60 Minutes with Akram Khan
Growing up in a household filled with the music of Tom Jones, Michael Jackson and classic Bollywood tunes led Akram Khan to explore how the body can be moved to express the various states of emotions. In a night of casual conversation with our guest host Wenlan Peng, he shared anecdotes of growing up dancing […]
60 Minutes with Roger Law
A night of hilarious anecdotes and cultural insights were had by the audience at Roger Law’s talk. He shared with us the inspiration behind the hugely successful show Spitting Image – the biggest motivation being to make money as both he and co-founder Paul were struggling artists at the time – as well as how […]
60 Minutes with Sir Nicholas Bacon
Ever wondered how the other half lives? Sir Nicholas Bacon gave us a raw and honest look at the life of England’s aristocracy with anecdotes of how he was raised ultimately by the chauffeur, butler and game keeper to his time at Eton and the career he was pre-subscribed to him (law) but one that […]
60 Minutes with Professor Rana Mitter
How do you choose 20 highly influential characters from a 2,000-year history? That’s the daunting and empowering job that Professor Rana Mitter undertook when asked to produce a series for BBC Radio on the most influential Chinese characters. In his talk as part of the 60 minutes with series Professor Rana Mitter shared his thoughts on how he selected the […]
Lord Ashdown
The evening spent with Lord Ashdown was inspiring and filled with humorous anecdotes. He discussed his experiences of learning multiple languages – including translater level Mandarin Chinese. By our reckoning, he is the UK’s highest profile non-Chinese Chinese speaker. We learned more about his early life, his motivation for entering politics and his passion for […]