Festival of Ideas 2021 - The Individual in Society

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COULD WE BUILD A HUMAN?

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THE INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY 18TH - 20TH OCTOBER 2021 1

TO PARENTS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE WIDER CANFORD COMMUNITY If you would like to attend a particular talk, please get in touch with Head of Enrichment Jamie Ings ji@canford.com, as he will be able to advise as to whether there will be space.

TO PUPILS You are expected to attend the events that are allocated to any groups to which you belong. You are extremely welcome to attend further events outside your regular school commitments/timetable.

Day pupils are not required to attend evening events (beyond 6pm) but are most welcome to attend them.

TO CANFORD STAFF You are welcome to all events. If as a teacher you have a class attending a talk, please could you check that all the pupils are present.

MONDAY 18TH OCTOBER 9.00AM - CHARLIE WALKER Layard Theatre - Shells and Fourth Form 9.00AM - DR EIAD ZINAH Assembly Hall - Fifth Form and Lower Sixth 9.00AM - CORNELIA OOSTHUIZEN Music School - Upper Sixth 11.00AM - CHARLIE WALKER Assembly Hall - Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth 11.00AM - JOELY WILLIAMS Layard Theatre - Shells and Fourth Form 11.00AM - DARREN HARRIS Music School - Fifth Form 7.00PM - BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES Layard Theatre - for A Level Drama pupils and ALL Shell, Fourth & Fifth Form Boarders 7.45PM - ZESHAN QURESHI Assembly Hall - Upper Sixth and Lower Sixth (except for Drama scholars and A Level Drama pupils)

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TUESDAY 19TH OCTOBER

9.00AM - JEMMA ROYE Music School - Upper Sixth 9.00AM - PETER MILNE Assembly Hall - Shells 9.00AM - JUSTIN BRIERLEY Layard Theatre - Fifth Form and Lower Sixth 11.00AM - JEMMA ROYE Music School - Lower Sixth 11.00AM - JAMES LANDALE Layard - Shells and Fifth Form 11.00AM - PROFESSOR EDWARD FEIL Assembly Hall - Upper Sixth 2.30PM - DR EMILY GROSSMAN Layard Theatre - Fourth Form 4.45PM - DR EMILY GROSSMAN Layard Theatre - Fifth Form 7.30PM - DR SEAN BEER Layard Theatre - Fourth Form and Fifth Form 7.30PM - PROFESSOR DARREN LILLEKER AND SAVVAS VOUTYRAS Assembly Hall - Sixth Form

WEDNESDAY 20TH OCTOBER 9.00AM - BEN SPARKS Assembly Hall - Fifth Form and Lower Sixth 9.00AM - HUW JAMES Layard Theatre - Fourth Form and Upper Sixth 9.00AM - DR JOHN BRADSHAW Music School - Shells 10.30AM - BEN SPARKS Assembly Hall - Shells and Fourth Form 11.00AM - LAURA BATES Layard Theatre - Sixth Form 11.00AM - DAVE CHAWNER Music School - Fifth Form 11.45AM - PATRICE LAWRENCE MBE Assembly Hall - Shells and Fourth Form

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THE INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY As humans we seem to be hard wired to be drawn towards people who behave like ourselves. Numerous studies have shown that when presented with a range of equally competent and well qualified candidates, employers will, statistically, lean towards selecting those who see the world as they do.

This mirroring, as psychologists refer to it, is a form of validation. The employer is subconsciously looking for employees who will validate their ideas, outlook and world view.

The journalist Matthew Syed has researched this further. He suggests that brain scans show that when others reflect our own thoughts back to us, it stimulates the pleasure centres in our brain. This bias extends to the way we establish our social groups and even our relationships. And this trait makes sense from a purely evolutionary perspective; shared characteristics lead to shared values and this in turn gives a group cohesion. Cohesion makes the group stronger and more likely to defend one another.

On the whole, when the problems we face have been straightforward, such as lighting a fire or building a shelter, what social scientists term, “linear problems” this model has proved more than adequate. It has allowed us as humans to evolve from tribes, into towns, and then cities, developing over time into countries and nations. However, we are victims of our own success; the world we live in is no longer neat and linear. The world is three dimensional, global, interconnected and multi-cultural, and so too are the problems we face. The problems of countries like China or Japan are no longer confined to the other side of the world, and in such a world the human tendency towards homogeneity is at best a disadvantage and at worst, dangerous. The problem is that when all the people in a group think the same way, it creates collective blindspots. We all have these blindspots in our perspective, and the challenge with them is that we are rarely even aware we have them until our viewpoint is challenged by a perspective or opinion beyond our everyday frame of reference. A lack of diversity in the ideas we consume is dangerous, because we never question our blindspots.

