THE WAPPING PROJECT & THE ICARUS PROJECT, EAST LONDON

Saturday 20 August 2013

Accompanied by Pimms, the smell of magnolias, a cushion in the garden, and assured sunshine, talk ranges across a thousand ideas:

Tickets for each afternoon (including a glass of Pimms) £12.00.

14.00-15.00

BABY TALK: HOW MONARCHY INFANTILISES US ALL

Joan Smith is a columnist, novelist, human rights activist – and a Classicist

15.30-16.30

BROOKLYNBRIDGE: THE GREAT EAST RIVER BRIDGE AND WAGNER’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE MAN WHO BUILT IT.

Erica Wagner is an author and is the Literary Editor of The Times

17.00-18.00

ETERNITY IS OVERRATED: THE USES OF TIME IN ARCHITECTURE

Rowan Moore is architecture critic of the Observer and author of Why We Build:
power and desire in architecture