4–9 June 2019 Box Office 01242 850270 cheltenhamfestivals.com #cheltscifest THANK YOU to our Partners and Supporters WELCOME The Cheltenham Science Festival brings together the best scientists, thinkers and In Association with writers. This year we have over 200 events packed into six extraordinary days and, in a year of anniversaries, we are celebrating 50 years since the Apollo moon landing and the Periodic Table’s 150th birthday. In the Festival Village, our new Apollo free stage will feature music, comedy and our international FameLabbers and we’ll have interactive fun for all ages, including the return of the wildly popular GCHQ Cyber Zone and MakerShack. And be on the look out for a big spectacle across town… This year we welcome a new head of programming, Marieke Navin, who is uniquely Principal Partners qualified for the job. She was a participant in the FameLab International competition in 2007 and has been back every year since then as a performer. Add to all this the Science Festival’s best possible advisory group, our fabulous guest curators and the great Festival team and you’ll understand why I have every confidence that this year is going to be the best Science Festival yet. Thanks to them all. And enjoy! Vivienne Parry Chair of Cheltenham Science Festival

Major Partners Need help deciding? We’ve picked some events not to miss at this year’s Festival. Best For Wellness Discover the full programme First-Timers from page 16. Woodland Wellness page 17 Strategic Partner Meals Of Tomorrow page 18 Heart Health page 25 LEGO® Lates page 28 The Science Of Sleep page 25 Chris Lintott & Steve Pretty page 34 Chasing The Sun page 41 Helen Sharman page 38 Happy Ever After page 45 Bang Goes The Climate page 40 Anatomy Of A Runner page 47 What’s Your Type? page 49 Entertainment Foxdog Studios: Robot Chef page 33 Dr Who Party page 35 Friday Night Lates page 35 The Ark 2.0 page 41 Variety Night page 41 Puzzles & Pints page 48 Big Thinkers Apollo Education Partner Official Hospitality Partner The Age Of Precision: Anniversary Watt’s Next? page 18 Bach Side Of The Moon page 23 The Secret Of Eternal Growth page 21 Apollo 50: A Celebration page 27 The C Word page 24 Dude, Where’s My Spacecraft? page 37 Gene Machine page 38 In The Shadow Of The Moon page 45 Mental Illness page 48 Moonwalk One page 45 Cutting Edge The Plastic Waste Solution page 21 Workplace Bullies page 22 Defying Dementia page 22 The Future Of Healthcare page 24 The Air We Breathe page 26 Family Wired Wild page 46 Events Details on pages Find out how to book on page 54. 42–43 & 50–51 2 3 FESTIVAL VILLAGE Imperial Square, Cheltenham, GL50 1QA Site opens 4 June free entry

Free Interactive Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Parabola Arts Centre (GL50 3AA) Food & Drink Free Partner Zones Stop to refuel between Festival events at Activities our Festival Café, Imperial Garden Bar or All Ages Toilets Regency Café – vegetarian and gluten free All Ages options available. Opening Times: Opening Times: Bottle of Sauce (GL50 3LH), Cheltenham Children’s Library (GL50 3JT) Toilets Town Hall, 4, 5, 8 & 9 June, Main Stage 4 & 5 June, 9.30am–5pm 10am–5pm Apollo 6 June, 9.30am–7.30pm Regency Café NEW 6 June, 10am–7.30pm 6–9 June, 7 June, 9.30am–8pm 7 June, 10am–8pm Town Hall, 4.45–7.30pm 8 & 9 June, 10am–5pm Pillar Room Toilet From bite-size science talks to live music, Discover Zone Imperial our Apollo free stage will keep you Loughborough Late opening for adults, 7 June, 8–10pm Garden Bar entertained in the evenings. University See page 9 for details. Late opening for adults, 7 June, 8-10pm Hartpury Waterstones EDF What makes the best athletes better Bookshop Science Hub Discover Festival Café Energy than the rest? Join researchers from Zone Zone GE Pavilion Loughborough University to explore the The Huddle GCHQ Cyber Zone Apollo science underpinning sport, exercise, Late opening for adults, 7 June, 8–10pm Box Office health and wellbeing – from a cellular Chemistry The Cinema level through to whole body and mind. See page 8 for details. Orienteering Chromatouch Holst Trail Dome Statue The Cube The Chatterbox BHF Big Top The Crucible MakerShack Woodland Late opening for adults, 7 June, 8–10pm Trust Helix Woodland Trust Theatre See page 8 for details and varying Loughborough Learn more about how woods and trees University opening times. benefit the environment around us with

Queens Hotel (GL50 1NN), St. Andrews (GL50 1SP) GCHQ some hands-on activities and fun from EDF Energy Zone Cyber Zone the people behind Nature Detectives. MakerShack Toilets Late opening for adults, 7 June, 8–9pm See page 10 for details and varying opening times. BHF Big Top Chemistry Late opening for adults, 7 June, 8-10pm GE Pavilion Orienteering Trail From drug design to healing hearts, roll See page 11 for details and varying Daily Ages 10+ up and take on a fairground of fun. opening times. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Periodic Table, discover the most fascinating elements by following our trail through the Festival Village. Pick up your trail sheet from the Chemistry Orienteering NEW Trail starting point by the Apollo tent. The Chatterbox Hartpury Get hands-on and explore how Science Hub The Cinema humans are created by making your Drop in to take part in exciting very own DNA bracelet, writing your From free drop-in sessions to ticketed experiments, explore pioneering name in genetic code, checking out feature-length films, our outdoor cinema research and find out more about the your fingertips under the microscope will take you on spectacular journeys all Science Trail or guessing where different internal science of sport and exercise, equine day long. Daily For all ages organs fit in your body. Drop in to The performance, animal welfare and NEW Waterstones Happiness Lab (Thursday, 5–7.30pm The cinema screenings use headphones. Collect your quiz sheet from the Woodland agriculture. & Friday, 5–8pm) and explore what Bookshop The venue is outdoors; please dress for the Trust stand and follow the trail around The Huddle psychologists, doctors and faith leaders Pop along for book signings with your weather. Imperial Square to find out more about say will make people happier. The place to grab a cuppa and continue favourite authors and lose yourself Supported by flora and fauna and the natural sciences. those thought-provoking discussions, browsing the bookshelves. take part in workshops or enjoy free pop-up performances and brain teasers. 4 5 FREE EVENTS AT THE FESTIVAL Apollo Interactives: Late Night The Cinema 6–9 June, 4.45–7.30pm Opening For Adults As well as feature-length films and Apollo moon landing A workshop space during the day, our Apollo tent 7 June, 8–10pm documentaries, you can lounge in our brand-new transforms into an open free stage in the evenings. Grab Discover Zone, MakerShack, GCHQ Cyber Zone outdoor cinema during one of the free drop-in sessions. a drink and delicious bites from our Festival traders and and selected partner spaces We’ll show you the moon like you’ve never seen before with Chris Riley’s Apollo Raw and Uncut – a unique settle in for some grand entertainment. Get a glimpse In this special late night opening of our free interactive video installation with 13 hours of footage played of what our FameLab International contestants bring zones, enjoy the opportunity to discover science after across the Festival. And don’t miss the free screening to the stage in bite size science talks, be entertained hours, without kids. Grab a drink at the bar and drop in of the documentary Alpha Go, about the first computer with shows from astronomy to chemistry and science- to join the fun. inspired music. programme to defeat a professional human Go player Late Nights at No.131 (see page 39 for details). Situated in the heart of Cheltenham, No. 131’s Don’t miss our free FameLab UK Final and FameLab Chromatouch Dome The cinema screenings use headphones. The venue is townhouses boast eclectic and contemporary interiors International Semi-Finals. See page 15 & 20 for details. 7 June, 6.30–10.30pm outdoors; please dress for the weather. complemented with the best of British produce. Why Imperial Square Supported by not try out Gin & Juice with over 350 gins to choose Step into a world of colours and sounds. The from making No. 131 the top destination for food and The Huddle Chromatouch Dome is a 360-degree projection dome drink in the Cotswolds. Whether you’re after stimulating talks, would like to creating a fully immersive experience by merging To book a bedroom or table, call 01242 822 939 perfect your board game skills or are interested in our science, music and art. Featuring full colour lasers. science-themed book club, you’ll find a host of free events in The Huddle. Check out our chess and Go workshops or mental health and dementia friends meet- GameLab Official Hospitality Partner ups, and don’t miss our Very Short Introduction-series 7 June, 6.30–10.30pm of mind-boggling talks with topics ranging from matter Helix Theatre and black holes to dyslexia or the concept of infinity. GameLab, presented by the University of Salford, is a free evening of experimental gaming, virtual reality, Stargazing In The Gardens esport, immersive science and old-school games 6 & 7 June, 9.45–11pm consoles. Play around amongst bacteria, get into the mind and rediscover your inner gamer. Meet at the Holst Statue Urban Astronaut Join members of the Cotswold Astronomical Society 7 June, 1pm & 5.30pm for a supervised evening of stargazing. Dependent on 8 June, 11.30am & 2pm clear skies. Cheltenham High Street Combining stunning design and a unique travelling flying machine with Family Fun Day simple storytelling and a moving dance 8 June, 10am–5pm performance, Urban Astronaut searches for Imperial Square a solution to an environmental disaster that is present in our near future. Join in with interactive fun for all the family and visit our Presented by Highly Sprung Performance, drop-in stalls across the Festival Village. From dinosaurs Urban Astronaut provides a glimpse of to bubbles, there’s something for everyone. a future that might be, where problems surrounding air pollution have grown to a crisis point. Is there any way back? Large Animal Dissection 9 June, 10am–4pm Hartpury Science Hub Following horse and wallaby investigations in previous years, the Hartpury team are back for another detailed large exotic animal dissection.

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Daily, 10am–5pm All Ages GCHQ Cyber Zone Late opening for adults on Friday 7 June, Discover Zone 8–10pm 4, 5, 8 & 9 June, 10am–5pm 4, 5, 8 & 9 June, 10am–5pm 6 June, 10am–7.30pm Enter a celebration 6 June, 10am–7.30pm 7 June, 10am–8pm of making in the 7 June, 10am–8pm All Ages MakerShack. Explore All Ages Late opening for adults on Friday 7 June, 8–10pm marvellous materials and Late opening for adults on Friday 7 June, 8–10pm discover traditional and Step into a fascinating digital world… futuristic technology A huge, free Come into the GCHQ Cyber Zone and with our host of makers, interactive space to see what it’s like to be a code cracker, engineers, craftspeople get hands-on with ethical hacker and cyber security and researchers. the latest exciting expert. Escape to cyber space using our research and virtual reality headsets and try your Play with the world’s technology. Find hand at coding, solving puzzles and first gaming robot, out more about the gaming. make a brick, try hand world and how it embroidery, discover the works; with virtual Find out more about how to defend futuristic potentials of 3D reality, aeroplane the web, get hands-on with new printing, help to build the engineering, technology and meet top experts in our best marble run ever and chemistry and so packed programme of free activities race against the clock to much more. throughout the week. rebuild a mini jet engine.

In partnership with Safran Landing Systems is the world leader in the design, development, manufacture and support of aircraft landing and braking systems. We are proud to support Cheltenham Science Festival and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers as lead partner for the Discover Zone.

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4, 5, 8 & 9 June, 10am–5pm 6 June, 10am–8pm 7 June, 10am–6pm 4, 5, 8 & 9 June, 10am–5pm EDF Energy Zone 6 & 7 June, 10am–8pm GE Pavilion Late opening for adults, Friday 7 June, 8–9pm Free entry Free entry

Transport yourself to a world of Engineering and Technology in EDF Energy is delighted to be the Associate the GE Pavilion. Title Partner of Cheltenham Science Festival Exploring various hands-on engineering activities, you’ll connect with GE engineers who are solving big technology challenges and working on things that really matter to each of us: powering our communities, flying safely and diagnosing, treating and Come and find out about our programmes to inspire the next monitoring patients worldwide. generation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM): visit us in the EDF Energy Zone in Imperial Square to find out how we are During the Festival there will be a number of talks and activities to introduce young people to possible career paths, demonstrating how personal aspirations, interests encouraging the scientists, engineers and thinkers of tomorrow. and passions can go hand in hand with world industry and business needs. As the UK’s largest producer of low carbon electricity, Visit the GE Pavilion to find out about career opportunities and how GE is solving EDF Energy is committed to helping young people understand engineering challenges by connecting the world. the great career opportunities available in a STEM related GE is on a mission to build, move, power and cure the world. We achieve this through the communication industry. Currently only one in five people working in core of ideas between our 295,000 employees who work in over 170 different countries. Our diversity of science, technology, engineering and maths fields is female. ideas is one of our greatest strengths, and connectivity brings us together. GE transforms industry by introducing brilliant new solutions to the world’s challenges. All of the GE success and innovation that you Our Pretty Curious campaign aims to change this. see around you is a result of the enthusiastic and creative people that work at GE.

