ADVERTISING

A LIFE IN ADVERTISING

William Eccleshare - Monday 11.20am

Advertising gives us a unique insight into the zeitgeist of the place it came from.  Join William as he takes... more

THE FAME FORMULA

Mark Borkowski - Monday 11.20am

Mark’s career started with humble beginnings at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon, followed by a successful... more

ARCHITECTURE

CITYSCAPES

Alex Lifschutz - Wednesday 9.05

Following a degree in sociology and psychology at Bristol University and publication of research in cognitive... more

DESIGN IN ACTION

Vahakn Motassian and Edward Checkley - Friday all day

Two Old Gowers now making their way in the design and architectural worlds return to UCS to display their wares.... more

TOWERING SCULPTURES

Gerry Judah - Friday 11.20am

Born in Calcutta, Gerry Judah grew up in West Bengal before his family moved to London in the 1960’s. After... more

ART AND CULTURE

ARTATTACK

Simon Brady - Monday all day

This year's artist-in-residence, Simon Brady, will be working with various year groups on Monday and Friday to... more

ARTATTACK

Simon Brady - Friday all day

More art installation fun with Simon Brady, our artist-in-residence. more

BREAKING NEWS

Nick Higham - Tuesday 9.05

Nick Higham is a roving reporter and analyst for BBC News, working mainly for BBC News 24. He covers a wide range... more

CITYSCAPES

Alex Lifschutz - Wednesday 9.05

Following a degree in sociology and psychology at Bristol University and publication of research in cognitive... more

DESIGN IN ACTION

Vahakn Motassian and Edward Checkley - Friday all day

Two Old Gowers now making their way in the design and architectural worlds return to UCS to display their wares.... more

HOW TO BE A THEATRE CRITIC

Jane Edwardes - Wednesday 10am

Jane Edwardes is theatre editor for Time Out and former president of the Critics' Circle. She returns to Beyond... more

L'ESQUIVE

Julien Planté - Friday 10am

Julien Planté is Programmer at the Ciné Lumière, part of the Institut Français, and one... more

LOLA RENNT

Karl Pfeiffer - Thursday 11.20am

Karl Pfeiffer, from the Goethe Institute, will discuss the film Lola Rennt, which explores the fate which... more

LOLA RENNT

Beyond Words screening - Tuesday 2.55pm

In association with the Goethe Institute, Beyond Words will be showing the German film Lola rennt,... more

THE ROLE OF ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Stephen Nelson and Tom Juneau - Monday lunchtime

Stephen Nelson and Tom Juneau will lead a debate and discussion on the role of art in the 21st... more

THE STORY OF INDIA

Michael Wood - Friday 11.20am

Michael Wood was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Oriel College Oxford where he did postgraduate... more

TOWERING SCULPTURES

Gerry Judah - Friday 11.20am

Born in Calcutta, Gerry Judah grew up in West Bengal before his family moved to London in the 1960’s. After... more

BIOGRAPHY

617 SQUADRON - THE DAM BUSTERS

Max Arthur - Tuesday 11.20am

Max Arthur is rightly seen as one of Britain’s leading oral historians of the Great War, collecting... more

AGENT ZIGZAG

Ben Macintyre - Wednesday 10am

Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor on The Times. He has worked as the newspaper's correspondent in... more

DEAR DIARY

Svetlana Palmer and Sarah Wallis - Tuesday 10am

Svetlana Palmer studied at Moscow State University, as well as in London and Berlin. She has worked on critically... more

DEAR MISTRESS

Ian McIntyre - Wednesday 11.20am

Ian McIntyre read Modern Languages at Cambridge, where he was President of the Union. He worked for many years for... more

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

Ben Macintyre - Wednesday 11.20am

In the second of his two presentations, Ben Macintyre focuses on the relationship between 007 and his... more

IAN FLEMING

Andrew Lycett - Wednesday 10am

Andrew Lycett read modern history at Oxford, and then took up journalism, mainly as a foreign reporter,... more

