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2020 Festival Programme and Magazine ISSN: 2046-6781 MAGAZINE OXFORDSHIRE’S FINEST IF OXFORD CALENDAR FROM PIONEERING PERFORMANCES TO HANDS-ON EXPERIMENTS OXFORDSHIRE’S FINEST OXFORDSHIRE’S BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE LABORATORY THE JENNER INSTITUTE & UKAEA THE ART OF ORIGAMI LIVE IN THE MOMENT THE OXFORD ARTISAN DISTILLERY THE BOTANICAL WONDERS OF GIN Science The Edition SEPTEMBER 2020 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH £2.99 Where sold IF OXFORD, THE SCIENCE AND IDEAS FESTIVAL 09 9 772046 678000 10 OX Magazine partners with IF Oxford, The science and ideas Festival, taking place throughout October Welcome to IF Oxford 2020 from the Festival Director e present the 29th annual Festival from Oxford that offers a range of science and 16 ideas to everyone. The Festival is a proudly independent charity that has brought together aW diverse programme of activities created by an enormous range of people. This year’s IF Oxford was conceived at a time when we emerged from our homes to cheer those who cared for the vulnerable and kept the country going. This Festival is for them, it is for people who have experienced real anxiety and social isolation for the first time, it is for people who have always felt excluded, and it is for people prepared to try something new and see the world from different perspectives. There was a moment when we thought IF wouldn’t happen, but we were certain of the abundant creativity around Oxford, 15 and the unbounded curiosity of people across the UK, and the world. 2020 has been a challenging year of unexpected firsts, 31 from family events by video, learning to cook, or developing skills while home alone. We’re still here! Our digital-led programme doesn’t mean it’s not physical and social too – there are quizzes, shared food- and drink-tasting sessions, community dance activities and a city- wide art project making a computer-coded Oxford LED light show. There’s theatre and film, music and storytelling, as well as live events and on-demand content for you to try for free. For those who want to get hands-on, we’ve pulled out all the stops and invested in the most ambitious Explorazone Digital the UK (or possibly even the world) has ever seen, with dozens of virtual activity stations for families, teenagers and adults alike. Hundreds of researchers will guide you through some 22 awesome experiments from 8am on Saturday 17 October, and while most activities can be done with items often found at 34 home, we’ve partnered with Curiosity Box to make sure you’ll have everything you need. The annual Poetry of Science competition was an enjoyable challenge, whittling down 600 entries into a shortlist of 11 for you to choose your favourite. You can expect our classic mix of quirky and informed talks and discussions too, so get ready to fire up Zoom! We’ve worked with several groups to create self- led activities for you to try across the city, or wherever you are in the world, just please be careful. Everyone involved in creating IF Oxford contributes because they have something to say, from the food delivery driver merging music with quantum mechanics and the disabled young people creating mesmerising visual art, to researchers developing COVID-19 vaccines or future energy sources. All 69 we ask is that you join us, try something new and make your voice heard. If only we could get together and have a big party? It’s here: #IFOx2020 Dane Comerford if-oxford.com 4 | XXXXXXX Contributors Contents September 2020 REGULARS 71 What’s On IF OXFORD 6 Behind the Scenes of the Laboratory 10 Dr Lizzie Burns: “The Whole Body is Practically Biological Origami” 13 The Science of Sparkle SAM BENNETT ELOISE LONSDALE AMANDA HANLEY ZAYNA RATTY JAMES GILLIES 16 is a seasoned theatre expert, is currently studying politics, is an authority on interior design. is a hypno-psychotherapist by has many years of experience in Rawz: “I’ll Tell You Because We’re Talking” below average cricket player, and philosophy and English at the She has worked with an enviable day and Chair of Oxford Pride and managing and creating wildlife 20 In Conversation with Stephen McGann editor of OX. Open University. She’s also a list of associates including OxFriend by night. habitats. In 2018 he launched 23 Futures of Recognition, with Kalypso Nicolaïdis He once played Friar Tuck in professional pedestrian who Harrods. She lives in She writes on issues relating his hugely successful meadow Robin Hood. knows the first ‘Shrek’ film the Cotswolds. to mental health, PoC and the project, which created a 26 Are Humans Responsible for Natural Disasters? script by heart. LGBTQIA+ community. patchwork of habitats across the UK. 29 Oxfordshire’s Greatest Grinders: The Science of Chocolate and Coffee 34 The Oxford Artisan Distillery 38 The Parallels Between Poetry and Science 41 Review: Food and