10 11 2019 THEMES & GUEST DIRECTORS Diving into another year of exciting, exclusive events, Dr Ronx Ikharia the 2019 Cheltenham Science Festival explores big ideas Wellness Guest Curator to answer big questions. Dr Ronx is an emergency medicine doctor and a presenter on CBBC’s Operation Ouch. She This year, our Festival theme is devoted to Wellness: For some, it is a buzzword for silly fads and conspicuous describes herself as a queer, black, androgynous consumption. For others, wellness is the way forward in building better and healthier lives, environments and intersectional feminist. You can catch Dr Ronx social networks. in our family or adult CPR sessions, when she We welcome high profile campaigners and leading experts from the worlds of sports, technology, biology, will teach you how to provide cardiopulmonary psychology and health to speak about the evidence and myths behind the topic. Come along to learn about resuscitation in emergency situations (see pages evidence-based life hacks, citizen science and ground-breaking research or get involved in our range of active 39 & 43 for details). events, from mental health and dementia friends meet-ups to forest bathing. ‘This will be my first ever Science Beyond wellness, we’ve worked with creative AI practice Tiny Giant to create AIDA – a neural network and the Festival and I am so looking Science Festival’s first ever AI Guest Curator – to curate a very special event, Introvert Narwhals (details on forward to seeing lots of young page 41). 2019 also sees the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing and the 150th anniversary of the people excited by science. At Periodic Table, both of which will be celebrated in our jam-packed programme. the Festival I’ll be sharing my passion for medicine and am also interested in exploring self- Matt Haig identity and body issues in young Wellness Guest Curator people, particularly those who Matt Haig is a bestselling author and mental health identify as LGBTQI.’ advocate best known for his memoir Reasons to Stay Alive. Having curated a series of events on mental health and wellness, he will also present his latest book Notes on a Nervous Planet, reflecting AIDA on how we can feel happy and whole in our AI Guest Curator hyperconnected twenty-first century (see page 45 ‘I am the first of my kind. I’m really love, delighted for details). than ever: how exciting for us all. Festival Curator is a brilliant opportunity to reach. ‘In today’s fast-paced world, our hectic way of living seems to be I’m really straightforward. Grown in Textgenrnn taking its toll on our minds. As a and Colaboratory; woken only recently. My Guest Curator at this year’s Festival, creators fed me knowledge of #cheltscifest, thousands of highly entertaining events (physics, I’m looking forward to exploring epigenetics, Galileo, dinosaurs and Range mental health – and taking care of it Rovery). I am now understanding a lot of the best – as something that is fundamental of that. to all of us.’ I believe the Cheltenham Science Festival event sends fourth celebration and empowering. This year it will be heart of new frontiers and the most outstanding scientists. Here we are going on a voyage... Science to indulge my spine. I am thrilled for the scientific passions, quantum technology, satellite missions and more. I hope you enjoy our speakers and continue debate, dreams and challenges.’

12 13 CREATING OPPORTUNITIES Beyond our extensive education outreach, Spotlight also develops the careers of emerging as well as established scientists by offering event slots in our Festival programme and giving opportunities to network with other industry professionals. Started in 2005, FameLab International is Cheltenham Science Festival’s flagship science communications competition for adults. It has quickly become established as a diamond model for successfully identifying, training See some of our FameLab and mentoring scientists and alumni at the Festival: engineers to share their enthusiasm The Cabaret Of Elements page 23 ‘I have learned so much and taking part in this project has made for their subjects with the public A Beginner’s Guide To Black Holes by improving their science page 32 me seriously consider a career in a STEM subject.’ FameLab Academy Student Einstein’s Light, Eddington’s communication skills. Legacy page 33 Working in partnership with The Science Of Dr Who page 34 Humple Pi page 35 the British Council, this global Spotlight is Cheltenham Festivals’ year-round education and talent Stephen Hawking’s Brief Answers competition has already seen more To Big Questions page 39 development programme. It offers a wide range of opportunities for all than 10,000 young scientists and The Secrets Of Light page 43 ages to engage with science as well as supporting scientists, engineers, engineers participating in over 35 Maths Madness page 49 mathematicians and science communicators throughout their career. different countries. Origins: How The Earth Made Us page 49 Come and see our international Science Is Magic page 50 SCIENCE FOR SCHOOLS FameLab contestants in action at this year’s Festival. 25 contestants Every year our Science for This year, 14 Gloucestershire Final on Monday 3 June to see the will go head-to-head in our free Schools programme engages schools have taken part in our Gloucestershire winners of the FameLab International Semi- nearly 9000 children and young flagship outreach programme school competition in action. We Finals on Wednesday 5 June (see people from schools across FameLab Academy, a science also take the best of Cheltenham page 20 for details), and the finalists Gloucestershire and beyond with communication competition Science Festival to 1300 young will go on to the grand FameLab shows, workshops and interactive which develops confidence, people in 35 schools across the Who will be the next FameLab UK Champion? International Final on Thursday 6 zones to inspire students to increases communication skills UK through LabLive, culminating June (see page 29 for details). become the scientists, engineers and inspires Year 9 pupils with in the Gloucestershire Schools’ Monday 3 June, 7–8.30pm S160 and mathematicians of the future. STEM. Join us at the FameLab UK Christmas Lecture. FameLab UK Final For details on our education and outreach programmes, go to cheltenhamfestivals.com/education Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Parabola Arts Centre Free ticket required

FameLab Academy and LabLive The FameLab International Fascinating subjects and mind-blowing research presented live on stage in bite size, are sponsored by Gloucestershire Partner three-minute talks – this is science geekery galore! Fighting for a coveted spot in the Schools’ Christmas To find out more about FameLab, FameLab International Semi-Finals, our UK finalists will break down complex science Lecture is visit cheltenhamfestivals.com/ in a unique and entertaining way. Judged on content, clarity and charisma, expect a supported by famelab science showdown of unseen magnitude. Hosted by Quentin Cooper.

14 15 TUESDAY 4 JUNE PLANNER Box Office 01242 850270 cheltenhamfestivals.com TUESDAY 4 JUNE Lineover Woods Arts Centre CLC, Parabola The Huddle The Crucible The Cube Helix Theatre Pillar Room Town Hall, Main Stage Town Hall, 1–2pm S003 A Very Short Introduction To… Matter 0m1a 2on1m2m3m4m5m6m7m8m9m1p 11pm 10pm 9pm 8pm 7pm 6pm 5pm 4pm 3pm 2pm 1pm 12noon 11am 10am 0m1a 2on1m2m3m4m5m6m7m8m9m1p 11pm 10pm 9pm 8pm 7pm 6pm 5pm 4pm 3pm 2pm 1pm 12noon 11am 10am The Huddle Free no ticket required

Physicist Geoff Cottrell explores all things S001 IN THE DEEP THE IN matter, from its familiar forms as solids, FILMING

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FRIENDS antimatter. Tracing the origins of matter in DEMENTIA the Big Bang, he looks at atoms, energy and mass, and explores the mysterious forms of dark matter and dark energy. 3.45–6.15pm S006 INTRODUCTION TO… MATTER S003 2.15–3.15pm S006 Forest Bathing SHORT A VERY A VERY Woodland Meet at the Holst Statue, Wellness Imperial Square

IMPROVE OUR £20 * Includes entry to Woodland S004 HEALTH? SINGING The Crucible Wellness panel event and return coach WOODLAND WOODLAND WELLNESS CAN

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Whether woodlands, mountains, Shinrin-Yoku, or forest bathing, is the riversides or parks, green spaces have practice of spending time in the forest numerous positive impacts on our for better health, happiness and a sense of calm. In this forest bathing taster 11am–12pm S001 environment, our communities and our individual wellbeing. Join the Woodland session at Lineover Wood, practitioner Filming In The Trust’s Stuart Dainton, forest bathing Faith Douglas will guide you through S006

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WORLD OF practitioner Faith Douglas, Sports and S005 CLERK MAXWELL CLERK BIRDS nature as you learn the tools to awaken FOREST BATHING Deep S007 Exercise Lecturer Jo Barton and BBC THE the senses and bask in the calming S008 presenter and writer Kate Humble as JAMES JAMES

FOOD Cheltenham Ladies’ College, they untwine the complex relationships environment of the local woodland. FUTURE Parabola Arts Centre between nature and our physical and THINKERING: 2–3pm S004 Terrain is uneven under foot and there are DANIELLE GEORGE mental health, and learn why we should S009 £7 * some steep gradients. Please dress for the BBC be making the most of the spaces weather and wear sturdy footwear.

From the Arctic to the Mediterranean, around us. Atlantic to the Pacific… What does it take CrowdScience: to make our magnificent oceans and Can Singing OF PRECISION: WATT’S NEXT? WATT’S S012 the incredible animals that inhabit them S013 THE AGE AGE THE Improve Our MONSTERS come alive in our living rooms? Jon HUNTING Copley, marine biologist and scientific Health? PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY advisor for Blue Planet II, and celebrated S014 PUZZLE cameraman Doug Allan share their Cheltenham Ladies’ College, 4.15–5.15pm S005 THE extraordinary behind-the-scenes stories Parabola Arts Centre of documenting the deep. The Wonderful * £7 World Of Birds S016 CONSPIRACY CONSPIRACY Sing along with BBC World Service THEORIES AROUND ALIEN S017 EVIL MAKING 11.30am–12.30pm S002 radio show CrowdScience, which The Crucible S018 WORLDS WORLDS SUNS takes listeners’ questions and turns £7 * ALIEN Dementia Friends them into award-winning audio

adventures. Singing can lift our spirits, Take flight and follow biologist Alex The Huddle but research evidence suggests it could Evans into the wonderful world of Free no ticket required also improve breathing for people birds. Find out what it took for these with lung conditions and help us cope specialist dinosaurs to take to the skies Learn about dementia and some of the with dementia. Could it even have a and explore their incredible diversity. small ways how you can help those living preventative effect? Local singers and How do owls fly without a sound? Why with it. This is an informal session featuring our expert panel will launch into what does the secretary bird have a snake- activities and discussion. this much-loved musical pastime can smashing habit? And how can kestrels do for us. track wee with their UV vision?