MR STANLEY, WE PRESUME

Tim Jeal - Tuesday 10am

Tim Jeal is best known for his three classic biographies of adventurous Victorian males:  Livingstone,... more

NABEEL'S SONG (THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE POSTPONED)

Nabeel Yasin and Jo Tatchell - Friday 11.20am

In the winter of 1979, Nabeel Yasin, a young Iraqi poet best know for his epic poem Brother Yasin, gathered... more

SHAKESPEARE ON TOAST

Ben Crystal - Thursday 9.05

Who’s afraid of William Shakespeare? Just about everyone. He wrote too much and what he wrote is inaccessible... more

THE SUSPICIONS OF MR WHICHER - 9.05 (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME)

Kate Summerscale - Wednesday Morning

Kate Summerscale is the author of the bestselling The Queen of Whale Cay, which won a Somerset Maugham award and... more

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

ECONOMICAL WITH THE ECONOMY

Hugh Pym - Wednesday 9.05

A financial and political journalist now working for the BBC, Pym was a BBC radio journalist from 1986 to 1987,... more

HEDGING YOUR BETS

Victor Haghani - Wednesday 10am

Victor is an Iranian American whose father was an international trader from a Sephardic Jewish family in Iran.... more

IN THE NEWS

Jonathan Sumberg - Tuesday 9.05

Jonathan, an Old Gower, read Politics at Manchester University, and started work in 1997 as a Broadcast Journalist on... more

THE LAST AMATEURS

Mark de Rond - Monday 11.20am

A Fellow of Darwin College, Mark de Rond is Reader in Strategy and Organisation at Cambridge University’s... more

WHAT NEXT? FINANCIAL FALLOUTS

Nils Blythe - Thursday 9.05

In a succession of senior roles for the BBC, Nils has reported on the global business and economic agenda for... more

CLASSICS

CARTHAGINIAN IMPERIALISM

Jonathan Prag - Monday 2.15

Dr Jonathan Prag is a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and Honorary Lecturer in the School of Archaeology and... more

IT'S TRAGIC

Nick Lowe - Monday 11.20am

Dr Lowe is a reader in Classics and the Director of Graduate Study at Royal Holloway University. He will talk on... more

COOKERY

COOKING THE BOOKS

Masterchefs' day - Thursday all day

Today Beyond Words will allow us to experience an assault on our senses - olfactory and gustatory. Our featured... more

FROM POD TO PALATE - A CHOCOLATE MASTERCLASS

Sara Jayne Stanes - Thursday 10am

A masterclass to die for... or death by chocolate. Either way, this is something few will wish to miss, as a (modest,... more

NEW INDIAN

Anjum Anand - Thursday 11.20am

Anjum Anand grew up in London but has also lived and studied in Geneva, Paris and Madrid. After gaining a European... more

TASTE OF MY LIFE

Raymond Blanc - Thursday 8pm

We are very fortunate indeed that Raymond Blanc has agreed to hold a cookery demonstration in the Great Hall at... more

CURRENT AFFAIRS

50 FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW: USA

Stephen Fender - Thursday 11.20am

Stephen Fender was born in San Francisco and educated at Stanford and in the UK at Manchester University. He has... more

BALTI BRITAIN

Ziauddin Sardar - Friday 2.15

Ziauddin Sardar, writer, broadcaster and cultural critic, is a Visiting Professor at the School of Arts, the City... more

BREAKING NEWS

Nick Higham - Tuesday 9.05

Nick Higham is a roving reporter and analyst for BBC News, working mainly for BBC News 24. He covers a wide range... more

CAN YOU TRUST THE MEDIA?

