💡👀 He’s back by popular demand! If you missed Michael Morpurgo’s incredible performance of ‘War Horse: The concert’ last year, this is your chance to put that right. Don’t forget, tickets for this and all our other events go live on 3 May. #YorkIdeas

We’re so excited as the 2024 York Festival of Ideas brochure has arrived today!! 🎉Huge thanks to our sponsors whose generous support means we’ll be offering well over 150 inspiring events for FREE in June. Look out for the programme going live online on Friday! #YorkIdeas

💡👀 Look who’s coming to York! A warm welcome awaits BBC presenter Ashley John-Baptiste as he joins us to tell the story of the UK's care provision from the inside. We’re looking forward to hearing about his personal journey from early experiences in care to success. #YorkIdeas

💡👀 We’re thrilled to welcome back art historian and broadcaster Prof Janina Ramirez to this year’s festival. She’s promised we’ll see the medieval world with fresh eyes as she introduces the stories of some remarkable women struck out of historical records. #YorkIdeas

💡👀 In 2004, while filming in Saudi Arabia, BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner was ambushed by terrorists, shot multiple times and left for dead.

A bestselling author, he will discuss his life, career and latest book with Elly Fiorentini of BBC York St Peter's School, York. #YorkIdeas

💡👀 We can’t wait to welcome double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes to this year’s festival! At an event hosted in partnership with the French Embassy in the UK French Embassy UK🇫🇷🇪🇺, she’ll be part of an expert panel discussing elite sports ahead of the 2024 Olympics.

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💡👀 York Festival of Ideas 2024 SNEAK PEEK! 👀💡 Curious about who’s going to speak and perform at this year’s Festival? Keep an eye out across our socials over the next two weeks for exclusive sneak peeks of our 2024 programme, which goes live on 3 May! #YorkIdeas

Can you believe it's only 🌟 50 days 🌟 until York Festival of Ideas 2024?

With more than 200 FREE events to educate, entertain and inspire, look out for our programme going live on Friday 3 May!

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An interactive event looking at the effect Shakespeare has had on art, both past and present.

Shakespeare in words and pictures - 18 Apr

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Happy birthday #AnneLister - 233 today! 🎩

Find out more about Anne's life and loves with experts Laurie Shannon from the The Anne Lister Society and Sally Wainwright (@spiceyw), creator of TV's 'Gentleman Jack'. [Talk filmed in 2021]

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It's hard to believe, but it's already halfway until our 3MT application deadline! We've had some fantastic entries so far, and if you haven't submitted yours yet, we can't wait to read it!

University of York University of York Events York Festival of Ideas

Full details on how to apply below! 👇

Happy World Book Day 🎉 We’d love to see you dressed up as your favourite book character! Tag us in your posts for a chance to win ‘Mona Lisa and the Others’ by Alice Harman. This humorous walk through the Louvre in Paris is beautifully illustrated by Quentin Blake. #worldbookday

UoY PhD researchers! Think you can summarise your thesis in just 3 minutes?!

🎉Applications are open NOW for the University of York
3 Minute Thesis 2024 competition!🎉

Deadline 02 April 2024

For more information, Terms & Conditions and details on how to apply - bit.ly/york3mt

Good morning everyone! This is your Monday reminder to get your tickets for #YLF2024 booked - events begin this week 🎉 All the information you need can be found in this thread 👇🏻

With spring (hopefully) on the horizon, our final Winter Warmer is a celebration of the amazing flora of the British Isles with ecologist and BBC Countryfile presenter Mike Dilger. See you at York Festival of Ideas 2024 in June!

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Find out how the Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company is reconstructing the giant 90ft-long ship discovered under a mound at the royal burial ground of Sutton Hoo in 1939.

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How close are we to communicating with another species? Wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill investigates the pioneering world of animal communication, where big data and artificial intelligence are changing our relationship with animals forever.

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Award-winning broadcaster and cultural historian Christopher Frayling explores the history of one of the most enduring figures in the history of mass culture - the vampire.

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Join the #nightofideas , a night of thought-provoking and free debates, films, and workshops tackling the latest ideas of our time, from the climate crisis to post #Metoo politics.

9 Feb Institut français UK

nightofideas.co.uk

Oooh! York Literature Festival York Literature Festival 📚 is coming soon! One of our favourite Fests in York! 📚