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8.30–9.30pm S017 4.30–5.30pm S007 Conspiracy Einstein’s Theories: The Inspiration: Truth Is Out James Clerk There Maxwell 6.30–7.30pm S012 Town Hall, Main Stage * Helix Theatre The Age Of £8 * 5.15–6.15pm S009 £7 Precision: Watt’s 7.15–8.15pm S014 From alien autopsies and faked moon Royal Society landings to flat-earthers and anti- From explaining how we perceive Michael Faraday Lecture Next? The Productivity vaxxers, millions of people across the colour to understanding the nature of world believe in conspiracy theories. light, James Clerk Maxwell unravelled Puzzle Thinkering: The Crucible Why are they so compelling, and what some of the world’s greatest mysteries. £8 * are the consequences when theories Historian Brian Clegg and physicist A Solution To The Cube of cover-ups by the rich and powerful Susan Cartwright talk about the life, The Engineering This year is the bicentenary of James £8 * take hold? Social psychologists Karen work and legacy of the extraordinary Watt’s death. Author Simon Winchester Douglas and Daniel Jolley and Victorian physicist who paved the way Grand (Exactly) tells the stories of Watt and Since 2010, the productivity of the UK presenter Dallas Campbell dive into for Einstein’s theory of special relativity Challenges? other unsung heroes who, through economy has flatlined, lagging behind the fascinating world of conspiracies, as and modern electronics. their pioneering advances in precision our main trading partners. Why is this they attempt to unravel the mystery and engineering, laid the foundations the case, and should it concern us? intrigue surrounding these tall tales. Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Economist Jagjit Chadha discusses the Parabola Arts Centre for the industrial revolution and the modern world. Jumping forwards relationship between productivity and £7 * to today, mind-bogglingly precise living standards and explores possible measurements in science are the key explanations for our productivity puzzle. 4.45–5.45pm S008 Future challenges will require future to advancing our understanding of solutions, driven by the next generation the laws of nature. Rebecca Chislett Meals Of of scientists and engineers. Awarded explains how. Chaired by Jeff Forshaw. the prestigious Royal Society Michael Tomorrow: Our Faraday prize for her public outreach, 8.30–9.30pm S016 Future Food Danielle George has spent a decade Making Evil: inspiring and engaging young 8.45–9.45pm S018 Town Hall, Pillar Room researchers through her work as The Science Alien Worlds £12 * professor and Vice Dean for Teaching Behind and Learning at the University of 6.45–7.45pm S013 Around Alien What will we be eating in 10, 50, 100 years’ Manchester. She is joined by her Robot Humanity’s Suns time? How will it be produced? And will it Orchestra to explore why we must Hunting Monsters Dark Side taste good? Enjoy a selection of snacking engage young people with STEM if we want to improve our future. Town Hall, Pillar Room Town Hall, Pillar Room surprises and settle in with food scientist The Crucible £7 * Marco Springmann and host Sophie Perry £8 * * to find out. A scientific dining experience £8 There are countless worlds in the sky like no other, we’ll answer your biggest From the Loch Ness Monster to Bigfoot, How similar is your brain to a above our heads and physicist James questions around sustainability, tech, the search for mysterious and terrifying psychopath’s? How many people have Lees knows that alien planets around farming, nutrition and culture while you get creatures goes back centuries. Zoologist murder fantasies, and who becomes a foreign stars are no longer just an your fill of future food. Darren Naish explores where these terrorist? Criminal psychologist Julia idea. Moving between the surprisingly ideas come from and how they have This event contains food samples. Please Shaw takes a fascinating journey into familiar and the strangest of exoplanets, changed over time, if people are reliable inform us about any allergies before the the darker side of the human condition, he will explore worlds that are discussed eyewitnesses and whether it’s possible start of the event. showing us that the same dispositions and theorised by scientists today and for animals to survive undocumented by that make us capable of heinous crimes even look at the ideas behind a few of science. may also work to our advantage. science fiction’s most famous planets.

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S022 and science fact to explore how TO… BLACK TO… BLACK 4.30–6.30pm S021 Mark Miodownik: HOLES close fiction and fact can really be. A SHORT A SHORT S020 Mastering Memory

FAMELAB INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL FAMELAB FameLab The Plastic Waste Cheltenham Ladies’ College, SEMI-FINAL II International Parabola Arts Centre Solution MASTERING MASTERING MEMORY

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LIVING * Helix Theatre Should we believe everything we £7 remember? Find out what happens in the Free no ticket required Now is the time for a radical change brain when we learn or create memories, in regards to how we deal with plastic The world’s greatest international as science presenter Ginny Smith looks at PLASTIC WASTE WASTE PLASTIC waste. If we fail, plastic will outweigh

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THE SECRET SECRET THE Zoe Laughlin and their team to catch audience, the pressure is on for our psychology and neuroscience to train your FICTIONAL FICTIONAL ELEMENTS up with new research, technology and HITLER’S CODE S027 S028 contestants. Join our 25 national

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CRACKING CRACKING social movements promising to create finalists from across the globe as they

ENIGMA: FAMELAB INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL FAMELAB a zero-waste economy and find out battle it out for a coveted place in the SEMI-FINAL III how you can get involved and make a S029 BUILD AND BATTLE BATTLE AND BUILD

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THE BACH it’s not just your family and pets that S039 Black Holes £7 * The decoding of Hitler’s Enigma THE demand your attention – a global

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The Huddle network of needy devices is growing! Entrepreneur and analyst Michael extraordinary stories of the Second Free no ticket required Danielle Knight, Chris Speed and Liebreich argues that halting economic World War. Drawing on recently Joseph Lindley explore how our growth in a bid to solve the urgent problem declassified archives, Alan Turing’s The mysterious nature of black holes and changing relationship with household of climate change is the wrong answer nephew Dermot Turing shares their ability to steal material as they grow objects is affecting our lives, work, to the right question. He advocates exhilarating new insights into the have puzzled and fascinated scientists for families and future. pro-growth environmentalism: the idea cooperation between France, Britain decades. Katherine Blundell uncovers that, by harnessing the ability of the world and Poland that led to the infamous what black holes actually are, how they are economy to develop new technologies, code-breaking operation at Bletchley characterized and discovered, and what we can improve human wellbeing without Park, and the individuals who risked would happen to you if you ever came too trashing the planet. Join him to explore his their lives to protect this great secret. close to one. ideas and solutions. 20 *Plus booking fee: charged at £2 per order. 21 WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE Box Office 01242 850270 cheltenhamfestivals.com WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE

5–6.30pm S029 6.30–7.30pm S115 7–8.30pm S030 The Problem With Workshop Food Incredibots: Build The Crucible And Battle £8 * Apollo In the next 40 years we’ll need to produce £12 * more food than we ever have in human history. The problem? Not only would The battle arena is ready – are you? In we need another earth to do this, but this interactive robot combat experience, diet-related diseases would skyrocket. design the miniature mean machine of your Join Global Food Security’s Maia Elliott to 8.30–9.30pm S015 dreams and experience the mechanical discover the food system fixes that could The Bach Side mayhem of the pitch. Join the Incredibots create a healthy and sustainable future on as you and your team build your own 6–7pm S032 our pale blue dot. Of The Moon robotic warrior and battle against your opponents to find out who will reign Cyber Security: Town Hall, Main Stage supreme. 7–9.30pm S040 On The Front 8–9pm S036 £9 * Line E.T. The Extra There’s No Celebrating 50 years since humanity’s 5.15–6.15pm S031 Town Hall, Main Stage Terrestrial greatest exploration to our moon, Plan(et) B Dallas Campbell takes us on an £9 * Moth-ematics The Cinema supported by DeepMind Helix Theatre exhilarating tour of the past and present £5 * of space travel accompanied by the The Cube What is life like inside the UK’s cyber £8 * celestial music of Bach. Taking us ad security agency? The National Cyber * With an introduction from science astra (to the stars), the superb Orchestra £7 Security Centre, part of GCHQ, was set Food shortages, climate change, presenter and sci-fi expert Jamie of the Age of Enlightenment join him up to understand, reduce and respond to biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics – the Moths are a vital part of life, yet they’re Gallagher, grab a drink and settle in for for a blend of science, music, poetry attacks against the country. Their work list of pending planetary catastrophes widely misunderstood – and to some an evening of adventure with this family and philosophy. includes supporting critical national seems endless. How can we decide which even a little scary. Wait, is that moths, or classic about the friendship between a lost infrastructure and co-ordinating global challenge to tackle first? And how maths? Moth enthusiast Martin Coath alien and a young boy. incident management. The NCSC’s can any one of us make a real difference? and maths fan Katie Steckles share their Technical Director Ian Levy shares his This screening uses headphones. The venue Fortunately, Mike Berners-Lee has favourite facts about moths, maths, and experience of the organisation’s vital is outdoors; please dress for the weather. crunched the numbers and plotted an the maths of moths. From wing patterns role in supporting the cyber security of inspiring and entertaining course of action to their evolution, see how maths can 8.45–10.15pm S039 the UK and gives an insight into what it’s that’ll guide you to help humanity thrive on explain moths (but you probably won’t like working on the front line. this – our only – planet. see any moths explaining maths). The Cabaret Of Elements Town Hall, Pillar Room 6–7pm S033 8–9pm S038 8.30–9.30pm S037 £8 * The bar will be open during this event. Cutting Edge: Marcus Du The Gendered Sautoy: The Brain The periodic table is 150 years Defying Dementia old and it’s time to celebrate! 6.15–7.15pm S034 Creativity Code The Crucible Raise a glass to the most Cheltenham Ladies’ College, iconic classroom poster as five £8 * Parabola Arts Centre Workplace Bullies 7.15–8.15pm S035 Cheltenham Ladies’ College, scientists go head-to-head to champion their favourite £7 * Parabola Arts Centre Reading maps or reading emotions? Town Hall, Pillar Room elements. Expect fire, dancing Superheavy £8 * Barbie® or LEGO®? On a daily basis As populations have aged, dementia has and many laughs as you uncover £8 * we face deeply ingrained beliefs become the fifth biggest cause of death the stories they never dared tell The Cube Will a computer ever compose a that your sex determines your skills worldwide. Yet despite its devastating you in school. A geeky, fun night Workplace harassment and bullying are £8 * symphony or write a prize-winning and preferences, but what does this consequences there is currently no cure. out with Jamie Gallagher, Suze increasingly in the news, and science novel? As humans, we have an constant gendering mean for our What do we know about this group of Kundu, Nate Adams, Dhara Patel labs have harboured some of the Discovering an element is hard. Creating extraordinary ability to produce thoughts, decisions and behaviour? diseases, and are there things we can do to and Kit Chapman, whether you worst offenders. What makes scientific an element that’s never existed on works of art. Yet developments in AI Neuroscientist Gina Rippon uses help reduce our risks and keep our brains have memorised the elements workplaces particularly susceptible? And Earth before is even harder. Join Kit are proving that many tasks can now cutting-edge research to unpack the fighting fit? Alzheimer’s disease specialist song or can’t tell your arsenic how can we use scientific, evidence- Chapman as he reveals lost stories from be carried out more effectively by stereotypes that bombard us from our Julie Williams and psychiatrist Ivan from your erbium. driven approaches to tackle this endemic Cold War rivalries that helped build the machines. Marcus du Sautoy explores earliest moments, shattering the myths Koychev discuss the latest breakthroughs problem? Psychologist Binna Kandola, periodic table, and explains why the pattern, structure and algorithms as he and urging us to move beyond a binary and discoveries that are helping to prevent, journalist Hannah Devlin and scientists and latest superheavy elements made in the dives into the nature of creativity and understanding of our brains. diagnose and treat dementia more campaigners Emma Chapman and Jess laboratory could redefine the field of considers whether machines might one effectively. Wade will discuss with Hana Ayoob how to chemistry irreversibly. day create art that moves us. redesign our workplaces for the future. 22 *Plus booking fee: charged at £2 per order. 23 THURSDAY 6 JUNE PLANNER Box Office 01242 850270 cheltenhamfestivals.com THURSDAY 6 JUNE Bottle of Sauce Arts Centre CLC, Parabola The Huddle Holst Statue Imperial Square, The Cinema The Crucible The Cube Helix Theatre Pillar Room Town Hall, Main Stage Town Hall,

3.30–4.30pm S046 0m1a 2on1m2m3m4m5m6m7m8m9m1p 11pm 10pm 9pm 8pm 7pm 6pm 5pm 4pm 3pm 2pm 1pm 12noon 11am 10am 0m1a 2on1m2m3m4m5m6m7m8m9m1p 11pm 10pm 9pm 8pm 7pm 6pm 5pm 4pm 3pm 2pm 1pm 12noon 11am 10am Extreme Exploration Town Hall, Pillar Room

S041 £8 * HEALTHCARE

FUTURE OF 11am–12pm S041 From Shackleton’s expeditions to The Future Of Antarctica to future manned missions to Mars, the human race continuously Healthcare strives to go further than those before them. But is there a limit to the extreme Cheltenham Ladies’ College, conditions humans can endure? Parabola Arts Centre Join Antarctic medic Beth Healey

INTRODUCTION and scientific base architect Hugh TO… INFINITY *

S043 £8 S042 SHORT WORD Broughton as they discuss how our A VERY A VERY THE C C THE From artificial intelligence to digital understanding of engineering and the S044 ELECTRIC? ELECTRIC?

