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Katherine Rundell on Animals

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're back at The Tabernacle in March with another fantastic line-up of speakers! Join us for an inspiring evening of storytelling. Katherine Rundell...

Nick Makoha on The New Carthaginians

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're back at The Tabernacle in March with another fantastic line-up of speakers! Join us for an inspiring evening of storytelling. Nick Makoha is a ...

Carole Cadwalladr on How to Survive the Broligarchy

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're back at The Tabernacle in March with another fantastic line-up of speakers! Join us for an inspiring evening of storytelling. Carole Cadwalladr...

Suzanne O’Sullivan on The Age of Diagnosis

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're back at The Tabernacle in March with another fantastic line-up of speakers! Join us for an inspiring evening of storytelling. Dr Suzanne O'Sull...

Jonathan Sumption on The Challenges of Democracy

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're back at The Tabernacle in March with another fantastic line-up of speakers! Join us for an inspiring evening of storytelling. Jonathan Sumption...

Chloe Dalton on Raising Hare

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us to celebrate 5x15's fifteenth birthday! To mark the occasion, we'll be back at The Tabernacle in February for a very special evening, featuri...

Harriet Walter on She Speaks!

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us to celebrate 5x15's fifteenth birthday! To mark the occasion, we'll be back at The Tabernacle in February for a very special evening, featuri...

John Crace on Taking the Lead

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us to celebrate 5x15's fifteenth birthday! To mark the occasion, we'll be back at The Tabernacle in February for a very special evening, featuri...

Jonathan Freedland on King Winter's Birthday

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us to celebrate 5x15's fifteenth birthday! To mark the occasion, we'll be back at The Tabernacle in February for a very special evening, featuri...

Theresa Lola on Ceremony for the Nameless

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us to celebrate 5x15's fifteenth birthday! To mark the occasion, we'll be back at The Tabernacle in February for a very special evening, featuri...

Chris van Tulleken on Ultra-Processed Food

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 is delighted to welcome leading science broadcaster and doctor Chris van Tulleken for a special online event in January, fresh from delivering th...

Sunil Amrith And John Vaillant On The Burning Earth

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 is delighted to announce a special online event with two award-winning authors, the acclaimed Yale professor Sunil Amrith, and John Vaillant, aut...

Oliver Burkeman On Meditations For Mortals

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 is delighted to announce a special online event with Oliver Burkeman, author of the international breakout bestseller Four Thousand Weeks, a book...

Jonathan Haidt And Kirstie Allsopp On The Anxious Generation

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 is delighted to announce a special online event with acclaimed psychologist Jonathan Haidt and television presenter Kirstie Allsopp, in partnersh...

Bella Mackie And Alexandra Heminsley On What A Way To Go

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 is thrilled to announce a special event with author and journalist Bella Mackie, whose bestselling books include Jog On and How to Kill Your Fami...

Robin Wall Kimmerer And Alice Vincent, Live at Conway Hall

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Due to phenomenal demand, 5x15 has programmed an additional London event with leading author and ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer. Don't miss the chance ...

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall On How To Eat 30 Plants A Week

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 is delighted to announce a special event in June with beloved chef, writer and broadcaster Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Hugh will be speaking wit...

George Monbiot On The Invisible Doctrine

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join 5x15 for an explosive online event with leading writer and thinker George Monbiot on his #1 Sunday Times bestseller The Invisible Doctrine in con...

5x15 Presents: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Live at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 is delighted to announce an exclusive event with leading author Robin Wall Kimmerer, in the beautiful setting of Kew Gardens. Robin Wall Kimmere...

Lauren Child On Smile

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lauren Child is an English children’s author and illustrator best known for her book series the Charlie and Lola picture books, which were adapted i...

Dorian Lynskey On Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About The End Of The World

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dorian Lynskey writes about music, film, books and politics for publications including The Guardian, The Observer, the New Statesman, GQ, Billboard, E...

