5x15
Episodes
Poetry From the Future - Srecko Horvat and Brian Eno with Rosie Boycott
25 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Revolution can’t take its poetry from the past – but only from the future. On 14th May, at EartH Hackney, philosopher and activist Srećko Horvat ...
The incredible Judith Kerr at 5x15
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Judith Kerr's moving talk about marriage and her husband. Judith Kerr was born on 14 June 1923 in Berlin but escaped from Hitler's Germany with her p...
Life Lessons - Melissa Benn
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa Benn is a writer, journalist and campaigner. She was educated at Holland Park comprehensive and the London School of Economics where she gradu...
Only Americans Burn In Hell - Jarett Kobek & Stewart Lee
28 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As the news becomes ever more outlandish, how do we make sense of our current historical predicament and where are we heading? Cult American novelist ...
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the heart - Elif Shafak
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She writes in both Turkish and English, and...
Poetry and performance - Farah Chamma
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Farah Chamma is Dubai-born Palestinian performer. She mainly writes and performs poetry in Arabic, English and French. She is currently doing an MA in...
I will never see the world again - Philippe Sands
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Philippe Sands QC is Professor of Law at University College London and a practising barrister at Matrix Chambers. Here he talks about his friend Ahmet...
On the future - Prospects for humanity - Martin Rees
31 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Rees is Astronomer Royal, and has been Master of Trinity College and Director of the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University. As a membe...
London Made Us - Robert Elms
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
obert Elms is a broadcaster and writer, well-loved for his eponymous radio show on BBC Radio London. Elms started out as a journalist, writing for The...
The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read - Philippa Perry
17 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Philippa Perry has been a psychotherapist for the past twenty years. Her latest book is: The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Wi...
Why we need slow news - James Harding
10 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
James Harding is the Co-founder and Editor of Tortoise Media, and prior to this was Director of News and Current Affairs at the BBC, the world’s lar...
Eve was Shamed - why British justice is failing women - Helena Kennedy
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Baroness Helena Kennedy is one of Britain's most distinguished lawyers. She has spent her professional life giving voice to those who have least power...
How to Be Right (in a world gone wrong - James O'Brien
03 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
James O’Brien is a writer and LBC radio presenter. He has written for the Times Literary Supplement and is a regular columnist for the Daily Mirror....
Surveillance Capitalism - Shoshana Zuboff and Misha Glenny
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast from the sold out event hosted by 5x15 with Shoshana Zuboff, Misha Glenny and Profile books on 5th February 2019. Shoshana Zuboff joined the...
The poetry pharmacy - William Sieghart
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Poetry Pharmacy is William Sieghart's best-selling book bringing together tried-and-true prescriptions for the heart, mind and soul. He has taken ...
Rosamund Pike & Rosie Boycott - A Private War
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rosamund Pike is an Academy Award and BAFTA nominee who has earned international acclaim for both her stage and film roles. Here she discusses her lat...
Heroic Failure- Brexit and the politics of pain- Fintan O'Toole and Misha Glenny chaired by Jon Snow
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
5x15 hosted a special discussion with Fintan O'Toole and Misha Glenny chaired by Jon Snow at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster to discuss Brexit and ...
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - Judith Kerr
13 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Judith Kerr was born in Berlin, but came to England with her family when she was twelve after escaping the Nazis and travelling through Switzerland an...
Why we have to use technology to tackle climate change - Baroness Martha Lane Fox
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Baroness Martha Lane Fox, founder of DotEveryone, talks about why we need to harness the full potential of technology to tackle climate change. Record...
Why we need to act on Climate Change - Ellie Goulding at 5x15
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The singer song writer Ellie Goulding talks about her passion for tackling climate change at 5x15. Recorded at the Royal Institution in London on the ...
Why our health depends on tackling climate change- Dr Maria Neira
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Maria Neira, WHO Director, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, talks about the links between health and c...
