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Robert Kingham and Rich Cochrane will be putting on another performance of Align on 22 January 2010 at the Bridewell Theatre in London.

Align is an hallucinogenic lecture on London history, prehistory, modernity and geography in words, pictures, music and performance. The whole event is immersive, informative, speculative, alarming, engaging, confusing, contentious and fun.

Full details are on the Align website, including a 6-minute YouTube trailer. To book a ticket, visit the Bridewell Theatre.

We’ve got some great speakers and topics scheduled for 2010. The calendar is filling up fast and here’s a taste of what we’ve got planned.

Prof Tim Luckhurst will be examining the future of news, Dr Mark Vernon will be asking whether there is an art to living, Prof John Worrall will be discussing certainty in science and Dr Tim Stanley will be looking at the role of religion in US political life.

In addition, Prof Quentin Skinner and Dr Jonathan White have both agreed to come and speak to us and more details will follow nearer the time.

Rich Cochrane will be giving a talk about pychogeography at Housmans Bookshop tomorrow.

Where: 5 Caledonian Road, King’s Cross, London N1 9DX
When: Saturday 7 November
Time: 5pm until 6.30pm

Rich Cochrane will be giving a talk about pychogeography at Housmans Bookshop, London’s premier radical bookstore, at 5pm on Saturday 7 November. Admission is free.

This year’s Big Ideas Christmas Social will be held on Tuesday 15th December. You probably don’t want to think about Christmas festivities yet, but just take a moment to put this date in your diary and then you can forget about it all until December.

More details will follow nearer the time.

Back by popular demand, Robert Kingham is reprising his London pub crawl inspired by the writings of Peter Ackroyd on 24 October.
Starting in Clerkenwell at 1 p.m. and finishing in St. Giles at about 9 p.m., it’s a walking tour that takes in a wealth of London’s history, from plague pits to Victorian slums, and introduces us to all manner of characters, including Daniel Defoe, Old Mother Red Cap, Dr. Johnson’s cat and the Tall Dutchwoman.

This is a brilliant day out and it’s free, too, apart from the beer. If you want to secure a space on the walk then contact me and I’ll forward your email to Robert.

This Sunday, 30 August, Rich Cochrane will be running a highly interactive session on Oulipo techniques for writers at the Treehouse Gallery in Regent’s Park. He’ll encourage participants to experiment with some classic surrealist and Oulipean ideas, create a ‘pataphysical encyclopaedia, solve literary puzzles and write collaborative texts. It’s suitable for all kinds of writers with all levels of experience, and we’ll be working in a spirit of supportive fun and experimentation. Hopefully you’ll come away with some new ways to get past the ruts and blocks that affect all writers from time to time.

The laboratory will run from 5:30pm til 7:00pm. If you fancy 90 minutes of creative fun then register on the Treehouse Gallery’s website or just turn up on the day.  And, as always, it’s free.

For more details, visit http://www.thetreehousegallery.org/ 

We have an exciting programme of events this autumn. Coming up over the next three months are:

29 September: Are there risks we can’t afford to take? Jonathan Wolff

27 October: Should All Politicians Be Utilitarians? John Pugh

24 November:What Use is an Imaginary Social Contract? Susan James

Watch out on the website for full details