Some London talks and events coming up

November 14th, 2014 by Ben Goldacre in bad science | 2 Comments »

There are a few London talks and events coming up over the next few weeks, all very different, and more to come around the country soon:

Monday 17th Nov – Richard Herring Leicester Square Podcast

This show is a great institution: comedian Richard Herring interviews comedians and the occasional nerd in front of a live audience, there are tickets for the live recording, and then a free podcast online which has won Sony awards and stuff. Lots of previous episodes available online here, including Steve Coogan, Mary Beard, Stephen Fry, etc. Tickets online here, I’m up the same night as Sue Perkins who is awesome.

Monday 1st December – Conway Hall Nerd Night

Conway hall is a great institution, with lots of good events, worth a trip and worth joining. At this and the Foyles event below I think I’ll do a brand new lecture/show I’ve just written. Tickets online here, massive discount for students and members.

Monday December 8th – Foyles Bookshop, W1

Foyles has moved, I’ve not seen the new shop yet but genuinely looking forward to it as they’re an institution and bookshops are good. The talk is in their new events space at 7pm, tickets online here: smaller room, so I might do a more meandering talk, depending on what people seem to want on the night.

Books and signing at each of them if that’s your thing (definitely for the last two). For an easy Christmas you could surprise everyone by doggedly giving them my canon with a stern smile: this is especially useful shopping advice for families with ideological rifts around quackery, vaccines, science etc.

If you want to know what my talks are like there are some videos below, and more around the site. See you out!


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2 Responses



  1. Nix said,

    November 16, 2014 at 6:18 pm

    The new Foyles is nice but somehow soulless, much smaller with huge amounts of space wasted on a massive interior light-well and none of the ‘where the hell am I? where is anything?’ maze effect you got in the old Foyles.

    But Tottenham Court Road just isn’t what it used to be. Even Blackwells has gone. End of an era, grumble grumble *waves cane* gerroff my lawn Amazon. *ahem*

  2. Blu Dot said,

    November 17, 2014 at 12:59 pm

    Time to go 😉 for this event!

    Thanks for information; )