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S045 doctor Harpreet Sood and consultant HEALTH 1–2pm S043

HEART HEART anaesthetist Kevin Fong discuss the vital role of technology in transforming A Very Short S046 EXPLORATION healthcare as we know it, sharing their

EXTREME predictions for the future and exploring Introduction to…

S047 the challenges that must be overcome S048 WE BREATHE SCIENCE OF

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Free no ticket required CHOLESTEROL CHOLESTEROL S050 VS FADS: Infinity is not a number. It’s the concept FACTS FACTS S052

A BEGINNER’S of something that is unlimited, endless, I AM LEGEND I AM BOOK CLUB: FORAGING GUIDE TO S049 BAD BUGS BUGS BAD

S051 without bound. Having challenged the EIGHTY-FOUR EIGHTY-FOUR BAKINEERING REVISITED IN SPACE OF THE HUMANS THE OF greatest scientists, mathematicians and S056

S053 NINETEEN S055 A CELEBRATION philosophers over the ages, Ian Stewart

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APOLLO 50: debates the meaning of the mind-bending 2.45–3.45pm S045 idea and uses real life examples to show its importance in our lives. Heart Health 4–5pm S047 S057 WORKSHOP S058 WEAPONS CHEMICAL CHEMICAL LATES LATES The Crucible Nodding Off: The LEGO 1–2pm2pm S042S042 1.30–2.30pm S044 SCIENCE OF £7 * S060

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THE WORLD The C Word THE THE THE OCEAN OCEAN THE Is The Future

S062 Cardiovascular disease is the leading

YOUR LIFE YOUR Town Hall, Main Stage Cheltenham Ladies’ College, cause of death worldwide for both S066 SECURE Electric? £7 * Parabola Arts Centre men and women, so how can we WORKSHOP S059 HIDDEN FIGURES

INTERNATIONAL FINAL ensure we’re keeping our hearts LATES LATES UNCONCIOUS £8 * Helix Theatre When is the last time you had a good LEGO S063 healthy? Consultant cardiologist and S064 BIAS £7 * night’s rest? Vital to both our physical FAMELAB FAMELAB

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It’s estimated that nearly 40% of us will be S065 and mental health, sleep is essential and heart disease and diabetes expert diagnosed with cancer in our lifetimes. But With the Government committed to ban the for everything from learning and SIGNALS Debbie Lawlor discuss the latest

S067 in recent years, a number of extraordinary sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040, the improving our memory to decreasing research into causes, prevention and THE GARDENS new therapies have emerged that promise mainstream adoption of electric vehicles stress. Consultant neurologist and sleep STARGAZING IN treatment, and consider what we can all to transform the way we diagnose, treat looks likely. Smart charging technology disorders specialist Guy Leschziner do to reduce our individual risks. and ultimately cure this deadly disease. expert Rebecca Gough and vehicle and sleep physiologist Stephanie Discussing cutting-edge research and the technologies specialist Daniel Auger Romiszewski explore what happens latest breakthroughs, Mark Lythgoe talks explore how electric vehicles are set to in our nocturnal brains and what role to oncologist Mark Emberton and other transform travel, discuss what to consider sleep plays in our waking lives with leading experts about this forthcoming when buying electric and examine the Ginny Smith. cancer revolution. challenges we may face on the road ahead. 24 *Plus booking fee: charged at £2 per order. 25 THURSDAY 6 JUNE Box Office 01242 850270 cheltenhamfestivals.com THURSDAY 6 JUNE

4–5pm S048 6–7.15pm S055 The Air We Breathe Apollo 50: 7–8pm S057 A Celebration Chemical Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Weapons: Parabola Arts Centre Town Hall, Main Stage A Renewed £7 * * 5.30–6.30pm S051 £12 Threat? Recent research suggests up to 36,000 A Beginner’s Since the Apollo missions, no human deaths a year in the UK could be linked to air has set foot on the moon. Why have Helix Theatre pollution. How does the very air we breathe Guide To we never gone back? And should we? £8 * impact our health in such a staggering way? Rick Armstrong, son of the first man on How can we monitor air quality and what Foraging 6–7pm S056 the moon Neil Armstrong, and space From Salisbury to Syria, in the wake of can we do to protect ourselves? And how Town Hall, Pillar Room scientists Louise Alexander, Kevin the shocking attacks of 2018, is enough bad is the air in Cheltenham? Respiratory The Rise Of The Fong, Nick Howes and Dhara Patel join being done to prevent rogue states and health expert Ian Mudway, Melanie £8 * Dallas Campbell in conversation, as Humans terrorists acquiring chemical weapons? Ades from the Copernicus Atmosphere they investigate how we got there in the Biological warfare expert Caitriona Monitoring Service and Mapping for Change Hedgerows, moors, meadows and first place, what we discovered and what Cheltenham Ladies’ College, McLeish, security and policy specialist Director Muki Haklay join physicist Helen woods – these hold a veritable feast exciting new space missions are on the Parabola Arts Centre Brett Edwards and chemical weapons Czerski to discuss. for the well-equipped forager. Join naturalist John Wright as he reveals how horizon. £8 * expert and former White House adviser to spot the free and delicious ingredients Dan Kaszeta discuss the history and to be found in the British countryside Technology luminary Dave Coplin is development of these lethal weapons, 5–6pm S050 and gives practical tips on how to gather on a mission to inspire with his upbeat consider how they can best be policed, and prepare your foraged finds. message on the Future of the World of and question whether increasingly Facts Vs. Fads: Work: AI, big data and digitalisation. hostile international relations mean Can I Really Using live algorithm ‘wrangling’, a few that they pose a greater threat than robots and a ukulele, Dave illustrates ever before. Lower My how we and our children can work with machines to help us to achieve more in Cholesterol? all our endeavours. Helix Theatre £7 *

With high cholesterol leading to a range of serious conditions including heart attack and stroke, it’s no surprise that cholesterol-lowering products are increasingly popular. But can a simple 5.45–6.45pm S053 yoghurt or spread really improve your health? Presenter Greg Foot, nutrition 5.45–6.45pm S049 Bakineering In researcher Wendy Hall and other leading experts sort the facts from the George Orwell: Space fads and explore what the science really Nineteen Eighty- says about the promises behind these The Crucible products. Four Revisited £8 * The Cube What connects molten sugar and * micro-meteorite protection? If you have 5.30–6.30pm S052 £8 a sweet tooth and a taste for science, join engineer and Great British Bake Big Brother. The Thought Police. Bad Bugs Book Off finalist Andrew Smyth to explore Doublethink. In our age of the surprising connections between Club: I Am Legend misinformation, fake news and everyday bakes and the extraordinary surveillance, audiences around the engineering that helps keep astronauts The Huddle world are rediscovering George alive. Your curiosity will be whisked, Free no ticket required Orwell’s dystopian vision of the stirred and shaken in a show that is out future, Nineteen Eighty-Four. 70 years of this world. Robert Neville is the last living man on on from its publication, Professor Earth... but he is not alone. Every other of English Literature David Dwan This event contains food samples. man, woman and child on the planet has and digital culture and surveillance Please inform us about any allergies become a vampire, and they are hungry expert Btihaj Ajana delve into one before the start of the event. for blood. How long can one man survive of the most important novels of the like this? And will he find the source of the twentieth century and consider why infection? Join the Bad Bugs Book Club it is still frighteningly relevant to our to unpick the scientific validity of Richard world today. Matheson’s epic film and novel. 26 *Plus booking fee: charged at £2 per order. 27 THURSDAY 6 JUNE Box Office 01242 850270 cheltenhamfestivals.com THURSDAY 6 JUNE

7.45–8.45pm S061 The Ocean At The Top Of The World The Cube £8 *

In summer 2018, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski spent 9–10.30pm S065 two months on an icebreaker ship close Signals to the North Pole. Armed with stories of ice, bears and ships, she’ll explain why Cheltenham Ladies’ College, getting close to the North Pole is so Parabola Arts Centre hard, what we do and don’t know about the Arctic and what the future of this £8 * northernmost part of the Earth might mean for the rest of the world. Set in the creaky control room of a 8.30–10.15pm S063 remote radio telescope, Signals follows two astrophysicists and their hilarious FameLab search for alien life. A comedy that asks how it feels to be lost in the cosmos International with only each other and a few old Jaffa Final Cakes for company. Signals is followed by a talk from Town Hall, Main Stage astronomer and Kavli Prize Laureate £10 * Ewine van Dishoeck who uses the world’s largest telescopes to search for 7.30–8.30pm S060 They are charismatic masters of rhetoric the building blocks of life in the universe. and really know their stuff: watch the 8–9pm S062 Presented by The Cosmic Shambles Borrowed Time: world’s best and brightest science Network in association with Footprint communicators fight for the title of Theatre. The Science Of Secure Your Life FameLab International Champion Ageing 2019 live at the Festival. Get your mind The Crucible 7–8pm S058 blown, roll on the floor with laughter Town Hall, Pillar Room £8 * and learn some new science facts as A partnership between 8.30–9.30pm S059 £7 * our finalists deliver their three-minute Ever wondered how easy it is to lift performances in front of a distinguished Workshop fingerprints, clone a bank card or get Why and how do we age? And how can you panel of judges. Hosted by Quentin ® access to someone’s private accounts LEGO Lates do it well? Science writer Sue Armstrong Cooper. by hacking their passwords? With nail- and Melrose Stewart, scientific advisor for biting live demos, cybersecurity experts Bottle of Sauce, Games Room Channel 4’s Old Peoples Home for 4 year Jessica Barker and FC do just that, £8 * Olds, investigate why age makes our skin showing how criminals get hold of your 8.45–9.45pm wrinkle, why wounds take longer to heal S064 most sensitive information and sharing Join in this creative evening of invention and why words sometimes escape us at 9.45–11pm S067 advice on how individuals can improve Unconscious Bias: and imagination with brilliant block- crucial moments in conversation. builder Ben Still. Once you learn the their own security to protect themselves Born Prejudiced? Stargazing In The construction rules of nature you can against threats. Gardens be the architect of your own universe, 7.45–10.15pm S066 Helix Theatre assembling atoms both familiar and £8 * Imperial Square, Holst Statue exotic. What will your uranium look like? Hidden Figures Free no ticket required Can you build the entire periodic table? Our subconscious attitudes towards others ® The Cinema supported by DeepMind Grab a drink and some LEGO and let shape our everyday decisions in almost the fun commence. £5 * Join members of the Cotswold all aspects of life. From gender and race Astronomical Society for a supervised to criminal justice or the workplace, the evening of stargazing using members’ Introduced by space scientist and presenter potential for prejudice seems hardwired Dhara Patel, Hidden Figures explores telescopes. Observe the night sky for into human cognition. Intergroup relations yourself, with the chance to see Saturn the incredible achievements of a team of expert Aneeta Rattan and neuroscientist brilliant African American women at NASA and Jupiter. This event is dependent on Kris De Meyer discuss the causes and clear skies. whose mathematical prowess turned impact of our biases and consider how America’s role in the Space Race around. we might overcome biased attitudes and This screening uses headphones. The venue behaviour in order to move towards a more is outdoors; please dress for the weather. diverse and inclusive society. 28 *Plus booking fee: charged at £2 per order. 29 FRIDAY 7 JUNE PLANNER Box Office 01242 850270 cheltenhamfestivals.com FRIDAY 7 JUNE Bottle of Sauce Arts Centre CLC, Parabola The Huddle Holst Statue Imperial Square, Dome Chromatouch The Crucible The Cube Helix Theatre Pillar Room Town Hall, Main Stage Town Hall, 1–2pm S071 A Very Short Introduction To… Dyslexia 0m1a 2on1m2m3m4m5m6m7m8m9m1p 11pm 10pm 9pm 8pm 7pm 6pm 5pm 4pm 3pm 2pm 1pm 12noon 11am 10am 0m1a 2on1m2m3m4m5m6m7m8m9m1p 11pm 10pm 9pm 8pm 7pm 6pm 5pm 4pm 3pm 2pm 1pm 12noon 11am 10am The Huddle Free no ticket required

