BALHAM, LONDON
WHERE? Upstairs at The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, London SW12 9HD (map) Nearest tube: Balham.
(The space can be accessed via a lift but space is limited so come with a sling if you can!)
WHEN? Every second Wednesday of the month at 11.30 a.m..
HOW MUCH? £10 ADV. or £12 on the door
WHERE? Upstairs at The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, London SW12 9HD (map) Nearest tube: Balham.
(The space can be accessed via a lift but space is limited so come with a sling if you can!)
WHEN? Every second Wednesday of the month at 11.30 a.m..
HOW MUCH? £10 ADV. or £12 on the door
the science of sin: why we do the things we know we shouldn't
WEDNESDAY 13TH march @11.30AM
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If we know we shouldn’t do something, for the sake of our health, our pockets or our reputation, why is it often so very hard to do the right thing? Neurobiologist Jack Lewis illuminates the neural battles between temptation and restraint that take place within our brains, suggesting strategies to help us better manage our most troublesome impulses with the explicit goal of improving our health, our happiness and our productivity – helping us to say ‘no!’ more often, especially when it really counts.
Jack Lewis is a neurobiologist and television presenter. His TV career kicked off in 2008 as a presenter on the BBC series People Watchers, which involved roaming the streets of London conducting secretly filmed social psychology experiments on unsuspecting members of the public. He went on to make regular appearances as an expert on ITV's This Morning, and presented Discovery Science’s The Tech Show, the ITV series How to Get More Sex. He hosts the Geek Chic Weird Science podcast and his brain blog www.drjack.co.uk recently celebrated its 8th birthday. |
unexplained live
WEDNESDAY 10th april @11.30AM
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Join Richard MacLean Smith, creator of the ‘world’s spookiest podcast’ Unexplained as he takes you on an atmospheric journey through an extraordinary tale... Summer 1971, in the market town of Hexham. Two young boys discover a pair of strange stone heads buried in their garden prompting a series of peculiar events: The heads seem to move themselves around their home and strange creatures appear to be stalking anybody that comes into contact with them. Despite attempts to identify their provenance, no one can provide a definitive answer. Were they, as some believed, of a pagan, Celtic origin? Ancient idols worshipped by an obsessive Cult of the Head? Or were they merely remnants of crudely made dolls, gifted to a young daughter by her doting father? Does it matter if something is real or not, if we believe it enough?
Part Scottish, part English and proud citizen of nowhere, Richard MacLean Smith is a writer and podcaster. Richard researches, writes and produces the podcast Unexplained, described by the Guardian as the ‘spookiest podcast ever.’ and which has had over 17 million streams/downloads to date. (Unexplained the book, an Amazon #1 Best Seller, was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2018 and is set to be translated into a number of languages. The book is due to be published in US and Canada in 2019.) |