Adrian Monck - Thursday 11.20am

Professor Adrian Monck has been Head of Journalism and Publishing at London’s City University since 2005. He... more

DON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN

Richard Wilson - Thursday 2.55pm

Richard Wilson read Philosphy at University College London and works for a human rights organisation. His first... more

ECONOMICAL WITH THE ECONOMY

Hugh Pym - Wednesday 9.05

A financial and political journalist now working for the BBC, Pym was a BBC radio journalist from 1986 to 1987,... more

HEDGING YOUR BETS

Victor Haghani - Wednesday 10am

Victor is an Iranian American whose father was an international trader from a Sephardic Jewish family in Iran.... more

IN THE NEWS

Jonathan Sumberg - Tuesday 9.05

Jonathan, an Old Gower, read Politics at Manchester University, and started work in 1997 as a Broadcast Journalist on... more

KIDS COMPANY

Camilla Batmanghelidjh - Friday 2.15

Camila Batmanghelidjh is the founder and director of Kids Company and has been a psychotherapist for more than... more

LESS SAFE, LESS FREE (THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED)

David Cole - Tuesday 10am

David Cole is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. He is the award-winning author of several... more

LOADED DICE

Neill Lochery - Wednesday 11.20am

Dr. Neill Lochery completed his undergraduate work in Government and Politics. Subsequently, he took his Masters in... more

THE INTELLIGENCE INDUSTRY

Gordon Corera - Wednesday 11.20am

Gordon Corera is a Security Correspondent for BBC News. He covers counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation, and... more

THE STORY OF INDIA

Michael Wood - Friday 11.20am

Michael Wood was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Oriel College Oxford where he did postgraduate... more

THE TRUTH THAT STICKS

Martin Bell - Monday 2.15

Martin Bell has had three careers: foreign affairs correspondent; independent politician; and author. As one of the... more

TORTURE TEAM

Philippe Sands - Friday 10am

Professor Philippe Sands QC studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and was called to the bar in 1985; from... more

UCS QUESTION TIME

Claire Fox, with Stephen Twigg, Douglas Murray, Vivienne Parry, Philip Walters and Ceri Dingle - Tuesday 2.15

Claire Fox is the director of the Institute of Ideas (www.instituteofideas.com) which she established to... more

WHAT NEXT? FINANCIAL FALLOUTS

Nils Blythe - Thursday 9.05

In a succession of senior roles for the BBC, Nils has reported on the global business and economic agenda for... more

DANCE

BALLET FOR ALL

Ballet Central - Thursday all day

Returning for their sixth residency at Beyond Words, the dynamic Ballet Central has been Central School of... more

HIP HOP DANCE CLASSES

Kerry Dearlove - Friday Morning

Kerry returns for a second series of hip-hop workshops. more

HIP HOP DANCE CLASSES

Kerry Dearlove - Monday Morning

As part of the 25th-birthday celebrations of the Margaret Howard Theatre College, Kerry returns for her third... more

DEBATE AND DISCUSSION

THE ROLE OF ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Stephen Nelson and Tom Juneau - Monday lunchtime

Stephen Nelson and Tom Juneau will lead a debate and discussion on the role of art in the 21st... more

UCS QUESTION TIME

Claire Fox, with Stephen Twigg, Douglas Murray, Vivienne Parry, Philip Walters and Ceri Dingle - Tuesday 2.15

Claire Fox is the director of the Institute of Ideas (www.instituteofideas.com) which she established to... more

DRAMA

BEYOND THEATRE

Present Attempt - Monday all day

Present Attempt is a performance collective committed to developing progressive and experimental devised work. The... more

BEYOND THEATRE

Present Attempt - Tuesday all day

Second workshop of this exciting experiment in theatre. For details, see Monday. more

BEYOND THEATRE

Present Attempt - Wednesday all day

Third workshop by Present Attempt. For details see Monday. more

BEYOND THEATRE (THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE POSTPONED)

Present Attempt - Friday 2.15

Following three days of workshop and a final rehearsal, today sees the performance of Beyond Theatre. more

HOW TO BE A THEATRE CRITIC

Jane Edwardes - Wednesday 10am

Jane Edwardes is theatre editor for Time Out and former president of the Critics' Circle. She returns to Beyond... more

