January 18, 2012
Lost Lectures: Jelly Brain
Our first Jelly Brain of 2012! The wonderful Dr Zarinah Agnew of University College London will dissect panacotta and raspberry swirls set in the shape of our marvelous cerebrums as part of the brand new series, The Lost Lectures.
Full details of the night here.
December 1, 2011
Intergalactic Travel Bureau @ BBC Stargazing
Come find us at our Intergalactic Travel Bureau at Stargazing LIVE, hosted by the BBC in Charlton Park in Greenwich, London, this Tuesday January 16, 2012.
Read more about what our friendly agents will have in store for you in this New Scientist write-up of the last time our bureau was open for business, at the Royal Astronomers’ Ball in October.
March 15, 2011
Dirt Banquet
Working in partnership with experimental food artisans Bompas & Parr, we will host a Dirt Banquet inside a spectacular secret London location.
This unprecedented feast of filth will showcase dirty delicacies, such as radioactive cheese serum, imu cooked pork, Islay whiskey, fermented natto, and an aphrodisiac dessert - each course inspired by the physical, biological, ethical, architectural, social, political and temporal dimensions of dirt. Full menu to be announced a week before the date.
Eminent experts will accompany each course, feeding our guests with ideas about the nature of dirt: anthropologist Val Curtis will guide us through the evolution of disgust, and epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani, author of The Wisdom of Whores (catch her fantastic TED Talk here), will speak on sexuality. This edible adventure will provide diners with an unprecedented culinary experience that promises to be both thought-provoking as well as surprisingly appetizing.
You can buy tickets here.
This event is part of the Wellcome Trust’s fantastic and filthy Dirt season of events.
February 14, 2011
New Scientist Culture Lab
Published today in the New Scientist’s Culture Lab.
“Indeed, the audience seemed to be having a right old time, the atmosphere far more boisterous than the same discussion would have been had it been staged in a university lecture hall rather than a life-drawing class at a festival.”
Indeed!
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