Recent Meetups
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June 12 · 7:30 PM
Greenbelts and SkyscrapersIn the next of our short series of on cities we go further back into the twentieth century to look at texts from two very different approaches to planning. The Garden... Learn more -
May 8 · 7:30 PM
Finding a space in the cityOur reading group takes a turn this spring towards urban studies - How can we and do we live in cities? For the initial session our approach will be a bit different from... Learn more -
April 16 · 7:30 PM
What is the cost of a free ride?NOTE - THIS MONTH'S DIFFERENT CLASS IS ON A TUESDAY I am currently locked in a long war of bureaucratic attrition with a well-known university. I am regularly asked to... Learn more -
March 13 · 7:30 PM
What is taste and why do we have it?I was once told that eating baguette on the way home from Sainsburys was acceptable because "the French do it". The British middle classes have been known in turns to... Learn more -
February 13 · 7:30 PM
What makes a good life and how is it to be lived with others?Each of our last three texts (by Smith, Durkheim and Polanyi) has had at its core a philosophical perspective on the human condition articulated primarily through an... Learn more
