which deals with the impact of addiction on a family. In the summer of 2012 a woman named Eva was found dead in the London townhouse she shared with her husband, Hans K. Rausing. The couple had struggled with drug addiction for years, often under the glare of tabloid headlines. Now, writing with singular clarity and restraint the editor and publisher Sigrid Rausing, tries to make sense of what happened to her brother and his wife. Sigrid Rausi...
The Vaccine Race - Meredith Wadman - Wellcome Book Prize 2018
May 03, 2018 09:19 - 13.9 MBMeredith Wadman talks about her book "The Vaccine Race: How scientists used human cells to combat killer viruses", an epic and controversial story of a major breakthrough in cell biology that led to the conquest of rubella and other devastating diseases. Meredith Wadman MD has a long profile as a medical reporter and has covered biomedical research politics from Washington, DC, for 20 years. She has written for Nature, Fortune, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. A graduate of ...
The Butchering Art - Dr Lindsey Fitzharris - Wellcome Book Prize 2018
May 03, 2018 09:19 - 10.4 MBLindsey Fitzharris talks about her book 'The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s quest to transform the grisly world of Victorian medicine' in which she recreates a critical turning-point in the history of medicine, when Joseph Lister transformed surgery from a brutal, harrowing practice to the safe, vaunted profession we know today. Lindsey Fitzharris received her doctorate in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology at the University of Oxford and was a postdoctoral research fellow at t...
With the End in Mind - Kathryn Mannix - Wellcome Book Prize 2018
May 03, 2018 09:19 - 11.9 MBPalliative medicine pioneer Dr Kathryn Mannix talks about her book 'With the End in Mind: Dying, death and wisdom in an age of denial', in which she explores the biggest taboo in our society and the only certainty we all share: death. A tender and insightful book that will revolutionise the way we discuss and approach the end-of-life process. Kathryn Mannix has spent her medical career working with people who have incurable, advanced illnesses. *** The Wellcome Book Prize is an annual awar...
Stay With Me - Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ - Wellcome Book Prize 2018
May 03, 2018 09:19 - 10.4 MBAyọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ talks about her debut novel: the heart-breaking tale of what wanting a child can do to a person, a marriage and a family; a powerful and vivid story of what it means to love not wisely but too well. Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s stories have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies, and one was highly commended in the 2009 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She holds BA and MA degrees in Literature in English from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife. She also has an MA in Creativ...
David Bowie: A Life - Dylan Jones in conversation with Rosie Boycott
May 03, 2018 06:00 - 12.2 MBThere have been many books about David Bowie, both before and after his death, but GQ editor Dylan Jones's biography is among the best, as well as the most revelatory. New York Times best-selling author Dylan Jones has written twenty books on subjects as diverse as music and politics and fashion and photography. He has been an editor at The Observer, The Sunday Times, i-D, The Face and Arena, a columnist for The Guardian and The Independent, and is currently the Editor-In-Chief of GQ. Rec...
How We Learn to Eat - Bee Wilson
May 02, 2018 18:17 - 14 MBBee Wilson is a food writer and historian. Her most recent book, 'First Bite: How We Learn to Eat', was about the psychology of eating and how we can change our diets. In 2016 it won the Food Book of the Year at the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: http://5x15stories.com Twitter: http://www....
Signs for Lost Children - Sarah Moss - Wellcome Book Prize 2016
April 27, 2018 15:09 - 12.7 MBSarah Moss was educated at the University of Oxford and is currently professor of creative writing at the University of Warwick. She is the author of four other novels – 'Cold Earth', 'Night Waking', which was selected for the Fiction Uncovered Prize in 2011, Bodies of Light and Signs for Lost Children – and is the coauthor of Chocolate: A global history. She spent 2009–10 as a visiting lecturer at the University of Iceland, and wrote an account of her time there, 'Names for the Sea: Stranger...
The Last Act of Love - Cathy Rentzenbrink - Wellcome Book Prize 2016
April 26, 2018 06:00 - 14 MBCathy Rentzenbrink grew up in Yorkshire and now lives in London. A former Waterstones bookseller, she is now Project Director of the charity Quick Reads and Associate Editor of The Bookseller magazine. She is also Book Editor at Prima and does a book club with Nikki Bedi on her BBC Radio London show on the first Friday of every month. Her memoir, The Last Act of Love, about the life and death of her brother has been shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2016. 5x15 brings together five outs...
The Corncrake Wife - Amy Liptrot - Wellcome Book Prize 2016
April 24, 2018 06:00 - 12.2 MB'The Outrun' is a beautiful, inspiring book about living on the edge, about the pull between island and city, and about the ability of the sea, the land, the wind and the moon to restore life and renew hope. Amy Liptrot is a writer who has published her work with various magazines, journals and blogs and has written a regular column for Caught by the River, out of which her Wellcome Book Prize 2016 shortlisted book The Outrun emerged. As well as writing for her local newspaper, Orkney Today,...