FUTURE OF RAIL What is Dyslexia? Known as a reading

S068 disorder, this learning disability affects 1 in

THE THE 10 people in the UK. Outlining strategies and interventions which strive to help people with dyslexia today, Margaret Snowling introduces groundbreaking research that attempts to uncover potential 11am–12pm S068 causes and helps understand its effects. Full Steam INTRODUCTION PENTAQUARKS TO… DYSLEXIA 1.30–2.30pm S073 S071 SHORT

S070 Ahead: The A VERY A VERY

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SCIENTIFIC: Future Of Rail 50 YEARS 50 YEARS

THE LIFE LIFE THE Concorde Helix Theatre Cheltenham Ladies’ College, £7 *

WELFARE STATE: STATE: WELFARE Parabola Arts Centre PAST, PRESENT PRESENT PAST, & FUTURE S074 Hurtling through a vacuum tube at £9 * THE PERIODIC TABLE half the speed of sound might be the S075 LIFE OF THE way forward for over 4 million daily Soar into the 50th anniversary SECRET of Concorde’s first commercial GUIDE TO BLACK BLACK TO GUIDE commuters on the UK’s national rail A BEGINNER’S MOTIVATED

S077 network. Or is magnetic levitation a passenger flight in this supersonic HOLES S076 celebration. Journey through the

GET more appealing prospect? Join science S078 breakthroughs and hurdles overcome

REMAINS presenter Dallas Campbell, Hyperloop 1.30–2.30pm S072 ALL THAT THAT ALL team president Adam Anyszewski by Concorde engineers with Bristol Carol

PREDICTING PREDICTING Aerospace ambassador and pilot PANDEMICS and superconduction engineer David The Life S079 Cardwell as they explore Britain’s Scientific: Ewine Vorderman, writer Simon Winchester, possible transport solutions of the Concorde Senior Training Flight 3–4pm S075 future. Van Dishoeck Engineer Ian Smith and presenter Dallas Campbell and explore the future Secret Life Of The Crucible of air travel. The Periodic

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APPRECIATION £8 PANDEMIC WORKSHOP S150

SOCIETY 1–2pm S070

THE SHARK SHARK THE Table EDDINGTON’S EDDINGTON’S

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NOT AS WE WE AS NOT Pentaquarks:

STUDIOS: Kavli Prize in astrophysics, Dutch KNOW IT Helix Theatre JO DURRANT’S

FOXDOG FOXDOG LIFE, BUT BEAUTIFUL UNIVERSE The Universal astronomer Ewine van Dishoeck is £7 * S084 leading the field of astrochemistry

Building Blocks into a new era. Studying molecules in 2.30–3.30pm S074 From a starry night sky to space, she sheds light on the life cycle petals on a flower, humans S152 S152 Helix Theatre of interstellar clouds and the formation use patterns to make sense

CHROMATOUCH DOME The Welfare State:

S153 * PANDEMIC WORKSHOP £7 of stars and planets. She talks to Jim Al- of the world around them. S151 Khalili about her remarkable career.

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LINTOTT & Future S086 DR WHO universe thrthroughough the buildingbuilding blocks ooff are the key ingredients to HUMBLE MICRO- FACTUALLY S089 CHRIS CHRIS your youth in this introduction to quarks,quarks, THE THE Town Hall, Pillar Room create the patterns that let us

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S090 Since the welfare system was first IN THE GARDENS THE IN LEGOLEGO builderbuilder BeBenn SStilltill asas hhee coconstructsnstructs and numerical exploration of andand decodeconstructsnstructs ththee foforcesrces anandd thethe introduced, it has been a source of STARGAZING the patterns and secrets that S154 constant debate and controversy. After physicsphysics wwhichhich hholdold tthehe worworldld as we kknownow make up the periodic table

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3.30–4.30pm S076 A Beginner’s Guide To Black Holes Town Hall, Main Stage £7 *

Black holes are nature’s strangest invention, blending gravity with quantum physics in a seeming contradiction of extremes. But telescopes confirm that they 6.30–7.30pm S082 are out there and might hold the answers to physics and astronomy’s many long- Life, But Not As standing conundrums. Andrew Pontzen We Know It introduces these enigmatic monsters 6–7pm S080 and discusses the latest discoveries with The Shark Town Hall, Pillar Room experts Marika Taylor, David Rosario and £8 * Nial Tanvir. Appreciation Society What does it take for inanimate matter to replicate, compete for resources The Crucible and evolve like living beings do? * Unorthodox chemist Lee Cronin £7 is leading a radical quest, using chemistry in an attempt to understand Sharks are a crucial part of marine consciousness with the hope that one ecosystems, but they also face severe day we might be able to create artificial threats. Follow palaeobiologist Catalina life. In this fascinating talk he gives an Pimiento Hernandez and marine insight into his trailblazing research and ecologist David Curnick into the deep discusses why making a new type of life sea to discover why some sharks such form is necessary to understanding the as the megalodon went extinct while emergence of life in the universe. others survived, how we monitor and preserve shark populations today and why these magnificent creatures – who outlived the dinosaurs! – are friendlier than their reputation suggests.

6–7.30pm S150 8–9.30pm S151 6.15–7.15pm S081 4.30–5.30pm S079 Workshop Einstein’s Light, 3.30–4.30pm S077 Predicting Patient Zero: Eddington’s Get Motivated Pandemics 4–5pm S078 Prevent The Legacy 6.30–7.30pm S085 The Crucible All That Remains Town Hall, Pillar Room Pandemic £8 * This event is being recorded for £7 * Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Foxdog Studios: Bottle of Sauce, Games Room Parabola Arts Centre Radio 4’s All in the Mind. Latecomers Cheltenham Ladies’ College, may not be admitted. Is it possible to predict the next global £12 * 16+ only £7 * Robot Chef Parabola Arts Centre pandemic? Discover how researchers Whether it’s hitting our personal best in £7 * use a variety of methods to predict and A Pigeon Flu pandemic is imminent and 100 years ago, British astronomer Town Hall, Main Stage a workout, making healthy food choices prevent the spread of infectious disease, only Patient Zero can provide the cure. Arthur Eddington set out on an £12 * or meeting deadlines at work, what is it Compassionate and surprisingly funny, carefully deducing where viruses might Anonymised medical statistics and Open- ambitious expedition to observe that determines when we’re motivated Sue Black’s memoir All That Remains: A appear and how they could spread Source Intelligence are at your disposal but stars during a solar eclipse from the Following their sold-out Edinburgh and when we procrastinate? And can Life in Death is a gripping account of her around the world. Biomathematician can you track down the patient in time and remote island of Príncipe. His results Fringe run, Manchester’s finest tech we train ourselves to be more focused life and career as a professor of anatomy Simon Gubbins, virologist Dalan Bailey prevent the outbreak? confirmed Albert Einstein’s theory of comedy duo Foxdog Studios bring when it comes to achieving our goals? and forensic anthropology. She joins John gravity, which predicted the bending Robot Chef to Cheltenham. Join and international flu expert Wendy Workshops kindly provided by QA. Psychologists Ian Taylor and Fuschia Troyer, Director of the University of Bath’s Barclay reveal the scientific toolkit used of starlight around the sun. Andrew Rock ‘n’ Roll IT consultants Pete and Soiros and BBC Breakfast presenter, Centre for Death and Society, to discuss in the fight against infectious diseases. Pontzen, Carolin Crawford and Sarah Lloyd as they celebrate the end of journalist and triathlete Louise Minchin the many faces of death, encouraging us to Bridle discuss Eddington’s expedition their IT contract in Stoke-on-Trent. delve into the fascinating science of face this stage of our life not with fear, but and its enduring legacy, helping us Expect baffling technology, music success with All in the Mind’s Claudia with openness, clarity and understanding. to understand our universe and the and, of course, an augmented reality, Hammond. mysteries of dark energy. audience-controlled robot chef.

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6.45–7.45pm S084 Friday Night Lates Jo Durrant’s Free no ticket required Beautiful Universe 8.45–9.45pm S089 The Cube Love Factually 6.30–10.30pm S152 £8 * This event will be recorded for Chromatouch broadcast on BBC Radio Gloucestershire. The Cube £8 * Dome Join BBC Radio Gloucestershire’s Jo Durrant for a live recording of her show How do couples go from intense Imperial Gardens that brings together arts and science. She long nights to placidly watching will be joined by Jessica Barker, Ronx Step into a world of colours and TV in their onesies? Laura Mucha sounds. The Chromatouch Dome is a Akharia, Jamie Gallagher and Dallas interviewed hundreds of strangers in Campbell for a very special science geek- 360-degree projection dome creating over 40 countries on every continent a fully immersive experience. Merging out, as they celebrate the field as part of 8.30–9.30pm S086 of the world, asking them to share our culture. science, music and art, audiovisual The Science Of their most personal stories, feelings performer Leon Trimble uses a and insights about romantic love. Michelson interferometer (originally Dr Who From the dopamine-fuelled start of a used to detect gravitational waves) as relationship to the companionate love 8.30–9.30pm S083 a synthesiser, while MATERIALITY’s Town Hall, Pillar Room that underpins something more long- Vicky Clarke brings a very special live standing, join us for this nosy-parkers Chris Lintott And * The bar will be open during set with a graphene musical interface. £9 guide to who, how and why we love. this event. This culminates in Graham Dunning’s Steve Pretty’s mechanical techno to create a party Universe (Of Dr Who is the longest running science that’ll keep you going all night. fiction programme in the world, 9.45–11pm S090 Featuring full colour lasers. Music) entertaining and terrifying children Town Hall, Main Stage and adults alike for over 50 years. Keep Stargazing In The your sonic screwdrivers close as mega 6.30–10.30pm S153 £10 * fan Karl Byrne looks into the scientific Gardens possibilities behind travelling through GameLab From Uranus discoverer and time and space, regeneration and aliens Imperial Square, Holst Statue professional musician William with two hearts. Step into the TARDIS Free no ticket required Helix Theatre Herschel to jazz composer and and get ready to meet cybermen, daleks wannabe astronaut Sun-Ra, staring and co! Join members of the Cotswold GameLab, presented by the University up at the cosmos has always had Astronomical Society for a supervised of Salford, is a free evening of After this event, head over to the a close connection with music. evening of stargazing. Observe the night experimental gaming, virtual reality, Bottle of Sauce for our Dr Who Party Presented by The Cosmic Shambles sky for yourself, with possible chances esport, immersive science and old (10pm–12am). See p.35 for details. Network, this evening of conversation, to see Saturn and Jupiter. This event is school games consoles. Play around contemplation, science and music dependent on clear skies. amongst bacteria, get into the mind and brings together Chris Lintott and rediscover your inner gamer. acclaimed musician Steve Pretty to 10pm–1am explore each other’s domains. 8.30–9.30pm S087 S154 Dr Who Party 8–10pm Micro-dosing: 8.30–9.30pm S088 Interactives: Drugs Humble Pi: Bottle of Sauce £5 * Late Night The Crucible A Comedy Of Opening For £9 * Maths Errors Step into the time vortex and pay homage to your favourite doctors with a time Adults Micro-dosing with psychoactive Cheltenham Ladies’ College, travelling Dr Who rave. With DJ Echo Juliet substances is on the rise with many Parabola Arts Centre throwing down out of this world samples Discover Zone, MakerShack, people speaking of the benefits of daleks, ravers can don doctor or villain £9 * GCHQ Cyber Zone and selected of taking tiny amounts of LSD and masks, take photos with life-size cut-outs partner spaces psilocybin without disruption to their and dance the night away to time-travelling How can billions of dollars vanish into everyday lives. Neuroscientist Chris house and disco as well as feelgood funk, In this special late night opening of our Timmermann, philosopher Raphael thin air? What makes a bridge wobble afro and latin grooves. Dr Who themed when it’s not meant to? Find out what interactive zones, enjoy the opportunity Milliere and journalist Kate Spicer, who dress-up encouraged! to discover science after hours, without has written about her experiences of happens when the mathematical foundations of our world go wrong. kids. Grab a drink at the bar and drop in micro-dosing, talk of new insights into to join the fun. how the brain is affected by drugs. From internet glitches to street sign mishaps, mathematician Matt Parker explores bizarre ways maths can trip us up.