IN CONVERSATION

Imelda Staunton - Wednesday lunchtime

Academy-award nominated Imelda Staunton, the iconic Dolores Umbridge from Hogwarts School, Harry Potter’s... more

SCREAMING FUN

Alexa Christopher-Daniels - Thursday 2.15

Alexa will attempt to stretch the boundaries of physical theatre, outdoors, with her new initiative ‘Screaming... more

THE COMICAL HISTORY OF KING LEAR

Ben Crystal - Thursday 2.15

Ben will demonstrate why Shakespeare's King Lear endures, while pale imitations fall by the wayside.   more

HISTORY

617 SQUADRON - THE DAM BUSTERS

Max Arthur - Tuesday 11.20am

Max Arthur is rightly seen as one of Britain’s leading oral historians of the Great War, collecting... more

A FREUDIAN TRIP

The Freud Museum, with Michael Molnar, Lisa Appignanesi and Judith Summers - Thursday Morning

We are very fortunate to have been offered the chance for 30 of our sixth-formers to have a guided visit to the... more

AGENT ZIGZAG

Ben Macintyre - Wednesday 10am

Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor on The Times. He has worked as the newspaper's correspondent in... more

ATOM

Piers Bizony - Monday 2.55pm

Bizony is a popular science writer, publicist and film producer, specialising in space, special effects and... more

BALTI BRITAIN

Ziauddin Sardar - Friday 2.15

Ziauddin Sardar, writer, broadcaster and cultural critic, is a Visiting Professor at the School of Arts, the City... more

BEST OF ENEMIES - BRITAIN AND GERMANY: TRUTH AND LIES IN TWO WORLD WARS

Richard Milton - Thursday 2.55pm

Richard Milton is a writer, journalist and broadcaster. His books include Bad Company, chosen by the Sunday Times... more

CARTHAGINIAN IMPERIALISM

Jonathan Prag - Monday 2.15

Dr Jonathan Prag is a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and Honorary Lecturer in the School of Archaeology and... more

DEAR DIARY

Svetlana Palmer and Sarah Wallis - Tuesday 10am

Svetlana Palmer studied at Moscow State University, as well as in London and Berlin. She has worked on critically... more

DEAR MISTRESS

Ian McIntyre - Wednesday 11.20am

Ian McIntyre read Modern Languages at Cambridge, where he was President of the Union. He worked for many years for... more

LOADED DICE

Neill Lochery - Wednesday 11.20am

Dr. Neill Lochery completed his undergraduate work in Government and Politics. Subsequently, he took his Masters in... more

MR STANLEY, WE PRESUME

Tim Jeal - Tuesday 10am

Tim Jeal is best known for his three classic biographies of adventurous Victorian males:  Livingstone,... more

THE STORY OF INDIA

Michael Wood - Friday 11.20am

Michael Wood was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Oriel College Oxford where he did postgraduate... more

THE SUSPICIONS OF MR WHICHER - 9.05 (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME)

Kate Summerscale - Wednesday Morning

Kate Summerscale is the author of the bestselling The Queen of Whale Cay, which won a Somerset Maugham award and... more

UNBOWED THROUGH THE GATE OF DARKNESS

Klaus Leist - Tuesday 11.20am

Dr Klaus Leist was born in Berlin and studied Economics in Cologne and Basel where he obtained his doctorate.... more

LANGUAGE

GOOGLIES, NUTMEGS AND PUCKS

Bob Wilson - Friday 2.15

Bob Wilson is the veteran presenter of nine football World Cups, as well as BBC Grandstand, Sportsnight and Match... more

L'ESQUIVE

Julien Planté - Friday 10am

Julien Planté is Programmer at the Ciné Lumière, part of the Institut Français, and one... more

LOLA RENNT

Karl Pfeiffer - Thursday 11.20am

Karl Pfeiffer, from the Goethe Institute, will discuss the film Lola Rennt, which explores the fate which... more

