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Live Forever? A Curious Scientist’s Guide to Wellness, Ageing, and Death

Join us for a remarkable exploration of how our bodies keep us alive – and what simple changes might allow us to live longer.

Biomedical researcher Professor John Tregoning is joining us from Imperial College London to tell the unlikely story of how, against all odds, we manage to stay alive. Despite a multitude of ways our bodies can kill us – from inherited genetic conditions, through heart attacks, autoimmune diseases, the delicate workings of the brain, to over 17,000 known diseases affecting humans, and countless toxins in our environment – we are persisting. But how? We’ll...

Event Date

Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm

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Folk Rock Supergroup

Folk/Rock Supergroup "The Magpie Arc"

Event Date: 
22/04/2025 - 7:30pm to 10:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

The Magpie Arc is a cross-border band out of Sheffield, Arran and Edinburgh and features the multi-award-winning talents of Nancy Kerr, Findlay Napier, Tom Wright, Alex Hunter and UK folk legend Martin Simpson (on the electric guitar…..Judas!).

Formed from the idea of bringing together a group of established folk musicians who would mix their song-writing styles and musicianship in a full-on electric band to create exciting new music and update the classic 60’s and 70’s British folk/rock sound, the possibilities of The Magpie Arc being something special and unique on today’s folk...

Years of Living Dangerously

Event Date: 
24/04/2025 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

The chief foreign correspondent of The Sunday Times and bestselling author of ‘I am Malala’ and ‘The Girl From Aleppo’ visits the South West.

Christina Lamb’s work is defined by determination and curiosity to vividly convey life in areas of danger and conflict. How else would the rest of us know about the injustice, the violence, but also the hope that can be found in those dark places?

What is the point of bearing witness to the atrocities of war? What difference can journalism make? As one of Britain’s leading foreign correspondents, Christina Lamb has never wavered from...

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