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Richard Fortey has 2 past events. (show) The Big Debate: The scientific canon is more relevant to our times than the literary canon Richard Fortey, Dry Store Room No.1: The Secret History of the Natural History Museum.; Georgina Ferry, Max Perutz And The Secret Life.; John Mullan, Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature.; Tracy Chevalier, The Girl with the Pearl Earring.; Joan BakewellTickets £10. "Jane Austen said that ‘the person, be it gentleman or lady, who has no pleasure in a novel must be intolerably stupid’. But is knowledge of the fundamentals of science more important in the age of climate change and cloning?
For the motion: Richard Fortey, palaeontologist and author of Dry Store Room No.1: The Secret History of the Natural History Museum; Georgina Ferry, science writer
and author of Max Perutz And The Secret Life.
Against the motion: John Mullan, Professor of English at UCL, journalist and author of Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature; Tracy Chevalier, novelist - The Girl with the Pearl Earring, Burning Bright – and Chair of the Society of Authors.
Chairperson: Joan Bakewell, Chair of the National Campaign for the Arts, is a pioneering journalist, cultural commentator and author.
The audience decides the outcome by casting a vote. " (christiguc)… (more)
Richard Fortey Richard Fortey discusses Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum. Tickets: £8 (£5 under 18s). "Richard Fortey is a prize-winning science writer, Fellow of the Royal Society and former senior palaeontologist at London’s Natural History Museum. Combining professional learning with a gift for prose that sparkles with wit and literary sensibility, he delves into the feuds, scandals and skulduggery that have punctuated the Museum’s history and brings to life the people and pioneers behind this great institution." (christiguc)… (more) Event location: Tiffin Boys’ School: Queen Elizabeth Road, KT2 6RL (entrance on London Road)
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