LOLA RENNT

Beyond Words screening - Tuesday 2.55pm

In association with the Goethe Institute, Beyond Words will be showing the German film Lola rennt,... more

OULIPO POETRY

Paul Fournel - Friday 11.20am

Paul Fournel is a French writer, poet, publisher, and cultural ambassador. Fournel wrote his master's thesis on... more

SHAKESPEARE - THE BAWDY BITS

Héloïse Sénéchal - Thursday 11.20am

Héloïse Sénéchal is RSC Research Fellow, University of Warwick. She studied English at... more

SHAKESPEARE ON TOAST

Ben Crystal - Thursday 9.05

Who’s afraid of William Shakespeare? Just about everyone. He wrote too much and what he wrote is inaccessible... more

LAW AND SOCIAL ISSUES

BALTI BRITAIN

Ziauddin Sardar - Friday 2.15

Ziauddin Sardar, writer, broadcaster and cultural critic, is a Visiting Professor at the School of Arts, the City... more

KIDS COMPANY

Camilla Batmanghelidjh - Friday 2.15

Camila Batmanghelidjh is the founder and director of Kids Company and has been a psychotherapist for more than... more

LESS SAFE, LESS FREE (THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED)

David Cole - Tuesday 10am

David Cole is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. He is the award-winning author of several... more

TORTURE TEAM

Philippe Sands - Friday 10am

Professor Philippe Sands QC studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and was called to the bar in 1985; from... more

MEDIA

BREAKING NEWS

Nick Higham - Tuesday 9.05

Nick Higham is a roving reporter and analyst for BBC News, working mainly for BBC News 24. He covers a wide range... more

CAN YOU TRUST THE MEDIA?

Adrian Monck - Thursday 11.20am

Professor Adrian Monck has been Head of Journalism and Publishing at London’s City University since 2005. He... more

DON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN

Richard Wilson - Thursday 2.55pm

Richard Wilson read Philosphy at University College London and works for a human rights organisation. His first... more

IN THE NEWS

Jonathan Sumberg - Tuesday 9.05

Jonathan, an Old Gower, read Politics at Manchester University, and started work in 1997 as a Broadcast Journalist on... more

MEDIA - WHO NEEDS IT? (THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE POSTPONED)

Gideon Joseph - Thursday 2.15

more

THE FAME FORMULA

Mark Borkowski - Monday 11.20am

Mark’s career started with humble beginnings at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon, followed by a successful... more

THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION - MOBILES, GAMES AND EMBARRASSING BODIES

Alex Hryniewicz - Wednesday 11.20am

Alex joined Maverick TV after completing his MPhil in History at Birmingham University.As an Assistant Producer, he... more

MUSIC

BEAT-BOX MAYHEM

Chantage, Jes and Hobbit - Monday all day

Beyond Words is proud to be part of an exciting yet improbable collaboration between one of the country's top... more

BEAT-BOX MAYHEM: THE GIG

Chantage, Jes, Hobbit and the gang - Monday Evening

All those who took part in workshops throughout the day will come together for a spectacular concert which will... more

CELLO AND POETRY RECITAL (THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED)

Rohan de Sarem and Romesh Gunesekera - Monday lunchtime

Beyond Words is honoured to welcome two talented artists from different disciplines who will collaborate in a... more

JAZZING IT UP

Wally Fawkes, Ian Christie, John China, Don Smith, and Paul Dawson - Tuesday lunchtime

This concert will take place at 1.10pm. in the Great Hall.Before rock and roll, and long before the Beatles, jazz... more

NOVELS

SHOOT TO WIN

Dan Freedman - Friday 11.20am

Dan’s early writing career got off to a pretty rocky start. At his nursery school he used to write his... more

SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT

Derek Landy - Monday 2.15

Derek Landy burst onto the children’s fiction scene in 2007, following a modest career cultivating... more

THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO

Patrick Ness - Monday 11.20am

Patrick lived in Hawaii until he was six, spent ten years in suburban Washington state, and then studied English... more

THE MONEYPENNY DIARIES

Kate Westbrook - Wednesday 10am

Kate Westbrook is the pseudonym of Samantha Weinberg, author of the compelling Moneypenny Diaries - a series of... more

WEREAD: THE AWARD PRESENTATION

Chris Bradford - Thursday 5pm

To celebrate the inaugural award of the Beyond Words weRead prize, we are very fortunate that Chris Bradford -... more

WHEN WE WERE BAD

Charlotte Mendelson - Friday 10am

Charlotte Mendelson was born in London in 1972 and grew up in Oxford.  She has written and reviewed for the... more

YOUNG BOND

Charlie Higson - Wednesday 2.15

After graduating from the University of East Anglia in 1982, Higson was the lead singer of the band The Higsons... more

YOUNG SAMURAI

Chris Bradford - Thursday 2.55pm

Chris Bradford is the judge of our weRead book review competition. He will be presenting the weRead award, and review... more

PERFORMANCE

BALLET FOR ALL

Ballet Central - Thursday all day

Returning for their sixth residency at Beyond Words, the dynamic Ballet Central has been Central School of... more

BEAT-BOX MAYHEM

Chantage, Jes and Hobbit - Monday all day

Beyond Words is proud to be part of an exciting yet improbable collaboration between one of the country's top... more

BEAT-BOX MAYHEM: THE GIG

Chantage, Jes, Hobbit and the gang - Monday Evening

All those who took part in workshops throughout the day will come together for a spectacular concert which will... more

BEYOND THEATRE (THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE POSTPONED)

Present Attempt - Friday 2.15

Following three days of workshop and a final rehearsal, today sees the performance of Beyond Theatre. more

CIRCUS SCHOOL

The Circus Space - Tuesday all day

The Circus Space is devoted to enhancing, protecting and advancing the circus art form and has been enabling the... more

CIRCUS SCHOOL

The Circus Space - Wednesday all day

See Tuesday for details.  more

JAZZING IT UP

Wally Fawkes, Ian Christie, John China, Don Smith, and Paul Dawson - Tuesday lunchtime

This concert will take place at 1.10pm. in the Great Hall.Before rock and roll, and long before the Beatles, jazz... more

SCREAMING FUN

Alexa Christopher-Daniels - Thursday 2.15

Alexa will attempt to stretch the boundaries of physical theatre, outdoors, with her new initiative ‘Screaming... more

THE COMICAL HISTORY OF KING LEAR

Ben Crystal - Thursday 2.15

Ben will demonstrate why Shakespeare's King Lear endures, while pale imitations fall by the wayside.   more

THE GREAT ESCAPE

The Royal Engineers - Tuesday all day

The Corps of the Royal Engineers is a unique force, active all over the world in conflict and in peacetime. Known... more

PHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERCLASS

Kelly Dearsley - Tuesday 10am

Kelly Dearsley went straight from school into advertising where she worked for most of the 80s. She was... more

POETRY

CELLO AND POETRY RECITAL (THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED)

Rohan de Sarem and Romesh Gunesekera - Monday lunchtime

Beyond Words is honoured to welcome two talented artists from different disciplines who will collaborate in a... more

NABEEL'S SONG (THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE POSTPONED)

Nabeel Yasin and Jo Tatchell - Friday 11.20am

In the winter of 1979, Nabeel Yasin, a young Iraqi poet best know for his epic poem Brother Yasin, gathered... more

OULIPO POETRY

Paul Fournel - Friday 11.20am

Paul Fournel is a French writer, poet, publisher, and cultural ambassador. Fournel wrote his master's thesis on... more

POETS' CORNER

Daljit Nagra and others - Friday all day

Our poet-in-residence this year is Daljit Nagra. In 2004, Nagra won the Forward Poetry Prize for best single poem... more