Clover Stroud On The Giant On The Skyline

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Clover Stroud is a writer and journalist, writing regularly for The Sunday Times, The Guardian and The Saturday and Sunday Telegraph, among others. Sh...

Johann Hari On Magic Pill

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Johann Hari is the author of three previous internationally bestselling books, translated into 40 languages. His TED talks have been viewed over 80 mi...

Suzi Ronson On Me And Mr Jones

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Andrew O’Hagan On Caledonian Road

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster On Nostalgia: A Biography

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Philip Lymbery On Cultivated Meat: To Secure Our Future

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Henry Dimbleby On Ravenous

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Catherine Coldstream On Cloistered

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Colum McCann On American Mother

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Vincent Deary On How We Break- Navigating The Wear And Tear Of Living

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Chris Anderson On The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Emma Tarlo On Under The Hornbeams

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

John Vaillant On Fire Weather: A True Story From A Hotter World

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Cathy Newman On The Ladder

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Jackie Morris On The Book Of Birds

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Paula Byrne On Hardy Women

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

5x15 On Botanic Gardens Past And Future With Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Building upon Kew's commitment to re-examine the history of its collections, this discussion explores the colonial legacies of botany and botanic gard...

5x15 And The Writers' Prize

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 and The Writers' Prize present a powerhouse line-up of international writing talent to speak with host, literary critic, and journalist Alex Clar...

Merlin Sheldrake On Entangled Life

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 is thrilled to announce a special event with multi-award-winning writer and biologist Merlin Sheldrake, author of the smash-hit bestseller Entang...

Nina Stibbe And Cathy Rentzenbrink On Went to London, Took the Dog

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 is delighted to announce a special event with Nina Stibbe, the 'funniest person who owns a computer' (in the words of Ann Patchett), in conversat...

5x15 In Collaboration With Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Regeneration

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 is delighted to announce the second event is our new events partnership with Rathbones, in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on the t...

David Grann On The Wager

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

David Grann is a staff writer at The New Yorker. He has written about everything from New York City's antiquated water tunnels to the hunt for the gia...

5x15 On Health And Nature With Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

26 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As plant-based diets gain popularity and outdoor activities like hiking and wild swimming become more advocated for wellness, the crucial link between...

Andy Mitchell & Anil Seth On Psychedelics, Philosophy & Consciousness

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5x15's new season kicks off in January with a special conversation about consciousness and the world of psychedelics with two highly acclaimed authors...

Kassia St Clair On The Race To The Future

19 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kassia St Clair studied the history of women's dress and the masquerade during the eighteenth century at Bristol and Oxford. She has since written abo...

Paul Caruana Galizia On A Death In Malta

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Caruana Galizia became a reporter after his mother Daphne was assassinated and since then has won a British Journalism Award, a Media Excellence ...

Rosamund Young On The Wisdom Of Sheep & Other Animals

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rosamund Young is the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Cows - named a Times book of the year - and the recently published The Wisdom of Sheep ...

Adam Sisman On The Secret Life Of John Le Carré

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Sisman is a writer specialising in biography, living in Bristol, England. He is the author of Boswell's Presumptuous Task, winner of a National B...

5x15 And Keystone Present: Six Ideas To Change The World: Jeff Goodell On Heat

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Six Ideas to Change the World series, in partnership with Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust, concludes in November with writer and journal...

5x15 And Keystone Present: Six Ideas To Change The World: Elizabeth Kolbert on Plastics

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Six Ideas to Change the World series, in partnership with Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust, continues in October with award-winning write...

5x15 And Rathbones, In Collaboration With Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Nature's Diversity

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The first event in 5x15's new series with Rathbones, in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is a celebration of Nature's Diversity. This pa...

Marcus Du Sautoy and Alex Bellos on Games

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When it comes to playing games, asking the right questions is everything. Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the best property in Monop...

Kate Humble and Helen Rebanks on Home

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What is the meaning of home? As the nights begin to draw in and we head into the autumn, 5x15 is delighted to welcome the wonderful authors Kate Humbl...

