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The 350th anniversary of the Royal Society's library was celebrated with the One Culture festival. Over the first weekend in October 2011 some of the best novelists, scientists, poets and historians joined forces to explore the crosscurrents between science and culture. You can read an introduction to the festival, download a podcast to hear more about it, read about a number of the events on our blog, see a selection of photos taken during the weekend in the festival gallery, or explore further by clicking on the images below.
The festival will be held atthe Royal Society in central London.
Tickets for each eventwill be available on the door.
Please see the individual event listings for ticket prices.
Sam & I
by Take the Space Theatre Company
Hanging Hooke
Arabick Roots
Exhibition at the Royal Society
Crystal World
Family Zone
(Sat, 10:00am)
Siân Ede
The language and literature of body and mind (Sat, 10:00am)
What Mr Darwin Saw
(Sat, 11:30am)
Marcus Du Sautoy
Maths on stage: The dramatic life of numbers (Sat, 10:30am)
Tim Radford
Possible worlds (Sat, 11:45am)
Jenny Uglow
Charles II: 'Patronus et fundator' (Sat, 1:00pm)
Apostolos Doxiadis
On the booksellers' dilemma... (Sat, 2:30pm)
John Barrow, Gillian Beer and Eva Hoffman
About time (Sat, 2:30pm)
Georgina Ferry
Science writing in the age of Shakespeare (Sat, 4:00pm)
Brian Dillon
Culture and hypochondria (Sat, 4:00pm)
Richard Holmes
The Age of Wonder and after (Sat, 5:15pm)
Fiction Lab
Jennifer Rohn hosts the science book club (Sat, 6:30pm)
Apostolos Doxiadis in conversation with Marcus Du Sautoy
(Sat, 6:30pm)
Michael Frayn
Copenhagen and after (Sat, 8:00pm)
Sunetra Gupta
How narratives emerge in science and literature (Sun, 11:00am)
Ian Stewart
(Sun, 11:00am and 1:45pm)
John Holmes
The Pre-Raphaelites and science (Sun, 12:30pm)
Nicky Clayton in conversation with Mark Baldwin
(Sun, 12:30pm)
Sebastian Faulks
Being other people (Sun, 1:45pm)
China Miéville in conversation with Tom Hunter
(Sun, 3:15pm)
Charlotte Sleigh
The SLA 3-day particle smashing diet (Sun, 3:15pm)
Paul Nurse
Darwin and Milton: Two views of Creation (Sun, 4:45pm)
Ian Thomson
The genesis of Primo Levi's ‘If This is a Man’ (Sun, 4:45pm)
John Banville in conversation with Siân Ede
(Sun, 6:00pm)
Brian Dillon in conversation with Gwyneth Lewis
Foyles bookstore are the official bookseller for One Culture. Located at the heart of the festival venue they will be selling a range of titles that showcase the fascinating crosscurrents between science and literature, as well as books by the authors who will be taking part in discussions and signings throughout the weekend.
You can browse a selection of the books which will be on sale at the festival, or pre-order a copy now.
Thank you to our sponsors and partners.
Please note that by purchasing a ticket, you are consenting to photography and/or video recording of your image for promotional purposes.
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