Delving deep into a disturbed mind - Alex Pheby - Wellcome Book Prize 2016
April 23, 2018 09:21 - 11.1 MBAlex Pheby was born in Essex and moved to Worcester in his early childhood. He has Masters degrees in critical theory (Manchester Metropolitan University) and creative writing (Goldsmiths, University of London) and a doctorate in critical and creative writing from the University of East Anglia. Alex’s first novel, Grace, was published in 2009. His work deals with madness and social exclusion, loss, and the middle ground between reality and fantasy. His second novel, Playthings, was shortli...
A Decent Ride - Irvine Welsh
April 22, 2018 06:00 - 10.2 MBIrvine Welsh was born in Edinburgh, and first came to public attention with his debut novel 'Trainspotting' (1993), which was quickly adapted for stage and screen, with great success. His other novels include 'Filth' (1998), 'Glue' (2001), 'Skagboys' (2012), and 'A Decent Ride' (2015) he has written many short stories and screenplays. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes ...
Seven generations of her family's past - Juliet Nicolson
April 20, 2018 06:00 - 15.6 MBJuliet Nicolson is the author of two works of history, 'The Great Silence 1918–1920', 'Living in the Shadow of the Great War' and 'The Perfect Summer: Dancing into Shadow in 1911', and a novel, 'Abdication'. As the grand- daughter of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson and the daughter of Nigel Nicolson she is part of a renowned and much scrutinised family and the latest in the family line of record-keepers of the past. She lives in East Sussex, not far from Sissinghurst, where she spen...
How Russia helped Trump win the White House - Luke Harding
April 18, 2018 09:41 - 15.3 MBLuke Harding is a Guardian foreign correspondent who has reported from Delhi, Berlin and Moscow and covered wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya. His last book Collusion: How Russia Helped Trump Win the White House tackles the subject of Russian interference in the 2016 US elections. Recorded at The Tabernacle in London in April 2018. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minut...
A Very English Scandal - John Preston
April 17, 2018 16:07 - 15.1 MBJohn Preston is a writer and journalist. For ten years he was the Sunday Telegraph's television critic and one of its chief feature writers. His latest novel, 'A Very English Scandal', tells the story of Jeremy Thorpe, former leader of the Liberal party, and sadly famous for being the first British politician to stand trial for murder. BBC 1 announced an upcoming three-part television miniseries based on the novel, with Stephen Frears as director and Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw for the leadi...
Detective Stories from the World of Neurology - Suzanne O'Sullivan
April 17, 2018 16:02 - 17.4 MBSuzanne O'Sullivan is a consultant in neurology. Alongside her work, she has developed expertise in working with patients with psychogenic disorders. Her new book, "Brainstorm: Detective Stories from the World of Neurology" examines the stories of people whose symptoms are so strange even their doctor struggles to know how to solve them. Recorded at The Tabernacle in London in April 2018. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. ...
Around the world in search of Natural Born Learners - Alex Beard
April 17, 2018 15:56 - 16.1 MBHow will our kids succeed in the coming age of education? Combining anecdote, experience and intelligent research, education expert Alex Beard takes us on a global tour of the future of learning. Alex Beard has worked in education for a decade. He joined Teach For All, a growing network of independent organizations working to ensure that all children fulfil their potential, and worked on projects for the European Commission and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His first book 'Natural Born Le...
Comedy and Tragedy in the NHS - Adam Kay
March 27, 2018 16:12 - 15 MBAdam Kay is an award-winning comedian and writer for TV and film. Adam's first book, 'This is Going to Hurt', about his former career as a junior doctor, was published in 2017 by Picador and became an instant Sunday Times bestseller, topping the charts for three months, and getting translated into 13 languages. He is the winner of Blackwell's Debut Book of the Year 2017, Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year, Books Are My Bag Readers' Award and Books Are My Bag Non-Fiction Prize. Recorded at...
Poetry and Human Rights - Mona Arshi
March 27, 2018 16:09 - 12.6 MBMona Arshi is a British poet and lawyer. Her debut collection 'Small Hands' won the Forward Prize for best first collection in 2015. She has also won the Magma, Troubadour and Manchester creative writing prizes and in 2017 was on the judging panel for the Forward prize. Her work has appeared in Poetry Review, The Guardian, and Sunday Times and on the London Underground. She has been commissioned and appeared on radio and appeared at many literary festivals both here and abroad. Prior to her p...
From Asterix to Zweig: Anthea Bell and the Art of Literary Translation - Oliver Kamm
March 27, 2018 16:07 - 13 minutes - 12 MBOliver Kamm is a leader writer and columnist for The Times. He pays tribute to his mother, Anthea Bell, the acclaimed English translator of Asterix, Zweig and Andersen's fairytales. Recorded at The Tabernacle in London in March 2018. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: http://5x15stories.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/5x15storie...