Mark O’Connell On A Thread Of Violence

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Sarah Ogilvie On The Dictionary People

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Justine Picardie On Coco Chanel

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Octavia Bright On This Ragged Grace: A Memoir Of Recovery And Renewal

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Ed Yong On I Contain Multitudes

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15...

Colm Tóibín And Seán Hewitt On A Guest At The Feast

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 welcomes Colm Tóibín, novelist, critic, essayist and one of the most highly acclaimed writers of our time. In his new essay collection A Guest...

5x15 And Keystone Present: Six Ideas To Change The World: Gaia Vince On Migration

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Six Ideas to Change the World series, in partnership with Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust, continues in July with Gaia Vince on Migratio...

Polly Morland And Rachel Clarke On A Fortunate Woman

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In July, 5x15 is thrilled to welcome the highly acclaimed and best-selling authors Polly Morland and Rachel Clarke, for a vital conversation about med...

Dr Michael Mosley And Thomasina Miers On Just One Thing

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you were going to do just one thing to transform your health, what would it be? With the sheer amount of information we consume daily about diet, ...

5x15 And Keystone Present: Tim Smedley And Alok Jha On Six Ideas To Change The World: Water

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Six Ideas to Change the World series, in partnership with Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust, continues in June with Tim Smedley and Alok J...

Lucy Jones And Amy Liptrot On Matrescence

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 is delighted to welcome two best-selling and award-winning authors back to our virtual stage. This time, Lucy Jones and Amy Liptrot will be in co...

Dr Janina Ramirez On Femina

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Janina Ramirez is an Oxford lecturer, BBC broadcaster, researcher and author. She has presented and written over 30 hours of BBC history documentar...

Jeffrey Boakye On I Heard What You Said

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jeffrey Boakye is an author, broadcaster, educator and journalist with a particular interest in issues surrounding race, masculinity, education and po...

Mark Vanhoenacker On Imagine A City

09 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Vanhoenacker is a commercial airline pilot for British Airways and the author of the international bestseller Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot a...

Jennifer Robinson And Dr Keina Yoshida On How Many More Women?

07 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Robinson is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London. She has acted in key human rights and media freedom cases in domestic and inter...

Lewis Dartnell On Being Human

05 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis Dartnell is an astrobiology researcher and professor at the University of Westminster, and also an Honorary Research Associate at University Col...

Andrew Motion On Sleeping On Islands: A Life In Poetry

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Motion was UK Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009, is co-founder of the online Poetry Archive, and has written acclaimed biographies of Philip Lark...

Angela Saini On The Patriarchs

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Angela Saini is an award-winning journalist and author. She presents radio, podcasts, and television programmes, and her writing has appeared across t...

Ariel Bruce On Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Described as the Agatha Christie of the adoption world, Ariel Bruce works on ITV’s Long Lost Family and specialises in finding people affected by ad...

5x15 And Keystone Present: Six Ideas To Change The World: Food

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Six Ideas to Change the World series, in partnership with Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust, launches in May with Henry Dimbleby on Food. ...

Dr Tom Moorhouse On Ghosts In The Hedgerow: A Hedgehog Whodunnit

30 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Tom Moorhouse is a conservation research scientist who has worked for twenty years at the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, part of Oxford Unive...

Anne - Marie Imafidon On She’s In CTRL

28 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a prodigy in every sense of the word. Aged 11, she was the youngest girl ever to pass A-level computing, and was just 20...

5x15 And Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Foods Of The Future

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 is delighted to announce a new series of events in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. From spring into summer, we will host a range ...

Blake Morrison On Two Sisters

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Blake Morrison is a poet, novelist and journalist. His non-fiction books include And When Did You Last See Your Father? (1993), which won the J. R. Ac...

Julie McDowall On Attack Warning Red!

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Julie McDowall is a freelance journalist and book critic specialising in the nuclear threat. Her writing has appeared in The Times, Economist, Spectat...