I hope all Canfordians will approach this year’s festival with the curiosity to embrace new ideas, the enthusiasm to share and discuss these ideas with their friends and teachers and the resilience to have their ideas challenged in turn. We live in increasingly complex and turbulent times. The modern world is continuously asking new questions of the individual in society. The answers to these questions will not come from closed minded or tribal thinking. The answers will come from listening to and learning from a genuinely diverse range of perspectives. Maybe, just maybe, the seeds of the ideas that will change the world tomorrow will be sown over the course of the next few days.

Jamie Ings, Head of Enrichment

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MONDAY 18TH OCTOBER Charlie Walker THROUGH SAND & SNOW 9.00AM-10.00AM, LAYARD THEATRE SHELLS AND FOURTH FORM

Charlie Walker is an adventurer and writer specialising in long distance, human-powered expeditions that seek to gain a deeper understanding of remote peoples.

During a decade of exploration his journeys have taken him to some of the most remote and inhospitable environments on Earth.

Aged 22, Charlie Walker set out on a bicycle journey that was to span 4 years and cover more than 43,000 miles through 60 countries. It was his first long journey. He was young and naive; powered by curiosity and a lust for life.

Challenges on the road included crossing the Sahara twice, pedalling illegally through Tibet in winter, and battling with mosquitos and churned mud roads in a Central African monsoon.Yet, as a solo outsider thrust into a succession of societies, the biggest surprise was the kindness of strangers he encountered. Along the way Charlie was welcomed into mud huts, mosques and monasteries, as he began to understand that kindness is the rule rather than the exception.

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MONDAY 18TH OCTOBER Dr Eiad Zinah REFUGEE JOURNEYS 9.00AM-10.00AM, ASSEMBLY HALL FIFTH FORM AND LOWER SIXTH

I am Syrian dentist. I had to flee my country due to the conflict there and was forced to undertake a dangerous and risky journey. I arrived in a new country, hoping to build a new life. I am currently living in London and I work in different dental practices, also I will start my PhD soon at Queen Mary’s University. In this talk I will take you through my journey so you can understand a little more about the experiences of a refugee entering the UK.

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MONDAY 18TH OCTOBER Cornelia Oosthuizen RESILIENCE, DETERMINATION, POSITIVITY 9.00AM-10.00AM, MUSIC SCHOOL UPPER SIXTH

Cornelia is an extraordinary human being with an incredible story of resilience, determination and positivity. Her speech is informed, full of insight and acts as a true inspiration for others, a victory for resilience and determination over adversity and setbacks.

Beset with family challenges from a young age, she has used her experiences of life to build an impressive career in the Army rising to the rank of Major, before sustaining a life changing trauma – not on the field of conflict, but on a tennis court whilst representing the forces. Her injuries were such that she has faced the heart wrenching choice and decision to have her leg amputated in order to overcome the chronic pain disorder that she has suffered since early 2015.

Never one to be accept defeat, Cornelia was selected for the GB team in the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto, winning a bronze medal in her preferred sport of tennis. She also achieved the unthinkable feat of winning the gold medal in golf just four months after taking up the sport – a true case of accelerated learning, and application of a positive mindset.

Cornelia’s story brings the audience through the lows of the traumas she has managed to the highs of her achievements, told in an honest reflection of her journey past and to what lies ahead. Cornelia is now an enterprising social entrepreneur and has her ambitions set on breaking into the world of elite Paralympic athletes.

What sets her apart, is her humility, her realistic assessment of the challenges she has ahead and her ability to communicate this as a series of messages to others to help them reset their own goals.