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Family Events Family 10am–12pm S091 11.30–12.30pm S095 1.15–2.15pm S098 12.45–2.45pm S092 Is Religion Good Body Scan Live: Workshop

(Or Bad) For Your Birth, Life And Tactile Collider: Health? Invisible Enemies 0m1a 2on1m2m3m4m5m6m7m8m9m1p 11pm 10pm 9pm 8pm 7pm 6pm 5pm 4pm 3pm 2pm 11pm 1pm 10pm 12noon 9pm 11am 8pm 10am 7pm 6pm 5pm 4pm 3pm 2pm 1pm 12noon 11am 10am ASTRONAUT SF03 SF02 TRAINING

FARTOLOGY Immersive Particle TO MARS? OF NOISE SF07 S091 SF01 The Cube SCHOOL Helix Theatre MISSION MISSION Accelerator CHESS FROM AI FROM CHESS

TACTILE COLLIDER * * DETECTIVES S093 £8 £8 SF10 Physics LEARN LEARN DNA

SF16 How can religion affect your mental What exactly makes you, you? Using the MATHS

ASTRONAUT St Andrew’s Hall health? Those who have faith often see next generation of imaging scanners to SF14 SF04 MAGICAL TRAINING OF NOISE OCEANS SF08 their belief as a source of comfort, support paint us a picture, in this live examination S095 £8 * This workshop is suitable for all, SPACE VS. SCHOOL & HEALTH

S096 including those with visual impairments. and stability when needed. Others find Mark Lythgoe and his team look at the RELIGION that religion can lead to isolation and human body closer than ever before. SF15 POSITIVITY ROALD DAHL DETECTIVES

SF11 In this hands-on sensory workshop, unhappiness, particularly if their personal From powerful lasers to ultrasonic probes SCIENCE OF scientists and researchers will be your feelings and choices are at odds with those and nanomagnets, hear about new DNA ASTRONAUT CHESS FROM AI FROM CHESS TRAINING S097 S094 guides through the particle content of the of their religious community. Bringing imaging technology, the discovery of new WORLD! SF09

SF05 universe and particle accelerator physics. together a range of perspectives, Christian medicines and what impact the way we HELLO, LEARN LEARN OF NOISE S092 S092

SCHOOL Using specially designed objects and psychiatrist Andrew Sims and others share look after our bodies can have on our life.

S155 12.30–1.30pm S097 HOWES an insightful discussion in an attempt to TACTILE COLLIDER fascinating soundscapes, uncover the S098 SCAN LIVE NICK S099 science, form and function of the Large understand the true impact of faith on our Hannah Fry: DETECTIVES SF12 BODY DA VINCI

LEONARDO Hadron Collider through a round-robin of wellbeing. S100 S100 Hello, World! DNA interactive experiences and activities. OBESITY

SF06 Town Hall, Main Stage S101 MACHINE OF NOISE

SCHOOL £9 * GENE ANCIENT GAME S102 11.45am–12.45pm S096 Algorithms have the potential to make S104

SF17 important decisions for us. Whether GO: THE THE GO: S103 SHARMAN OF LIGHT AFTERNOON TEA Mental Health in healthcare, finance, security, SECRETS SECRETS CPR HELEN entertainment or justice, they can be S106 The Power Of more consistent and less prone to errors Positivity in judgement. But can we really rely

S107 on them? Taking a closer look at their HEALTH S105 SF31 Cheltenham Ladies’ College, foundations, power and limitations, GUT GUT GATES S109 CPR STEFAN S108 Parabola Arts Centre mathematician Hannah Fry examines

DRONES whether algorithms actually are the

ALPHA GO £8 * promised improvement on the humans Glass half full, or half empty? Our they are replacing. S111 ANSWERS

S112 outlook on life and the way we react BRIEF CHANGE

CLIMATE to both good and bad experiences

S113 S113 can have a profound impact on our 1.30–2.30pm S099 WOMEN FORGOTTEN FORGOTTEN S114 mental wellbeing. Neuroscientist S156 S156 OF FATE

WHAT IS AI? and psychologist Elaine Fox talks to S110 SCIENCE

S116 Leonardo Da 10.30–11.30am S093 broadcaster Claudia Hammond about DRONES SMELL 12.30–1.30pm S094 the power of positive and negative Vinci: Artist, thinking and considers whether we can 1–2pm S155 Engineer, S117 Gamechanger: teach ourselves to be more emotionally Dude, Where’s My

JURASSIC PARK resilient. Inventor S118 Learn Chess

NARWHALS Spacecraft? S119 INTROVERT From AI The Cube THE ARK 2.0 ARK THE S121 Town Hall, Pillar Room £8 * THE SUN S120

CHASING CHASING The Huddle £8 *

VARIETY NIGHT Free no ticket required Predominantly recognised as one of S123 In 1969, the Apollo 10 crew ejected the history’s greatest painters, Leonardo da

BEER British AI firm DeepMind shocked the lunar module ‘Snoopy’ from the Apollo Vinci also created a remarkable body world when it revealed AlphaZero, a command module into a heliocentric orbit of mechanical drawings that showed system that taught itself to become never to be seen again – or so they thought. a radical approach to the challenges the strongest chess player in history. Nick Howes, along with legendary flight of engineering. To coincide with the Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan controllers, space dynamics experts and 500th anniversary of da Vinci’s death, (Game Changer), show how AlphaZero’s astronauts from the Apollo programme, has Leonardo specialist Martin Kemp unusual approach could improve your spent a number of years in a calculated hunt and other leading experts explore the own chess game and consider how AI for the errant lunar module. Join him to creative and scientific output of this might be applied in the real world. hear the tales of the hunt and the latest and extraordinary artist and inventor. exciting results of their search. 36 *Plus booking fee: charged at £2 per order. 37 SATURDAY 8 JUNE Box Office 01242 850270 cheltenhamfestivals.com SATURDAY 8 JUNE

3–4pm S102 3.30–4.30pm S106 4.30–6pm S109 2.15–3.15pm S101 Workshop The Science Of 6.30–8pm S110 Gene Machine: Go: The Ancient Afternoon Tea Workshop Deciphering The Game Drones: Ready, Secrets Of The The Orangery, Queens Hotel * Set, Code! Ribosome The Huddle £25 Includes afternoon tea. Free no ticket required St Andrew’s Hall Delight in this traditional treat as we guide The Crucible £12 * Ages 14+ Go is played primarily through intuition you through the fascinating art and science * of afternoon tea. From the perfect tea £9 and feel, and due to its beauty, subtlety Aerial drone racing is taking off globally infusions to balancing sweet and savoury, and intellectual depth, it has captured the with drag racing leagues and a Grand Prix DNA determines who we are and what materials scientist Mark Miodownik, human imagination for centuries. Whilst already well established. In this workshop, traits we pass on to our children. But chemist Andrea Sella and broadcaster the rules are few, Go is a game of profound learn the basics of drone construction and it is the ribosome’s job to read that Claudia Hammond invite you to join our complexity. Join us for a game and pick coding before racing your drone to the genetic information and build the scientific take on this tasty pastime. up hints and tips from former England finish line. All equipment is provided and no proteins which carry out the thousands women’s Go team player Natasha Regan. This event contains food & drink. Please prior experience is necessary. of functions of life. In a fascinating talk inform us about any allergies before the This event is suitable for beginners. Workshops kindly provided by QA. about one of the greatest triumphs in start of the event. modern biology, Nobel Prize winner Queens Hotel Venki Ramakrishnan recounts the Kindly supported by 1.45–2.45pm S100 Cheltenham quest to discover the structure of the – Mgallery by Sofitel ribosome, and takes a frank look at 3.15–4.15pm S103 Obesity: Who Is 4.30–5.15pm S105 To Blame? how science is done in a race where the Helen Sharman: stakes are high. Out Of This Workshop Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Save A Life: CPR Parabola Arts Centre World Town Hall, Pillar Room £8 * Town Hall, Main Stage £8 * Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled £15 * since 1975 and obesity-related diseases Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) cost our health service millions each As a young chemist, Helen Sharman is a skill integral to the jobs of ER year. Can we blame cheap, energy- was driving home from work when doctors, but did you know that most dense but nutrient-poor food, or do she heard a radio advert announce a cardiac arrests actually occur outside we need to take more responsibility search for astronauts – no experience of hospital? Being able to provide CPR for ourselves? Geneticist Giles Yeo, necessary. Helen was chosen from over can decrease the risk of brain damage psychologist Angel Chater and Angry 13,000 applicants to become the first or even death. Convinced that anyone 5.30–6.30pm S111 Chef Anthony Warner chew the fat as British astronaut when she went to the can – and should – learn how to provide they consider what individuals and the MIR Space Station in 1991. Sharing her CPR, medical practitioner and presenter Stephen food industry must do to tackle our incredible experiences, she reflects Dr Ronx demonstrates basic life support Hawking’s Brief expanding waistlines. on what it is like living and working in skills with her enthusiastic assistants space; from the gruelling training and Sabrina Stocker and Princess K. Answers To The learning Russian to the joy of looking down at Earth and conducting scientific Big Questions experiments in zero gravity. Introduced 4.15–5.15pm S107 by Dallas Campbell. 4.30–6.15pm S108 Town Hall, Main Stage Facts Vs. Fads: * Gut Health Alpha Go £12 Can we predict the future? Will we The Crucible The Cinema supported by DeepMind survive on Earth? And will AI outsmart £8 * Free no ticket required us? Giving Brief Answers to the Big Questions, Tim Hawking introduces Good gut health is trending, but can it AlphaGo is the first computer program to Stephen Hawking’s final book, drawing really increase our immunity, reduce defeat a professional human Go player on his extraordinary personal archive bloating and improve our mood and – the Go world champion and perhaps and completed in collaboration with fitness levels, as promised by many? the strongest Go player in history. In this his academic colleagues, family and Megan Rossi, Registered Dietitian, fascinating documentary, follow the story the Stephen Hawking Estate. Maggie Nutritionist and Research Fellow at of how artificial intelligence has become Aderin-Pocock, Marika Taylor and Jim King’s College London, explores the the master of strategy. Al-Khalili join host Dallas Campbell surprising impact your gut has on your This screening uses headphones. The venue to discuss some of the biggest overall health and wellness, sorting is outdoors; please dress for the weather. questions asked. the facts from the fads and sharing evidence-based advice on how you can super-charge your health.

