In this post, I preview June’s PubSci talk and other great science events coming up, plus we reflect on May’s PubSci and share details of a special offer for anybody free this Friday. Read on!
June’s PubSci talk is already booking up fast – if you don’t want to miss out, head over to the booking page now – but before we look at that, I need to tell you about something happening on Friday 6th June something… yes, this evening!
Have you ever thought about how we engage with technology? Do you worry that you spend too much time online… or that your kids do? The Tim Arnold Company is offering 2 for 1 tickets on tonight’s performance of Super Connected, Tim’s multimedia show/film/gig/theatre /show at the Marylebone’s Cockpit Theatre, featuring the voice of Stephen Fry. The show starts at 7.30, so you might make it!
Super Connected, the album, received rave reviews from the likes of Mojo and The Times for the music alone – however, it was conceived from the start as a feature film and theatre piece as well. Beyond entertainment, it’s a life-affirming challenge to how we interact with smart technology and how easily we let it monitor and control us – highly pertinent to anybody with kids today – and Tim has been all over the news with his campaign to liberate kids from screen addiction. Check out the showreel/trailer.
I’m telling you all this because I saw it last year, and it really is powerful as theatre and as a gig (as well as important and life-affirming). Use the code “super241” to get two tickets for the price of one. Why? It’s a press night and they want to fill the place with lovely audience! Booking via The Cockpit website.
Looking back at last month’s PubSci, on Wednesday 21st May we welcomed welcome Michael Cutts from the Royal Institution of Great Britain‘s demo team, famous for televised Christmas Lectures and live shows in the Faraday Lecture Theatre.
Taking us through through the Ri’s 225-year history of demonstrating science to audiences, Michael treated us to some great live demos, assisted by Professor David Ricketts, including two demos carried out by Michael Faraday himself.
Many thanks to Michael, David, and the Ri’s Head of Heritage, Charlotte, New for sharing their passion, flair, and deep knowledge with us. As you can see, King Henry was quite entertained too.
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Looking forward to this month’s event, I’m delighted to say that Dr Stuart Eves returns to PubSci on Wednesday 18th June with “Doomed? How the Universe is Trying to Kill Us – and How We can Stop It!”
Stuart will be exploring whether there’s a cosmic pattern underlying global mass extinctions found in the geological record and consider what role astronomers can play in preventing the next Big One. Full details on our Next Event page. Booking via Eventbrite. Don’t delay, half the tickets are already gone.
Other sciencey things happening in the next few weeks
Birkbeck Science Week: From Monday 9th June, Birkbeck, University of London, hosts a serious of public talks followed by a drinks reception, starting with How The Brain Invents Your Reality with Dr Daniel Yon. Do try and get to one of these talks if you can.
I just found out about a wonderful exhibition in south London by renowned science artist Rob Kessler. Rob is a fellow of the Linnean Society and former president of the British Science Association’s Science and the Arts Section. The work includes ink drawings, videos and highly magnified micrographs of plant specimens. Rob will be studying and working in the space throughout the exhibition, surrounded by his botanical library and herbarium specimens. STUDY suns until 28th June and is open only Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Details and times here: https://www.kenart.space/
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Finally, science communicator and PubSci member, Ushashi Basu, has written about PubSci in her excellent blog and interviewed me to find out how I came to be the bloke introducing the speakers and what led me to science communication. It was a pleasure to chat with Ushashi over a coffee and recall how it is that I’ve been programming, promoting and hosting PubSci events for the past seven years. You can read that interview here and see Ushashi’s other blog posts at https://ushashibasu.com/.
Have a great June, and don’t forget to book your place for Wednesday18th.
Posted by Richard Marshall, PubSci organiser and host.
PubSci: Sipping • Supping • Science
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Keep Up With Future Events
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About PubSci talks
PubSci is organised and hosted by science communicator, Richard Marshall, assisted by Mike Lucibella. Events are held upstairs at the Old King’s Head, near London Bridge tube. No specialist knowledge is required, just curiosity. Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Talks run for ~45 minutes and are followed by a Q&A session. The Old King’s Head has a happy hour before 7pm, and the kitchen serves excellent pub grub.
There is no charge for attending PubSci talks, but we have a cash whip-round to cover expenses on the night – consider it “Pay What You Can Afford”. As few of us carry cash these days, you can make a donation when registering for ticketed events with Eventbrite. Please help us continue putting on events. PubSci has no other source of funding.
We aim to keep PubSci accessible for all, although it is unsuitable for under 18s as we meet in the function room of a pub. Regrettably, there is no wheelchair access.
You can find all our links on our LinkTree.
Address:
The Old King’s Head (upstairs room)
King’s Head Yard
45-49 Borough High Street
London SE1 1NA
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