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MONDAY 18TH OCTOBER Charlie Walker CROSSING PAPUA NEW GUINEA 11.00AM – 12.00PM, ASSEMBLY HALL LOWER SIXTH AND UPPER SIXTH

In 2019, Charlie Walker undertook a two-month journey through the interior of Papua New Guinea by foot and packraft. The goal was to traverse from the east coast to the north coast via the country’s three highest peaks and its longest river, the Sepik. Obstacles en route included dense jungle, monsoon rains, tribal violence, whitewater rapids, and crocodiles. The real focus of the journey, however, was the peoples and cultures encountered along the way in some of the world’s most inaccessible communities. Until less than 100 years ago, the highlands of PNG were believed to be uninhabited. But in the 1930s they were discovered to have over a million people comprising hundreds of different and often-warring tribes. As modernity slowly seeps into the country, a fascinating blend of ancient tribal communities with outside technology and ideas is emerging. What does this blend mean for the individuals living within these remote societies?

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MONDAY 18TH OCTOBER Joely Williams GASLIGHTING, MASKING & OWNING YOUR INDIVIDUALITY 11.00AM – 12.00PM, LAYARD THEATRE SHELLS AND FOURTH FORM

Joely Williams is a disabled, multi world and national award winning motivational speaker, autism activist and author of ‘AspergerWorld: My Fairy Jam Jar’, who is passionate about raising understanding of her gift, Asperger’s Syndrome, and autism’s hidden depths and quirks. Through the power of words Joely can mesmerise hundreds of people, and coax them to delve into the depths of a world so different to their own - and learn to understand the ‘why’, from her unique young autistic female, personal and professional perspective.

As a young women who has Asperger’s Syndrome, Joely can give a unique insight into the incredible depths of her fascinating disability and mental health issues. Joely’s lived experiences of life on the autistic spectrum, being a survivor of bullying, abuse, gaslighting and hate crime.

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MONDAY 18TH OCTOBER Darren Harris HOW TO UNBLOCK THE PATH TO SUCCESS 11.00AM – 12.00PM, MUSIC SCHOOL FIFTH FORM

Author, speaker and founder of Unblind the Mind, Darren Harris inspires audiences to change how they see themselves, other people and the world around them so they can navigate the invisible obstacles blocking their path to success. Losing his sight after being diagnosed and treated for cancer of both eyes aged fifteen months, Darren discovered that the eyes are useless when the mind is blind, a phrase that also became his motto.

A perennial underachiever in school, at work and on the sports field, Darren only began making the most of his talents following the intervention of a select group of people he calls Enablers.

In addition to being a professional speaker and peak performance coach, Darren is a dual-sport Paralympian, England’s most capped blind footballer, judo black belt, psychology master, honorary doctor and bestselling author.

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MONDAY 18TH OCTOBER Screening of Barber Shop Chronicles 7.00PM, LAYARD THEATRE A LEVEL DRAMA PUPILS AND ALL SHELL, FOURTH AND FIFTH FORM BOARDERS One day. Six cities. A thousand stories. Following two sell-out runs at the National Theatre and a world tour, Inua Ellams’ acclaimed Barber Shop Chronicles comes to the Layard. Newsroom, political platform, local hotspot, confession box, preacher-pulpit and football stadium. For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops to discuss the world.

These are places where the banter can be barbed and the truth is always telling. Directed by Olivier award-winning director Bijan Sheibani and designed by Rae Smith (War Horse), Barber Shop Chronicles is a heart-warming, hilarious and insightful new play that leaps from a barber shop in Peckham to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos and Accra over the course of a single day.

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MONDAY 18TH OCTOBER Zeshan Qureshi RACISM IN THE NHS - FROM LIVED EXPERIENCE TO ADVOCACY 7.45PM – 8.45PM, ASSEMBLY HALL UPPER SIXTH AND LOWER SIXTH

(EXCEPT FOR DRAMA SCHOLARS AND A LEVEL DRAMA PUPILS)

Zeshan Qureshi is a Paediatrician based in London. He graduated with Distinction from the University of Southampton. He co-edits the Oxford Textbook of Global Health of Women, Newborns, Children, and Adolescents, along with 14 other books, winning the BMA Young Author of the Year and the New Leader Award from the Association for the Study of Medical Education. He is a wellbeing advocate for doctors, and a TEDx speaker. He is currently a post graduate student at the University of Cambridge.

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TUESDAY 19TH OCTOBER Jemma Roye ‘LET’S START A CONVERSATION’- OPENING UP A DIALOGUE TO RAISE AWARENESS ON ISSUES SURROUNDING RACISM AND INEQUALITY 9.00AM-10.00AM, MUSIC SCHOOL, UPPER SIXTH 11.00AM-12.00PM, MUSIC SCHOOL, LOWER SIXTH

Qualifying with a first-class degree in Social Anthropology and a QTS in Social Sciences, Jemma is a qualified secondary school teacher specialising in Sociology and Humanities. She has led a number of departments and has worked as a youth worker in South London. She has over fifteen years of teaching experience, in both the state and independent secondary school sectors within London and Dorset.