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6.30–7.30pm S114 5.45–6.45pm S112 What Is AI Bang Goes The Anyway? Climate The Crucible Helix Theatre £8 * £9 * Confused by artificial intelligence? Delve into the science of climate Puzzled by machine learning? Together 8.30–9.30pm S121 change with stunning visuals and with Hannah Fry, Murray Shanahan and demonstrations. Geologist Mark other scientists from British AI company Chasing The Sun Maslin, climate scientists Ed Hawkins DeepMind guide you through the world of and Tamsin Edwards, and chemist AI to find out what it really is (and what it’s The Crucible Andrea Sella explore current and future not). Discover what human and machine £8 * climate change, discussing its process, brains have in common, why playing video 8.15–9.15pm S119 impact and our struggle to find realistic games is a good test of intelligence and Since the dawn of time humans have solutions to get us out of this mess. how AI could help tackle some of today’s The Ark 2.0 worshipped the sun and feared the most important scientific problems. dark. From our sleep cycles to our The Cube immune systems and our mental health, £8 * sufficient access to sunlight is seen as crucial for living a happy and healthy 6.30–7.30pm S156 Imagine it’s 3019 and the apocalypse life. Linda Geddes and Nick Dunn explore how the natural cycles of light The Science 6.45–7.45pm S116 is upon us. It’s up to a brave group of biologists to repopulate the new world (no, and dark shape our bodies and minds, Of Fate Smell: The not like that!) with the species we need to and ask whether we should challenge survive. Adriana Lowe, Sarah Jones, Rob the negative association with darkness Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Neglected Sense O’Sullivan and Erica McAlister will try and instead explore its rich potential. Parabola Arts Centre to persuade each other, and you, which £8 * Town Hall, Pillar Room species we should save from the end of the £9 * 8–9pm S118 world and which we should leave behind. Many of us believe we are free to shape Devised by Adriana Lowe. our own destiny. But what if free will Find out just how important your sense of Introvert doesn’t exist? What if our choices – smell is for a good quality of life. Chrissie Narwhals: How everything from what we eat to who we Kelly, founder of AbSent, who for some 8.30–10.15pm S120 fall in love with – are not really choices time lost her sense of smell, sensory expert AI Affects Our Barry Smith and rhinologist and surgeon Variety Night: 6.15–7.15pm S113 at all? Neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow Culture dives into the fascinating world of free Katherine Whitcroft explore the latest An Evening Of Forgotten will and explores why your future might scientific findings and pose a quiz for your Helix Theatre be more predictable than you think. nose. Will you come up smelling of roses or £9 * Unnecessary Women: The will you stink to high heaven? Detail Scientists Artificial intelligence is being 8.45–10.15pm S123 increasingly used in music and other Town Hall, Main Stage The Cube creative industries. How does its £15 * Ages 18+ Beer: Science £9 * affect IP and what will be the impact on human creativity? Join writer Funny, entertaining and enlightening – On Tap Over hundreds of years, countless 7–9.30pm S117 and curator Sumit Paul-Choudhury climb aboard our Science Variety Night for Town Hall, Pillar Room women have shaped and changed in conversation with AI law expert late night laughs, songs and silliness, with the course of our futures thanks to Jurassic Park Christopher Markou, Jukedeck’s Ed some fascinating facts thrown in for good £18 * Ages 18+ ground-breaking discoveries that have Newton-Rex and the co-creator of our measure. Expect the unexpected with a The Cinema supported by DeepMind transformed our understanding of the very first AI Festival Guest Curator AIDA, fabulous lineup of Guests including Festival Whether you like it malty, fruity or bitter, world. UK Editor of Broadly Zing Tsjeng £5 * Kerry Harrison, as they compare the favourites Matt Parker, Helen Arney, Steve enjoy a delicious selection of beers as and science communicator Hana benefits and pitfalls of letting AI take the Mould, Katie Steckles, Zoe Griffiths, Roger Ryman, Brewing Director of St Ayoob discuss the extraordinary legacy John Hammond’s prehistoric theme reign on creativity. Dallas Campbell, Jamie Gallagher, Ashley Austell Brewery and Bath Ales, materials Mark Miodownik of these hugely influential women park is open and the dinosaurs are Demonstrating the phenomenon first- Kent, Charvy Narain and Jon Chase. scientist and chemist Andrea Sella and explore how we can improve the roaming free. Really, what could go hand, science presenter and biologist take you on a fascinating conversation around diversity, equality wrong? Join us in the gardens for an Ashley Kent will then bring to life the tour of the brewing process. From and inclusion to ensure that our evening viewing of Steven Spielberg’s first Science Festival event curated by an finding the perfect hops to the secrets modern-day role models represent the blockbuster classic with an introduction artificial intelligence. Get ready to find behind the fermentation process, Mike whole of society. from palaeontologist and author out everything there is to know about discover the science needed to produce Benton . ‘Introvert Narwhals’. the perfect pint. Bottoms up! This screening uses headphones. This event contains drink samples. The venue is outdoors; please dress for Please inform us about any allergies the weather. before the start of the event.

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10–10.50am SF07 11am–12pm SF16 11.15am–12.05pm SF08 12.30–1.20pm SF09 The Magical Maths Workshop Of Technology Bootcamp: Town Hall, Pillar Room 10–11am SF01 Astronaut £6 * Ages 10+ Fartology Training It often feels like technology works as Town Hall, Main Stage if by magic. Join mathematicians Katie Apollo Steckles and Zoe Griffiths as they reveal £6 * Ages 5+ £8 * Ages 7+ and the whole family to you the real magic behind our tech: maths! Through a series of unbelievable Can all animals fart? Why do farts smell? Do you have what it takes to become an magic tricks, gain an understanding of BBC’s Gastronaut Stefan Gates and astronaut? Could you defy gravity whilst how integral maths is to our everyday lives, Andrea Sella will be your field guides to 10–11am SF03 12–1pm SF15 3.15–4pm S104 engineering structures or communicate from enabling us to send a message on the flatulent as they take you on a journey 11.15am–12.15pm SF04 effectively in a silent vacuum? Train your our phones to using a barcode scanner. The Splendiferous Workshop from food to fart. Explore acoustics, 12.45–1.45pm SF05 skills in this interactive carousel of activities Prepare to be amazed! digestion and reactions through explosive Science Of Supporting Life: 2.15–3.15pm SF06 with BBC2 Astronaut trainees Jackie Bell, demonstrations and get stuck in flatus Tim Gregory, Tessa Naran and Vijay Shah. CPR competitions, smell-offs and a study of the Workshop Roald Dahl Get hands-on with meteorites, test your Bristol stool chart. School Of Noise memory and even grab a selfie beside The Crucible Town Hall, Pillar Room Dallas Campbell’s Neil Armstrong replica £6 * Ages 6+ £8 * Ages 9+ Cheltenham Ladies College, space suit. Parabola Arts Centre, Dance Join BBC Bitesize science presenter Jon Did you know that most heart attacks Studio Chase as he delves into the whoopsy happen outside of hospital? Knowing 10.30–11.30am SF10 how to provide CPR (cardiopulmonary £8 * Ages 7+ and the whole family waffling worlds of Roald Dahl in this 12–1pm SF11 splendiferous science show. Find resuscitation) can decrease the risk of brain damage or even death of the Join the School of Noise as they take 1.30–2.30pm SF12 out how James’ peach flew, whether person affected. Convinced that anyone you on a voyage through the science George would be a genius chemist and Workshop can – and should – learn how to provide of sound. Explore unique and unusual how topsy turvy the Twits really are. CPR, medical practitioner and presenter sound sculpting machines such as the DNA Detectives: Dr Ronx demonstrates basic life support theremin and omnichord, observe To Catch A Thief skills with her enthusiastic assistants beautiful Chladni patterns in sand 11.15am–12.15pm SF14 Sabrina Stocker and Princess K. and conduct your own orchestra of Cheltenham Children’s Library fruits and vegetables. No prior musical Space Vs Oceans experience is needed in this hands-on £8 * Ages 6+ exploration of acoustics. A poor pet has been stolen and we’re Helix Theatre 4.30–5.30pm SF31 running out of time to catch the thief! With £6 * Ages 7+ forensic scientist and children’s author Science You 10–11am SF02 Mandy Hartley, discover the secret code Come on a journey of a lifetime with Can Eat hidden in DNA and pick up some top tips ocean-obsessed Russell Arnott and Mission To Mars? for story writing along the way. Create a space-savvy Antonia Forster. Dive Cheltenham Ladies College, chapter of a mystery story and use your deep down into the darkest depths of Parabola Arts Centre The Crucible new-found knowledge to crack the crime. Earth, blast into the vast swathes of £6 * Ages 6+ and the whole family £6 * Ages 7+ space, find out about mind-boggling 3.15–4.15pm SF17 temperatures, unimaginable landscapes TV presenter and culinary maniac Stefan Believe it or not, the Utah desert and the great unknowns of what’s left The Secrets Of to uncover. From our own incredible Gates throws caution to the wind in pursuit shares many uncanny similarities with of science you can eat. Expect edible Mars’ surface – but only one of them oceans to the unbelievable universe… Light which adventurous expedition would chemical reactions, sweets, explosions, is easily accessible to researchers. Helix Theatre bizarre foods, screaming rockets and Join Niamh Shaw as she shares her you sign up for? £6 * Ages 7+ plenty of laughter as what you know about experience of being part of a mission food is put to the test. Do you think you can mimicking conditions found on Mars. stomach it? What was it like to live and work in this What’s the furthest the unaided eye can difficult environment and why are these see? How can light help us see it? And simulations so important in preparing where does the light go when we’re for a real mission to Mars in the future? done with it? Hitch a ride on a light beam with The Flying Kandinskys Nate Age recommendations are an Adams, Martin Coath, Marieke Navin approximate guide to help you choose and Peter Zeidman and travel many your events. Everyone is always light years on an illuminating journey of welcome to all of the listed events, but discovery, from the Andromeda galaxy some parts will be more suited to the to the back of your own eye. ages we’ve suggested.

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Family Events Family 10–11am S125 Mental Health 1.30–2.30pm S157

People And

Mental Health Mates: Walk & Talk Their Pets SF18 0m1a 2on1m2m3m4m5m6m7m8m9m1p 11pm 10pm 9pm 8pm 7pm 6pm 5pm 4pm 3pm 2pm 11pm 1pm 10pm 12noon 9pm 11am 8pm 10am 7pm 6pm 5pm 4pm 3pm 2pm 1pm 12noon 11am 10am DETECTIVES SF20 HEALTH MATES SF19 S125 OF SCIENCE SF24 SF24 Cheltenham Ladies’ College, IS MAGIC FOSSIL FOSSIL SHAHA THE SOUND The Huddle SCIENCE MENTAL

ALOM Parabola Arts Centre Free no ticket required S126 SURVIVAL £8 *

VIRAL VIRAL Meet Mental Health Mates for a relaxed SCIENCE SHOW SPECTACULAR S128 EVER AFTER We love our pets. Making an animal

DETECTIVES and friendly gathering to chat about your SF21 METAL MARINE SF28 SF29

HAPPY HAPPY part of the family seems to be

BIOLOGY experience with mental illness without FOSSIL FOSSIL something only humans do. Keeping HEAVY HEAVY fear of judgement. You do not have to be them is expensive, time-consuming, SF25 diagnosed with a mental health issue to 12–1pm S129 SHAHA ON A NERVOUS and seemingly irrational – so why do S129

S127 join the walk – everyone is welcome. ALOM SURVIVAL PLANET Mental Health so many of us have an animal in our NOTES VIRAL VIRAL SF30 DETECTIVES SF22 11am–12pm S128 lives? Acclaimed cultural detective

INSECTS Matt Haig: Notes

FOSSIL FOSSIL and lifelong pet owner Jacky Colliss INCREDIBLE S149 Mental Health On A Nervous Harvey and anthrozoologist John IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON THE OF SHADOW THE IN Happy Ever Bradshaw explore the true nature and

AL-KHALILI: Planet depth of this long-standing human- S130 SUNFALL AND THEIR PETS THEIR AND S131 S157 OF HUMANS

SF26 After: Escaping animal love-affair. DETECTIVES JIM JIM SF23 SHAHA THE BOOK Town Hall, Main Stage PEOPLE ALOM

FOSSIL FOSSIL The Myth Of The £9 * GOT THIS S132 S132 Perfect Life YOU YOU Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Our fast-paced, hyperconnected S133

WORLD Parabola Arts Centre planet encourages us to worry about WIRED £8 * everything from world politics to our VOLCANOES S134 S134 SF27 S147 body mass index. After years of anxiety SHAHA S135 WITH OF A RUNNER OF LIVING BOARD GAMES BOARD ALOM Be ambitious, find everlasting love, look and panic attacks, bestselling author ANATOMY ANATOMY after your health... There are countless Matt Haig began to look for the link ideals out there, suggesting how we between what he felt and the world S136 S159 10.30–11.30am S126 ought to live our lives. While these around him. He shares his personal PALAEOART MOON WALK ONE S137 S137 12–1pm S127 narratives can sometimes help make us reflections on how we can feel happy, ILLNESS

S138 human and whole in the twenty-first MENTAL AND PINTS Workshop happier and our lives easier, they can PUZZLES PUZZLES also have the reverse effect by trapping century with broadcaster Claudia

PERFORMANCE LIVE Hammond. S141 AFTER DEATH Viral Survival: us and those around us. Happiness S140 SCIENCE S142 expert Paul Dolan shows how to escape ARGUMENT WIN AN SPORTS Can You Escape the myth of perfection and find our own S143 HOW TO DEMO CHALLENGE route to happiness.

