Middle age is often viewed negatively – a time of gradual, uncontrolled decline. But according to Dr David Bainbridge, who will be speaking at the University of Cambridge’s Festival of Ideas, science suggests that it’s a crucially important period of our lives.
Dreams and Nightmares permeate the 2012 Festival of Ideas, running from the 24th October to the 4th November. This year’s programme will encourage debate and discussion in areas ranging from politics, to arts, to the sciences.
Is gender difference a result of nature or nurture? Is neuroscience research being manipulated to support gender stereotypes? A debate at the Festival of Ideas will explore the issue later this month.
Veteran BBC journalist Kate Adie will be in conversation at the Festival of Ideas later this month.
The Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2012 has over 170 events, most of them free, which celebrate what the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences have to offer.
A University of Cambridge graduate who taught himself graphic design has won this year's Face of the Festival competition to design the Festival of Ideas programme cover.
From the nightmare of global conflict and online Big Brothers to dreams of spiritual transcendence, this year's Cambridge Festival of Ideas will keep you wide awake, entertained and stimulated this autumn.
Artists who can visualise mankind’s dreams and nightmares could see their work showcased by the University of Cambridge.
As the centennial anniversary of the first arctic expeditions to the South Pole is celebrated, the Scott Polar Research Institute paid tribute to the dogs that made the explorations possible as part of Cambridge University’s Festival of Ideas on Wednesday.
The University of Cambridge’s Festival of Ideas bows out this weekend with a host of family friendly and thought-provoking events.
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