Climate Change without the hot air 42 Events Calendar 59 IF Oxford Thanks… 60-63 Activity Pages 64 Explorazone Digital DANE COMERFORD CATHY ROSE ESTHER LAFFERTY MANDA TUDGE MARIA O’MEARA is the Director of IF Oxford, and is Manager of IF Oxford, the is the anchor of the hugely loves being outdoors rather than is an empowerment and personal FEATURES takes a break from planning the science and ideas Festival and successful Oxfordshire Artweeks indoors and spends her time being performance coach and master 75 Preview: Temple of Science science and ideas Festival by when not programming science festival and a keen triathlete. a mum and teaching secondary neuro-linguistic programming digging and harvesting on his events, she can be found in the science in Oxford where she lives practitioner. Her business was 80 Shaping the Future: Science and Technology in Film allotment or keeping up with Chilterns countryside, communing with her husband, two teenage born out of an absolute passion for 132 The Value of Drone Technology rowing on or off the water. with wildlife. daughters and two dogs. continuous self-development. FASHION & BEAUTY 87 About A Look: Time for a Reset 91 Currently Craving: An Extra Layer 93 Different Ways to Wear: Wide Leg Trousers 95 Finishing Touches: Follow the Science 96 Blitz Those Zits 98 Tabula Rasa SOPHIE ELKAN LEWIS ETHERIDGE RENÉE WATSON CHRIS HALL 100 September Sorted has a deep abiding love for took a step back from engineering runs her own Oxford-based has been a personal trainer since 103 Fashion & Beauty Giveaway fashion, feminism and all things to travel and teach yoga. He now science consultancy WATS.ON, 2007 and is founder and executive fabulous. She combines writing, runs Root Steady Yoga, sharing his where she boasts the delicious personal trainer of Hall Personal HOMES & GARDENS PR and motherhood so spends an experience in private and group title of ‘Head of Explosions’. Training in North Oxford. He loves COVER IMAGE 104 What Does it Take to Create a Truly Stunning Rose? inordinate amount of time calling classes. coffee, burgers and reading. “The Whole Body is Practically people darling. Biological Origami” (p.10) 107 Tips on How to Make Your Garden Hedgehog Friendly 111 “The answer,” they say, “lies in the soil” OX Magazine is published by Fyne Associates Ltd 113 Create Your Own Home-Made Garden Compost 01235 856300 127 is now a good time to move home? Editorial enquiries: 129 Blue is Definitely Having a Moment [email protected] Advertising enquiries: COLUMNS [email protected] 37 The Big Bang | Renée Watson National sales enquiries: 79 Oxford Unfiltered | Philip Baldwin JAMES PIKE KEVIN HAGGARTHY PHILIP BALDWIN MICHELLE HEATHER Dan McCloskey, TMSH is a full-time graphic designer, has 25 years experience as a is a human rights activist, with a is a qualified garden designer and 07896 673328 99 This Month I’m Inspired By… | Sophie Elkan proud father of three boys and leading motoring journalist and focus on LGBT issues and sexual passionate gardener. She loves [email protected] 115 Carbon Chronicles | Manda Tudge insufferable film nerd. That broadcaster. He has made several health. He writes for a number of exploring gardens and searching nerdiness is now unleashed TV appearances and is an ex publications, including ‘HuffPost’ out new plants. in these pages for your and ‘Gay Times’. driving consultant for Porsche. REGIONAL immeasurable pleasure. EDITORIAL oxmag.co.uk CONTENT TEAM OF THE YEAR OX MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2020 6 | XXXXXXX OXFORD SCIENCE + IDEAS FESTIVAL | 7 The past: delve into the past with a trip back in time to hear more about Jenner and take a fascinating diversion into Typhoidland with games, animation and activities as Lewis Carroll’s Alice discovers the murky underside of the ‘swampy’ city of Oxford. Typhoid, a killer of paupers, princes, and presidents, influenced the design of the water and sewage systems under our feet. The riddle of mysterious typhoid outbreaks in the Victorian era, solved by doctors and engineers, has implications for the ongoing worldwide fight against typhoid. The present: take a 360° interactive stroll through the corridors of Jenner Institute’s state- of-the-art labs, ‘walking’ through their space from the safety of your sofa. Choose from video footage and information boards as scientists and researches explain how people’s blood Scientists from the Jenner Institute and the samples are taken, processed and analysed, and Oxford Vaccine Group started work designing a how this helps us understand the complexity of vaccine for COVID-19 on Saturday 10 January the human immune system and how different shortly after the SARS-CoV-2 was first detected vaccines work. The Institute’s candidate in China, and before the world was in the grip coronavirus vaccine is currently being trialled of the current pandemic.
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