Jemma’s commitment to seeing young people succeed fulfilled her desire to work as a mentor and academic coach. She is passionate about the wellbeing and personal development of young people, believing that all students should have the opportunity to individually thrive. Jemma now works full time as the CEO and Managing Director of Grow Achieve Soar Academies Ltd, making a positive impact on the lives of young people.

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TUESDAY 19TH OCTOBER Peter Milne CLIMATE CHANGE - FROM CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES TO RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 9.00AM-10.00AM, ASSEMBLY HALL SHELLS

This talk takes a factual as well as an impassioned look at the why and the how of climate change, linking these with the critical role of education, basic human rights, global citizenship and the interconnection of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Peter is the Founder/Director of Target4Green and has had over 25 years’ experience as a teacher, environment coordinator, workshop leader and educational consultant.

From 2012-2015, Peter worked as a Freelance Environmental Education Consultant/Trainer in the UAE. In that time, he developed curriculum-linked school activity and CSR programmes as well as specific workshops and school support for Environmental Education and Sustainability in over 40 schools in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah.

Through the success achieved in the UAE, Peter founded Target4Green Educational Consultancy and Training Ltd upon his return to the UK in 2015 and since then he has been working with schools across the world on global citizenship, climate change and sustainability education, including as the organiser and facilitator of the internationally successful Beyond COP21 Symposium series.

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TUESDAY 19TH OCTOBER Justin Brierley WHY GOD MAKES SENSE OF HUMANS (AND ATHEISM DOESN’T) 9.00AM-10.00AM, LAYARD THEATRE FIFTH FORM AND LOWER SIXTH

Justin Brierley is a Christian broadcaster, writer and speaker. He hosts the weekly radio show and podcast ‘Unbelievable?’ for Premier Christian Radio, bringing Christians and non-Christians together for dialogue. Justin is the author of ‘Unbelievable? Why, after ten years of talking with atheists I’m still a Christian’.

Whether we call ourself atheist, Christian or something else, most of us believe in the intrinsic value of every human individual in society. But why? Justin will explain why concepts like human value, human purpose and even human existence itself are better explained by the existence of a creator God than by atheism.

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TUESDAY 19TH OCTOBER James Landale THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE MEDIA 11.00AM-12.00PM, LAYARD THEATRE SHELLS AND FIFTH FORM

James is the BBC’s diplomatic correspondent. Before that, he was the BBC’s deputy political editor and presented programmes such as The Andrew Marr Show, Daily Politics and The World This Weekend. James joined the BBC in 2003 after a spending a decade at The Times newspaper, primarily as a political correspondent in the Westminster lobby. He also worked as the paper’s Brussels correspondent and assistant foreign news editor.

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TUESDAY 19TH OCTOBER Professor Edward Feil DISEASE OUTBREAKS AND THE HIVE MENTALITY: HOW DOES OUR COVID RESPONSE MEASURE UP AGAINST SOCIAL INSECTS? 11.00AM-12.00PM, ASSEMBLY HALL UPPER SIXTH

Professor Feil’s research career has encompassed the evolution and transmission of many different microbial pathogens of humans and animals (including bees, bats and fish). He is currently interested in antibiotic resistance, and how this might be evolving and spreading in the environment. He also has an interest in sewage and what it can tell us about human health. Most of his research time is spent trying to interpret DNA (genome) sequences for bacteria and also, more recently, viruses. He is a regular commentator on local and national media, but he isn’t really sure how the Sars-CoV-2 virus is going to evolve.

In this talk Professor Feil will reflect on parallels between the approaches we have used to manage the Covid pandemic (eg social distancing, vaccine rollout), with how social insects (in particular ants and bees) have evolved specific behaviors to limit the risk of infection spreading throughout their colonies.