Tania Branigan On Red Memory: Living, Remembering And Forgetting China's Culture Revolution

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tania Branigan is a Guardian foreign leader writer. Having spent seven years as the Guardian’s China correspondent, she has also written for the Was...

Jeremy Denk On Every Good Boy Does Fine

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Denk is one of America's foremost pianists. Winner of a MacArthur 'Genius' Fellowship and the Avery Fisher Prize, Denk is a member of the Ameri...

Katherine Rundell On Super-Infinite: The Transformations Of John Donne

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Katherine Rundell is a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Her bestselling books for children have been translated into more than thirty languages an...

Sarah Raven On A Year Full Of Veg

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Raven On A Year Full Of Veg by Stories and inspiration from 5x15

Suzanne Wrack On A Woman's Game

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Suzanne Wrack is the Guardian and Observer’s women’s football correspondent - the first person to hold this role at a national newspaper. In A WOM...

Thomas Halliday On Otherlands

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Thomas Halliday is an Associate Research Fellow at the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Birmingham. His PhD won the Linnean Society M...

Kirsty Sedgman On On Being Unreasonable

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kirsty Sedgman is an award-winning cultural studies scholar based at the University of Bristol. She publishes and speaks on art, media, participation,...

Patrick Radden Keefe And Rosie Boycott On The Snakehead

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Radden Keefe is an award-winning staff writer at the New Yorker and the author of the international bestsellers EMPIRE OF PAIN (winner of the ...

Dr. Dean Burnett On Emotional Ignorance

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Dean Burnett is a neuroscientist, blogger, sometime comedian and author. His previous books, THE IDIOT BRAIN and THE HAPPY BRAIN, were internationa...

Will Self | 5x15 & WritersMosaic

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Will Self is the author of many novels and books of nonfiction, including How the Dead Live, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel of the Year...

Simon Liebesny | 5x15 & WritersMosaic

17 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Simon Liebesny is a freelance editor and publishing consultant. From shortly after September 11th until shortly before Covid-19, he was first mate at ...

5x15 and The Moth: How To Tell A Story

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 and renowned nonprofit The Moth present a night of stories, inspired by the New York Times Bestselling book, How to Tell a Story: The Essential G...

Pico Iyer And Katherine May On The Half Known Life: Finding Paradise In A Divided World

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In January, the month of resolutions, join 5x15 to hear the acclaimed author Pico Iyer on how we might find paradise in the present. Paradise is a un...

Philip Lymbery On Sixty Harvests Left

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Philip Lymbery is Chief Executive of leading international farm animal welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming, as well as being a Visiting P...

Luke Harding And Gideon Rachman On The Ukraine War

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

5x15 is thrilled to welcome best-selling writer and journalist Luke Harding to talk about his new book Invasion: Russia’s Bloody War and Ukraine’s...

Raynor Winn On Landlines

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Raynor Winn’s new memoir Landlines is a story that begins in fear but ends in hope. As the health of Moth, Raynor’s husband, declines, the couple ...

Colm Tóibín On A Guest At The Feast

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Colm Tóibín's new book, A Guest at the Feast, is a celebration of writing and brings together essays about growing up in Ireland during radical chan...

Gail Whiteman On Arctic Change

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Gail Whiteman is an expert on global risk arising from the systemic changes occurring in the natural environment. She is Professor of Sustainability a...

Abi Morgan And David Nicholls On This Is Not A Pity Memoir

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join 5x15 online in November to hear acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Abi Morgan in conversation with beloved One Day author and screenwriter Dav...

Sam Knight on The Premonitions Bureau

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Knight is a staff writer for the New Yorker, has won two Foreign Press Association awards and was shortlisted for the 2018 Orwell Prize for politi...

Lucy Siegle On The Ultimate Friend Of The Earth

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lucy Siegle is a journalist, broadcaster and eco expert. She is the Observer and Guardian’s Ethical Living columnist, the BBC’s The One Show’s r...