UNIVOCALISM

The young Oulipians - Friday 10am

Joe Dunthorne, Ross Sutherland, Tim Clare and Nick Holloway explain the ramifications of writing poetry using only... more

POLITICS

ECONOMICAL WITH THE ECONOMY

Hugh Pym - Wednesday 9.05

A financial and political journalist now working for the BBC, Pym was a BBC radio journalist from 1986 to 1987,... more

LESS SAFE, LESS FREE (THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED)

David Cole - Tuesday 10am

David Cole is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. He is the award-winning author of several... more

LOADED DICE

Neill Lochery - Wednesday 11.20am

Dr. Neill Lochery completed his undergraduate work in Government and Politics. Subsequently, he took his Masters in... more

THE INTELLIGENCE INDUSTRY

Gordon Corera - Wednesday 11.20am

Gordon Corera is a Security Correspondent for BBC News. He covers counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation, and... more

THE TRUTH THAT STICKS

Martin Bell - Monday 2.15

Martin Bell has had three careers: foreign affairs correspondent; independent politician; and author. As one of the... more

TORTURE TEAM

Philippe Sands - Friday 10am

Professor Philippe Sands QC studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and was called to the bar in 1985; from... more

UCS QUESTION TIME

Claire Fox, with Stephen Twigg, Douglas Murray, Vivienne Parry, Philip Walters and Ceri Dingle - Tuesday 2.15

Claire Fox is the director of the Institute of Ideas (www.instituteofideas.com) which she established to... more

PSYCHOLOGY

A FREUDIAN TRIP

The Freud Museum, with Michael Molnar, Lisa Appignanesi and Judith Summers - Thursday Morning

We are very fortunate to have been offered the chance for 30 of our sixth-formers to have a guided visit to the... more

ARE YOU BEING FOOLED?

Stanley Feldman - Tuesday 2.15

Dr Stanley Feldman is emeritus professor of anaesthesiology at Imperial College London. He writes that he has... more

DON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN

Richard Wilson - Thursday 2.55pm

Richard Wilson read Philosphy at University College London and works for a human rights organisation. His first... more

SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE

Raj Persaud - Thursday 2.15

Raj Persaud is Professor for Public Understanding of Psychiatry at Gresham College and author of  Simply... more

THE LAST AMATEURS

Mark de Rond - Monday 11.20am

A Fellow of Darwin College, Mark de Rond is Reader in Strategy and Organisation at Cambridge University’s... more

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

ARE YOU BEING FOOLED?

Stanley Feldman - Tuesday 2.15

Dr Stanley Feldman is emeritus professor of anaesthesiology at Imperial College London. He writes that he has... more

ATOM

Piers Bizony - Monday 2.55pm

Bizony is a popular science writer, publicist and film producer, specialising in space, special effects and... more

CSI: UCS

Murder in the science lab: forensic investigation day - Monday all day

For the very first time, Beyond Words has organised a whole-day laboratory event, which will occupy the whole of... more

GOING BALLISTIC

Steve Walls and team, University of Kent - Monday all day

The Department of Physical Sciences at Kent specialises in forensic science. Steve Walls and his team will... more

HOW TO FOSSILISE YOUR HAMSTER

The New Scientist team - Wednesday 11.20am

How can you measure the speed of light with chocolate and a microwave? Why do yo-yos yo-yo? Why does urine smell so... more

LIGHT YEARS

Brian Clegg - Monday 11.20am

Brian Clegg read Natural Sciences at Cambridge, specialising in Experimental Physics, and has a second MA in... more

NOT OUT COLD

William Harrop-Griffiths - Tuesday 10am

William Harrop-Griffiths was brought up in Wales, went to school in the West Country and attended university in... more

OLD BONES

Margaret Cox - Monday all day

Margaret Cox is Professor of Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology at Cranfield University and well known as the... more

SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE

Raj Persaud - Thursday 2.15

Raj Persaud is Professor for Public Understanding of Psychiatry at Gresham College and author of  Simply... more

THE FATHER OF FORENSICS - HOW SIR BERNARD SPILSBURY INVENTED MODERN CSI

Colin Evans - Monday 11.20am

Colin Evans is a writer specialising in forensics. His books include The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science... more

TO INFINITY AND BEYOND

Brian Clegg - Monday 2.15

Brian Clegg read Natural Sciences at Cambridge, specialising in Experimental Physics, and has a second MA in... more

SPORT

CIRCUS SCHOOL

The Circus Space - Tuesday all day

The Circus Space is devoted to enhancing, protecting and advancing the circus art form and has been enabling the... more

CIRCUS SCHOOL

The Circus Space - Wednesday all day

See Tuesday for details.  more

FILMING BEIJING 2008

Ted Ayling - Tuesday 2.15

Ted Ayling has been involved with sports broadcasting for over thirty years, having been producer and director of... more

GOOGLIES, NUTMEGS AND PUCKS

Bob Wilson - Friday 2.15

Bob Wilson is the veteran presenter of nine football World Cups, as well as BBC Grandstand, Sportsnight and Match... more

IN THE HANDS OF THE GODS

Gabe Turner, Ben Turner and Ben Winston - Tuesday 10am

Old Gowers Gabe, Ben and Ben will discuss the making of the movie, and (with luck) will bring along one of the... more

IN THE HANDS OF THE GODS

Gabe Turner, Ben Turner and Ben Winston - Monday 2.15

A screening of the film which recounts the true story of five young Britons who undertake the long voyage from... more

THE BEAUTIFUL GAME - 9.05am (PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE AND TIME)

Sam Wallace - Monday Morning

Michael Collins considers Sam Wallace to be "the best football journalist around at the moment". Sam has... more

THE GREAT ESCAPE

The Royal Engineers - Tuesday all day

The Corps of the Royal Engineers is a unique force, active all over the world in conflict and in peacetime. Known... more

THE LAST AMATEURS

Mark de Rond - Monday 11.20am

A Fellow of Darwin College, Mark de Rond is Reader in Strategy and Organisation at Cambridge University’s... more

TV AND FILM

FILMING BEIJING 2008

Ted Ayling - Tuesday 2.15

Ted Ayling has been involved with sports broadcasting for over thirty years, having been producer and director of... more

IN THE HANDS OF THE GODS

Gabe Turner, Ben Turner and Ben Winston - Tuesday 10am

Old Gowers Gabe, Ben and Ben will discuss the making of the movie, and (with luck) will bring along one of the... more

IN THE HANDS OF THE GODS

Gabe Turner, Ben Turner and Ben Winston - Monday 2.15

A screening of the film which recounts the true story of five young Britons who undertake the long voyage from... more

L'ESQUIVE

Julien Planté - Friday 10am

Julien Planté is Programmer at the Ciné Lumière, part of the Institut Français, and one... more

LOLA RENNT

Karl Pfeiffer - Thursday 11.20am

Karl Pfeiffer, from the Goethe Institute, will discuss the film Lola Rennt, which explores the fate which... more

LOLA RENNT

Beyond Words screening - Tuesday 2.55pm

In association with the Goethe Institute, Beyond Words will be showing the German film Lola rennt,... more

MEDIA - WHO NEEDS IT? (THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE POSTPONED)

Gideon Joseph - Thursday 2.15

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THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION - MOBILES, GAMES AND EMBARRASSING BODIES

Alex Hryniewicz - Wednesday 11.20am

Alex joined Maverick TV after completing his MPhil in History at Birmingham University.As an Assistant Producer, he... more

TOP GEAR (WE REGRET THAT THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE POSTPONED)

Brian Klein - Friday lunchtime

Brian Klein started his directing career at Thames Television, then the UK’s leading commercial TV network,... more