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TUESDAY 19TH OCTOBER Dr Emily Grossman HOW TO BUILD A HUMAN - STEM CELLS AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE 2.30PM-3.30PM, LAYARD THEATRE - FOURTH FORM

GUT FEELINGS - GUT BACTERIA, CRAVINGS, CHOCOLATE AND POO! 4.45PM-5.45PM, LAYARD THEATRE - FIFTH FORM

Dr Emily Grossman is an internationally acclaimed public speaker, bestselling science author and TV personality, with a Double First in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and a PhD in Cancer Research. She is best known as a Resident Science Expert on ITV’s The Alan Titchmarsh Show and Sky1’s Duck Quacks Don’t Echo, for her fun YouTube videos and for her inspirational talks in schools, universities and at live events - as well as her TEDx talk on Why Science Needs People Who Cry and numerous media interviews. Emily is the author of Emergency on Planet Earth, a critically acclaimed, free, easy-to-read online guide to the climate and ecological crisis and Brain-Fizzing Facts: Awesome Science Questions Answered, which was shortlisted for the Teach Primary Book Awards 2020. Her latest book, World-Whizzing Facts: Awesome Earth Questions Answered, aims to help young people understand what’s going on on our planet and what they can do to help. Emily was recently named as the second Honorary STEM Ambassador, alongside astronaut Tim Peake, for her pioneering work in STEM education and as a role model to young people.

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TUESDAY 19TH OCTOBER Dr Sean Beer WHY WE EAT WHAT WE EAT AND DRINK WHAT WE DRINK 7.30PM-8.30PM, LAYARD THEATRE FOURTH FORM AND FIFTH FORM

Dr Sean Beer is a Senior Academic in the Business School at Bournemouth University where his interests lie in the areas of business, food, drink and philosophy. In the real world he enjoys spending time in the countryside and can be found sleeping out under the stars in wild places.

Sean Is a Rotary Foundation Scholar, a Winston Churchill Fellow, and a Nuffield Scholar. He currently serves as a Trustee for the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust.

Sean’s talk will focus on why different people and different cultures eat and drink different things. In his talks, Sean tries to use humour and stimulate all your senses.

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TUESDAY 19TH OCTOBER Professor Darren Lilleker THE ANXIOUS INDIVIDUAL

Dr Savvas Voutyras

THE RHETORIC OF MERITOCRACY 7.30PM-8.30PM, ASSEMBLY HALL SIXTH FORM

Dr Darren G. Lilleker is Professor in Political Communication in The Faculty of Media & Communication, Bournemouth University and Convenor of the Centre for Comparative Politics & Media Research. Dr Lilleker’s expertise is in the intersecting areas of political campaigning and public engagement in politics, with a particular focus on the impacts of digital technological developments. He is author of Political Communication and Cognition (Palgrave, 2014) and The Psychology of Democracy (Routledge, 2021).

Savvas Voutyras is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at Bournemouth University, and Program Leader for MA Political Psychology. He has a background in political theory and psychosocial studies. His current research is on contemporary conservative rhetoric, populism in media and politics, and the discourse and politics of evaluation and metrics in economic policy. He is a member of the editorial board of Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. He is also a member of the Brussels-based international Center for the Study of Democracy, Signification and Resistance (DESIRE).

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WEDNESDAY 20TH OCTOBER Ben Sparks CREATION OF NUMBER 9.00AM-10.00AM, ASSEMBLY HALL FIFTH FORM AND LOWER SIXTH

MAGICAL MATHS 10.30AM-11.30AM, ASSEMBLY HALL SHELLS AND FOURTH FORM

Ben is a mathematician, musician, and public speaker. He gives Maths talks and workshops around the world, to students, teachers, and the general public. His performances include regular work with the Numberphile YouTube channel and shows with the Maths Inspiration and MathsFest projects.

Magic Maths: Magic and Maths have gone together for hundreds of years. The reasoning behind many magic effects is inherently mathematical and logical, and mathematical tools can reveal the secrets if you’re brave enough to use them. We’ll demo and teach some surprising and effective secrets. Remember the Magician’s Oath!

Creation of Number: An entertaining journey through humanity’s attempts to wrestle with the deepest questions behind our day-to-day use of numbers, and their consequences. This contains surprisingly beautiful images.

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WEDNESDAY 20TH OCTOBER Huw James THE NEXT GIANT LEAP 9.00AM-10.00AM, LAYARD THEATRE FOURTH FORM AND UPPER SIXTH

Huw James is a Welsh Scientist, Adventurer and Film Maker. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical and Royal Astronomical Societies and creates educational films and talks under his organisation Anturus.

Huw has been delivering live science shows for over 10 years. His audiences are over 750,000 people on 6 continents and over 2 million on TV and YouTube. His background in Astronomy and Geology has pushed him to explore the world on a variety of expeditions all for science.