A poetry reading by Ralph Fiennes
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
At special event hosted with 5x15 and the Talanoa Dialogue- actor Ralph Fiennes reads poetry to inspire action on climate change. Recorded live at th...
In Therapy - the unfolding story - Susie Orbach
31 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Susie Orbach is the founder of the Women's Therapy Centre of London; a former columnist for The Guardian; a visiting professor at the London School of...
A look at politics and food - Yotam Ottolenghi
09 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Yotam Ottolenghi, Israeli-born chef and writer, at 5x15. He takes us on a fascinating journey into the formative experiences that have inspired the fo...
Microbes, diet myths and why you'll never eat alone again - Tim Spector
22 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Spector is a Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, Director of the TwinsUK Registry and Head of the Department of Twin Research at Kings College Lond...
The Language of Kindness - Christie Watson
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. She worked in a variety of healthcare settings, but spent most of her career in paediatric intensive car...
Dear Cancer, Love Victoria - Victoria Derbyshire
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Derbyshire is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. In 2015 she went on to host a daily news and current affairs show that airs on BBC...
The art of transformation - Jude Kelly
17 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jude Kelly talks about the arts and transformation - recorded at the strawditorium at Bold Tendencies in Peckham, a space transformed from a multi-sto...
The idea of the between - Siri Hustvedt
09 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Siri Hustvedt is a highly unusual writer—an internationally acclaimed and bestselling novelist and an intellectual with voracious interests. Siri is...
The Other Side - Mark Haddon
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Haddon is an author, illustrator and screenwriter who has written fifteen books for children and won two BAFTAs. His bestselling novel, Mark Hadd...
Your Life in My Hands - Dr Rachel Clarke
26 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist- turned-junior doctor Dr Rachel Clarke's talk about her first book, Your Life in My Hands, which documents the realities of life as a junio...
Born Lippy: Jo Brand and Rosie Boycott in conversation
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jo Brand and Rosie Boycott at 5x15 on October 22nd 2018 discussing Jo's new book Born Lippy: how to do female. The Last Tango in Paris, Dennis and the...
All My Puny Sorrows - Miriam Toews
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Miriam Toews tells a story of shared suffering between sisters from the Canadian Mennonite community, in a story that is darkly tragicomic, irresistib...
Adventures in consciousness - Hannah Critchlow
18 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah Critchlow investigates the human brain and surprises the 5x15 audience with insights into consciousness- in plants, animals and humans. Dr Han...
Forgotten Women - Zing Tsjeng
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Zing Tsjeng talks about the forgotten women in history... and rewriting the story once and for all. Zing Tsjeng is a journalist from London, where sh...
Radicals - Jamie Bartlett
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Bartlett talks about the importance of listening radicals. Jamie Bartlett is an author and tech blogger for The Spectator and Director of the ...
The Long Now - Brian Eno in conversation with Rosie Boycott
08 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Eno is in conversation with Rosie Boycott. Brian Eno is a musician, composer, singer and record producer. He is widely credited as being a for...
The post human future - Martin Rees
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How posthuman evolution will be the outcome of technological changes with Martin Rees. Martin Rees is a cosmologist and space scientist. He is curre...
Why We Need A Food Revolution - Jamie Oliver - 5x15's Food Fight
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
5x15 food fight with 5 exceptional speakers on food. Jamie Oliver is a chef and restaurateur and campaigner for healthy food. 5x15 brings together ...
From Asterix to Zweig: Anthea Bell and the Art of Literary Translation - Oliver Kamm
27 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Oliver Kamm is a leader writer and columnist for The Times. He pays tribute to his mother, Anthea Bell, the acclaimed English translator of Asterix, Z...
99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret - Craig Brown
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Best loved Private Eye satirist Craig Brown comes to 5x15 to show us 99 glimpses of Princess Margaret. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individu...
Grenfell Tower Poem - Ben Okri
09 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Booker Prize winning novelist and poet reflects in poetry on the tragedy of the fire at Grenfell Tower. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individ...