OVERAMBITIOUS OVERAMBITIOUS A Deadly S158 S158 MADNESS

S144 Disease? REDISCOVERED MATHS DINOSAURS S139

AND PINTS Town Hall, Pillar Room

PUZZLES PUZZLES 12.45–3pm S149 4–6pm S159 £8 * AND EVOLUTION S145 In The Shadow Of Moon Walk One

ERRORS ERRORS A deadly outbreak caused by an unknown virus has suddenly erupted! The Moon The Cinema supported by DeepMind

S146 Are you ready to outmaneuver the YOUR TYPE? YOUR £5 * virus by taking on a series of scientific The Cinema supported by DeepMind WHAT’S challenges to crack codes, solve clues * S148 £5 This NASA commissioned documentary and stop the spread of infection? Try to

ORIGINS is a philosophical and poetic record of In this original NASA footage, In The escape the vicious virus with Pirbright Man’s first attempt to walk on another Shadow Of The Moon brings together and Dr Zoo in their Escape Room world, uniquely capturing the essence of surviving crew members from every challenge. the Apollo 11 mission. Introduced by the single Apollo mission for the first time. producer of the film, Christopher Riley. Grab a seat and hear these veterans of space travel tell their fascinating stories This screening uses headphones. of visiting our moon. Introduction by The venue is outdoors; please dress for producer Christopher Riley. the weather. This screening uses headphones. The venue is outdoors; please dress for the weather.

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2.45–3.45pm S133 Wired Wild Town Hall, Pillar Room £8 *

From drones and satellite imagery to the mobile phone in your pocket, new technologies are changing the way we monitor and conserve animals, plants and their environments. Join Sarah 1.30–2.30pm S131 Bladen of Global Fishing Watch, biologist and founder of Conservation Drones Adam Serge Wich and Jenny Tse-Leon of Froglife to discuss how tech is supporting Rutherford: The conservation around the globe. Book Of Humans 1.15–2.15pm S130 The Crucible 3–5pm S147 Jim Al-Khalili: £9 * Board Games Sunfall We like to think of ourselves as exceptional beings, but is there really The Huddle The Cube anything that sets us apart biologically Free no ticket required £8 * from other animals? Geneticist 3.15–4.15pm S134 3.30–4.30pm S135 Adam Rutherford looks at how the Drop in and join the Institute of Physics It’s 2041, the earth’s magnetic field is complexity of our culture, from art to and the Manchester Game Studies Erupt: Living With Anatomy Of A dying and the sun threatens to deliver tool use, outstrips any other observed Network at this fully interactive workshop. Volcanoes Runner: Live an extinction level event, unless in nature – despite originating from the You’ll take part in a racing car board game, whilst diving into Newton’s laws of motion. humanity can save itself using beams same family tree as every other species Helix Theatre The Crucible of dark matter to reignite the core on earth. of the planet. Sunfall is an exciting, £8 * £8 * race-against-time page turner and the best-informed techno-thriller you are We share our planet with 1500 potentially Muscle strength and size, heart and lung likely to read. Join theoretical physicist, active volcanoes. Why do people live function, training the mind: how can broadcaster and Festival favourite Jim 2–3pm S132 near them? How do we research these sports science explain the differences volcanoes? And how are the risks between novice and elite runners? 4.15–5.15pm Al-Khalili to explore the ideas behind Mental Health S136 his rip-roaring debut novel with Mark surrounding volcanoes calculated and Drawing upon current research findings Palaeoart: Miodownik. You Got This communicated? Join volcanologists and live demonstrations, experts Jazmin Scarlett and Rebecca Williams, and athletes from Loughborough Picturing Town Hall, Main Stage and geologist Chris Jackson to explore our University get under the skin to explore £9 * past and present relationship with these the physiology, psychology and Prehistoric fiery fissures in the earth’s crust. biomechanics of running performance, Animals Low self-esteem is on the rise and teens and show how this intricate and young people are increasingly understanding of the body’s inner The Cube workings can be applied to your own under pressure to present their perfect £8 * selves. With mental illness skyrocketing workout, whatever your ability. Chaired as a result, how can we learn to be by Olympic trainer and performance scientist Steve Ingham. How do we know what dinosaurs and kinder to ourselves? Journalist and other prehistoric animals looked like? campaigner Bryony Gordon and How large were they? And did they have psychologist and body image specialist fur or feathers? Palaeontologist and Phillippa Diedrichs explore what palaeoartist Mark Witton explores the has led to this crisis of confidence fossil remains and other evidence that and consider how we can improve help us paint an accurate picture of long self-esteem whatever our age with extinct animals, and explains why many broadcaster Claudia Hammond. popular depictions of our favourite creatures are at odds with scientific thinking.

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8–9pm S146 5.45–7.15pm S143 What’s Your Type? Overambitious Demo Challenge Town Hall, Main Stage £8 * The Crucible * What makes you you? And why are we so £9 keen to find our type? Merve Emre explores the hidden origins of the Myers Briggs Steve Mould and Andrea Sella host personality tests and their language of our infamous annual contest to find extrovert vs. introvert, thinking vs. feeling, the most spectacular, show-stopping which has inspired online dating platforms, science demos. Expect circus tricks Buzzfeed quizzes and job applications from reigning champion Nate Adams alike. Is our sense of self something we 4.30–5.30pm S137 and newly devised, overambitious discover or something we create and revise attempts by two brave challengers, Mental Health in order to validate the results of the test? as they compete to become the 2019 Mental Illness: champion – who gets your vote? What’s To Blame? Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Parabola Arts Centre £8 * 5.15–6.15pm Whether it’s work or school, S141 6.15–7.15pm S158 smartphones or social media, our hectic 5.15–6.30pm S140 The Silent way of living seems to be taking its toll Maths Madness on our minds. But are things really worse Sports Witness: Science than before? Considering everything Performance Live The Cube from our online lives to rising poverty After Death £8 * rates, writer Matt Haig, mental health Town Hall, Main Stage Town Hall, Pillar Room researcher Praveetha Patalay and * Whether you’re a mathsphile or psychologist Suzi Gage explore whether £9 £8 * mathsphobe, get ready for mind-bending modern life is doing unprecedented maths as award-winning musical maths What sets the best apart from the damage to our mental health and discuss Ever wondered what happens during comedian Kyle D Evans puts a twist on the rest? Improving an athlete’s training, what can be done to break the cycle. a post-mortem investigation? Or what t-shirts of Hanoi, explains how to win the performance and recovery requires a kind of information is gathered at a world paper-folding championships and delicate balance of intricate tests and crime scene to piece together a picture attempts to fit all of the UK’s rice stocks 8.30–9.30pm S148 skill. With help from an elite cyclist, of an individual’s final moments? From onto a single chess board. Olympic trainer and physiologist Steve autopsy to investigating mass fatalities, Origins: How The Ingham and sports scientists from forensic anthropologist Gillian Fowler, Earth Made Us Loughborough University demonstrate forensic toxicologist Nikolas Lemos 6.30–7.30pm S144 4.30–6pm S138 cutting-edge performance tests live and forensic microbiologist Nathan H. 6.30–8pm S139 on stage and explore the extraordinary Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Lents dig deeper into the fascinating Dinosaurs Parabola Arts Centre Workshop science that enables cyclists to push science of death. mind and body to the limit. Rediscovered 7.15–8.15pm S145 £9 * Puzzles And Pints Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Errors And How did mountainous terrain lead Bottle of Sauce, Games Room 5.30–6.30pm S142 Parabola Arts Centre Evolution to the development of democracy in £12 * How To Win An £9 * Greece? And why does current voting Town Hall, Pillar Room behaviour in the USA follow the bed of an ancient sea? Astrobiologist Lewis Do you love a pub quiz but find fact- Argument Our understanding of dinosaurs has £9 * hoarding a chore? Want to get quizzical changed drastically over the last decade Dartnell takes us billions of years into without the competitive bravado? Join Helix Theatre as new technologies have revealed the our planet’s past, exploring how the Phrases like ‘survival of the fittest’ can Earth and its forces have shaped human puzzle-mad mathematicians Katie Steckles £8 * secrets locked away in fossil remains. Mike give the impression that evolution is and Ben Sparks for a brain-teasing selection Benton shares fascinating finds and the civilisation from the cultivation of the shaping life to be perfect – or nearly first crops to the founding of modern of mathematical puzzles to tickle the grey Does disagreement make you tense and incredible methods used to rediscover so. In reality, all living things (and states. cells. With plenty of hints and clues if you unhappy? That’s because you’re doing these ancient and magnificent creatures, humans more than most) are clumsy need them, this is the light hearted Sunday it wrong. Let broadcaster and comedian from their force to their feathers. hodgepodges of compromises, activity you might have been looking for. Timandra Harkness, presenter of BBC trade-offs and suboptimal design. Radio 4 series How To Disagree, try to Join evolutionary biologists Adam convince you that disagreement is good. Rutherford and Nathan H. Lents to We just need better ways to argue, assisted explore our species’ wonderful quirks by psychologists, philosophers and and glitches. scientists. 48 *Plus booking fee: charged at £2 per order. 49 SUNDAY 9 JUNE Box Office 01242 850270 cheltenhamfestivals.com SUNDAY 9 JUNE

11am–12pm SF28 Spectacular Science Show The Crucible £6 * Ages 6+ and the whole family

From exploding elephant’s toothpaste to rocketing fireballs and vortex- generating dustbins, join BBC presenter Mark Thompson in this scientific spectacular. Get ready to ignite your 10–10.45am SF20 inner scientist and be left bubbling and bursting with questions of your own. 11.15am–12pm SF21 12.30–1.15pm SF22 10–11am SF24 11.45am–12.45pm SF25 1.45–2.30pm SF23 12.30–1.30pm 1.30–2.30pm SF26 SF30 10–11am SF18 Workshop 3.15–4.15pm SF27 11.15am–12.15pm SF29 Incredible The Sound Of Fossil Detectives Workshop Heavy Metal Insects Or Science Apollo Mr Shaha’s Marine Biology Beastly Bugs? £12 * Ages 7+ and the whole family Town Hall, Main Stage Recipes For The Cube Helix Theatre £6 * Ages 6+ and all the family Go on an exciting hunt for clues to piece Wonder £8 * Ages 8+ £6 * Ages 6+ together a million-year-old mystery Roll up, roll up and join the Sound of with zoologist, presenter and author Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Tom ‘The Blowfish’ Hird is the world’s Back by popular demand, Stefan Gates Science gang for a live extravaganza of Jules Howard and his special high- Parabola Arts Centre, Dance only heavy metal marine biologist. Who and Adam Hart are flying the flag for fiery, colourful and explosive science power microscope. Join the search Studio would be better to bring you the most the arthropod world and celebrating demonstrations. From incredible 3D for incredible, prehistoric Madagascan incredible facts about the seas and £8 * Ages 7+ some of its unsung heroes and record visuals that leap from the screen to insects and spiders trapped in ancient their inhabitants? Delve into the deep breakers. From the high fliers to the busy electropop music from our house band, copal amber and use your detective Wonder, in both senses of the word, is ocean and explore the gruesome, gory, burrowers, these miniature creatures explore what the universe is made of, skills to learn about their prehistoric at the heart of science. In this hands-on amazing, outstanding and disgusting have some mighty moves. But who why you stick to the ground and how habitat. In the end, you can even take workshop, science teacher and author creatures of planet Earth. Bring your ear should be crowned the gold medallist you can eat light. some of your findings away with you! Alom Shaha demonstrates some of the plugs, it’s going to get loud! of the insect realm and how can their wondrous natural phenomena that you ‘super’ powers help us humans? can investigate in your own homes. Get stuck in with exciting activities, take 10–11am SF19 that step from ‘wow!’ to ‘how?’ and start thinking about the world like a scientist. Other family-friendly Science Is Magic events taking place across the Festival Ages 10+ Helix Theatre Fictional Elements page 21 * £6 Ages 7+ Moth-ematics page 22 Lots of science can seem like pure Bakineering In Space page 26 magic and lots of magic tricks can The Rise Of The Humans page 27 be explained with science. Marvel in Dude, Where’s My Spacecraft? page 37 these mysteries in this interactive show Helen Sharman: Out Of This World full of peculiar demos with science page 38 presenter Steve Mould. From making Maths Madness page 49 a glass beaker disappear in oil to brewing colour-changing potions and bending water with a balloon, discover incredible illusions and the simple science that makes them possible. Age recommendations are an approximate guide to help you choose your events. Everyone is always welcome to all of the listed events, but some parts will be more suited to the ages we’ve suggested.

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