His mission going forward is to inform a new generation of custodians for our natural world and everything that lives in it by tackling the big 3 problems of pollution, climate change and wildlife extinction.

The solar system and planets are all worth visiting. But the distances between the planets are so vast, how can we ever hope to go there? The fact is we’re exploring the outer edges of our solar system with robotic explorers right now, and plans to send humans to other planets are already underway. So, if we’re going to explore other planets, moons and chunks of rock, which are the best to go to? Join Huw James, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, for this interplanetary talk!

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WEDNESDAY 20TH OCTOBER Dr John Bradshaw FINDING OUR PLACE WHILST FINDING OURSELVES 9.00AM-10.00AM, MUSIC SCHOOL SHELLS

Dr John Bradshaw grew up in Zimbabwe during the civil war. After finishing school he was conscripted into the army and volunteered to join a specialist unit defusing booby trapped land-mines. During that time he was badly injured and is now totally blind.

After partially recovering from his injuries, John pursued an academic career. He obtained a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and went on to teach university level Computer Science for several years.

Following a successful career in the academic world John returned to the family farm to pursue his dream. After 7 successful and happy years of farming they were evicted as part of Mugabe’s land redistribution programme, having been given just 24 hours to vacate the farm. They lost both their homes and their livelihoods.

Determined to stay in his beloved country, John returned to education, as headmaster at one of Zimbabwe’s leading independent schools. From there he was approached to head the top girls boarding school, Peterhouse Girls. He has been told that he was the only totally blind headmaster running a “normal” school in the world.

In 2014 John and his wife Sue decided to leave Zimbabwe and return to the UK. They now live in Sherborne, Dorset.

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WEDNESDAY 20TH OCTOBER Laura Bates EVERYDAY SEXISM 11.00AM-12.00PM, LAYARD THEATRE SIXTH FORM

Laura Bates is the founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, which began as a website where people could share their experiences of daily, normalized sexism, from street harassment to workplace discrimination to sexual assault and rape. The Project became a viral sensation, attracting international press attention from the New York Times to French Glamour, Grazia South Africa to the Times of India, and support from celebrities such as Rose McGowan, Amanda Palmer, Mara Wilson, Ashley Judd, James Corden, and Simon Pegg. The project has now collected over 100,000 testimonies from people around the world and launched new branches in 25 countries worldwide. It was also featured at Beyonce’s Chime for Change concert in 2013, and Laura spoke at the United Nations in New York about the project’s findings in 2014.

Laura writes for the New York Times, Guardian, Telegraph and many others. She is a regular contributor to the Today Programme, Woman’s Hour, Channel 4 News, Newsnight and more and has been awarded a British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Honours List for services to gender equality.

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WEDNESDAY 20TH OCTOBER Dave Chawner COMEDY FOR COPING 11.00AM-12.00PM, MUSIC SCHOOL FIFTH FORM

Dave is a No.1 best-selling author, award-winning stand up, presenter and mental health campaigner.

His first Edinburgh show, Normally Abnormal, sensitively used humour to explore his anorexic past. The show received critical acclaim, had sell-out shows and went on UK tour. As a result, the show was given an award by The UK’s Eating Disorder Charity at The Houses Of Parliament in 2014.

In 2015 Dave was asked to give a TED Talk on the topic of eating disorders. This caught the attention of a publisher and he was asked to write a book based on his experiences. This became ‘Weight Expectations’ - part memoir, part self-help guide aiming to engage, entertain and educate people about anorexia.

Since then Dave has gone on to do shows about adult circumcision, veganism and mental health.

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WEDNESDAY 20TH OCTOBER Patrice Lawrence MBE WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON’T KNOW THE RULES? 11.45AM-12.45PM, ASSEMBLY HALL SHELLS AND FOURTH FORM

Patrice Lawrence was born in Brighton and brought up in an Italian and Trinidadian household. Her first book for young adults, Orangeboy, was shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book Award and won the Bookseller YA Prize and Waterstone’s Prize for Older Children’s Fiction.

Indigo Donut, her second book for teenagers, won the Crimefest YA Prize. Both books have been nominated for the Carnegie Medal.

Patrice worked for more than 20 years for charities supporting equality and social justice. These themes (along with a serious amount of music) inform her stories. Patrice still lives in Brighton.

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