February 23rd - March 2nd 2008

Saturday 23rd February

  • Bright Sparks - Hove Park Upper School, Nevill Rd, Brighton, BN3 7BN
    10am – 6pm - £6.00 adults, £4.00 concs. under-7s free
    For 7-12 year olds, we have teams of science enthusiasts running workshops, giving talks and doing fantastic demonstrations.
    Serious fun for 7-12 year olds

  • Blade Runner - The Final Cut: Duke of Yorks Playhouse– 11:30pm.

Sunday 24th February

  • White Heat - For 10-14 year olds - Hove Park Upper School, Nevill Rd, Brighton, BN3 7BN
    10am – 6pm - £6.00 adults, £4.00 concs. under-7s free.
    Serious fun for 10 – 14 year-olds

Monday 25th February

  • Can Robots Love? – 7.00 & 8.30 Friends' Meeting House – free + donation.
    Robotics workshop and discussion.

  • Catalyst Club - 7. 30 Joogleberry Theatre - £6.00 (on door only).
    Cabaret science, with Jonathan Hare, Piers Bizony, Sarah Forbes Robertson

Tuesday 26th February

  • How to Make a Difference - Sponsored by Research Councils UK
    7.30 - Friends' Meeting House – free, with refreshments, but email to book a place (see ‘book tickets’).
    A practical guide to living a greener life.

  • Catalyst Club - 7. 30 Joogleberry Theatre - £6.00 (on door only).
    Cabaret science, with the Institute of Unnecessary Research

Wednesday 27th February

  • Sewer Tours -- 5.00pm & 6.30pm - £10 Adults, £5 Children.
    Advance booking essential.

  • Catalyst Club - 7. 30 Joogleberry Theatre - £6.00 (on door only).
    Cabaret science, with Jim Al-Khalili, Michael Brooks, 30-Second Theories

Thursday 28th February

  • Good Vibrations - 7.30pm – Sallis Benney Theatre - £7 /£5.
    On the physics of sound and music.

Friday 29th February

  • One Night of Love - 7.30pm – Sallis Benney Theatre - £8 / £6 .
    What really happens to our brains when we fall in love?.

Saturday 1st March

  • Big Science Saturday - Komedia - 10.30am – 6.00pm.
    All Day Ticket For all talks in all theatres plus arena events (not Quirkology) £15

  • Arena Events - talks and demos - All day Science for adults (16+) + Arena Talks, £7 / £5.

  • Main Theatre - £6 / £4 Star talks from Science’s top speakers.
    • 10.30: Multiplicity - Rita Carter on everyone’s multiple personalities.
    • 12.00: Fantastic Plastic - Professor Averil Macdonald; The tricks scientists can play with plastic.
    • 1.30: Making Up the Mind - Chris Frith; Free will is a figment of the imagination.
    • 3.00: Quirkology - Richard Wiseman on the quirky science of everyday life.
All Day Ticket For all talks in all theatres plus arena events (not Quirkology) £15

  • Brighton Salon Arena - 6.30pm – Bellerbys Language School - £5 / £3 .
    Short talks from national experts on Fusion power with lively debate afterwards
  • Green Architecture Day - Sallis Benney Theatre - 10.00am – 5.00pm.
    Brighton Permaculture Trust - A day of ideas and information for anyone concerned with buildings

Sunday 2nd March

  • Big Science Sunday - Sallis Benney Theatre - 12 noon – 7.00pm .
    All Day Ticket For all talks in all theatres plus arena events (not Catalyst Club) £15

  • Arena + Arena Theatre - An all day Science for adults (16+) + Arena Talks, £7 / £5

  • Main Theatre - £6 / £4 Star talks from Science’s top speakers.
    • 12.00: Confessions of an Eco Sinner - Fred Pearce on the carbon footprint he leaves in his efforts to reduce carbon footprints of others.
    • 1.30: Finding Moonshine - Marcus du Sautoy; the significance of symmetry in the way we see the world.
    • 3.00: Lewis Carroll in Numberland - Robin Wilson looks for the maths hidden in Alice in Wonderland.
    • 4.30: Panicology - Hugh Aldersley-Williams on the tricks the media use to scare us. £6 / £4.
    • 6.00: The Secret Life Of The Natural History Museum - Richard Fortey on tales of the Natural History Museum.
    All Day Ticket For all talks in all theatres plus arena events (not Catalyst Club) £15 .
  • Catalyst Club - 7.30pm - Joogleberry Theatre - £6.00 (on door only)
    With James Williams, Nicholas Harrigan,


2007 video, report, photos, poems & more

Watch the 2007 video on You Tube

Download the 2007 Festival report (full version, 17 meg. PDF)

Download the 2007 Festival report (short Word document, no graphs or pictures)

See the 2007 photos

Download the poems written for the 2007 Festival (short Word document)

Anniversaries we're looking forward to in 2008 (short Word document)

Did you go to the Wacky Words and Nifty Numbers event at our Family Days at Hove Park School? Did you play ArcShark, WordBird or ClassiCat? Would you like to download the software for free? The software is now available on the Riddles Project website: http://www.riddles.sussex.ac.uk


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