BRING ME SUNSHINE:
CHARLIE CONNELLY ON THE WEATHER
Charlie Connelly went on a quest to understand the beautiful mystery of the weather. This journey took him back to the creation of the planet itself and included some tremendously entertaining fraudsters, well meaning philosophers and people who went to war with the sky. Above all he will show how it helped him grasp better who we are. Charlie Connelly’s eclectic interests have led him to write such books as Stamping Grounds: Liechtenstein’s Quest for the World Cup, Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast, In Search of Elvis: A Journey to Find the Man Beneath the Jumpsuit, Did Those Feet: Walking Through 2000 Years of British and Irish History and Our Manin Hibernia: Ireland, the Irish and Me.
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ROBERT SKIDELSKY
Photo: Sarah Williams
[ SATURDAY 10TH NOVEMBER ] [ QUARTERHOUSE ] [ 4PM ] [ £6.50 / £5.50 FRIENDS / £4.50 CONC. ]
HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? What if permanent economic growth was not the way forward, particularly when considering the environmental impact of our ever-growing need to consume? Robert Skidelsky argues that wealth is not an end in itself but a means to the achievement and maintenance of a ‘good life’. He offers to reinvigorate the idea of economics as a ‘moral science‘.There will be plenty of time for discussion. Lord Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. His three volume biography of the economist John Maynard Keynes received numerous prizes, including the Lionel Gelber Prize for International Relations and the Council on Foreign Relations Prize for International Relations. [ SATURDAY 10TH NOVEMBER ] [ QUARTERHOUSE ] [ 5.30PM ] [ £9.50 / £7.50 FRIENDS / £5.50 CONC.]