Science Archives

“Pretty much every scientist I know that has anything interesting to say and is prepared to say it will be at Cheltenham” – Professor Brian Cox, OBE

See what our guest speakers have to say about Cheltenham:

Brian Cox

Heston Blumenthal

Jim Al-Khalili

Our special anniversary theme: X

2011 marks ten years of The Times Cheltenham Science Festival, and so we’ve chosen X as our special festival theme. What does the letter X conjure up for you? X-rays, X-Men, algebra, Roman numerals, X-rated? For siX days in June, join us to celebrate and eXplore all things X-related!

Q&A with Science Festival Directors Mark Lythgoe and Kathy Sykes

People should come to the Cheltenham Science Festival because…

“you’ll walk out of the Festival and look at yourself and the world around you differently. It’s a rare thing that can make you do that, but a lot of our events do”.

Visitors to the Festival are often surprised by…

“the fact that it’s like Glastonbury meets The Royal Society! They can’t believe the fun and variety, or the blend between comedy, the arts, food, the absurd, the serious and the personal, not tot mention sitting next to celebrities in events.”

Read more Q&A in our Directors’ Picks…

We’ll be revealing more of the programme nearer to the Festival. Check out [link to /directorspicks] what else our guest speakers love about the Festival with Directors’ Picks

See what 2010 was like…

Science Festival wins Gold Award At the first ever Cotswold Tourism Awards

The Times Cheltenham Science Festival has been awarded Gold at the first ever Cotswold Tourism Awards.

The Festival faced stiff competition to be crowned as the winner of the Large Event of the Year category… read more