5x15 Stories

Run by the How To Academy, these portmanteau evenings each shoehorn in five illustrious speakers, who talk for 15 minutes apiece. First up are novelist Louis de Bernières, birdman Mark Cocker, psychologist Oliver James, musician Cerys Matthews and the Heart and Lung Institute's Professor Sara Rankin, discussing – among other things - lovebombing, Alexandria and recycling body parts. The topics for next session include letters, Lucian Freud and the Green Belt, with Andrew Motion and columnist Rowan Pelling (formerly of the Erotic Review) among the speakers.