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Science Festival what's on

Cheltenham Science Festival 2008
Event Date Time Event  
S1 Wednesday 4 June 10.15-11.15am From blueprint to building  
S2 12-1pm The secret world of abuse
S4 2.15-3.15pm 100 years of British aviation
S5 4-5pm The kingdom of infinite space
S6 4.15-5.30pm 99.9% Human
S7 4.30-5.30pm The power of fusion
S8 5-6pm Science café: Toxic truth
S9 6-7pm The God particle: Is science the new religion?
S10 6.30-7.30pm Quantum dots
S11 6.30-7.30pm NHS funding: Nice or nasty?
S12 8.30-9.30pm My hero: Dawkins on Darwin
S13 8.30-9.30pm Free will
S14 9-10.30pm Shaken or stirred?
S15 7-8pm Photography
S16 9-10pm Sperm warfare
S17 Thursday 5 June 10.30-11.30am Computer whizz: The best is yet to come
S18 12-1pm Robotic world
S3 12.30-2pm BBC Radio 4: The Moral Maze
S19 2-3pm The caffeine kick
S20 2.30-3.30pm Epigenetics: Ghosts in your genes
S21 4-5pm Clocking on
S22 4.15-5.15pm Sustainable world: John Beddington
S23 4.30-5.30pm Future cars
S24 5-6pm Science café: Best of the Fest, L'Oréal ladies' day
S25 6-7pm Astrobiology
S26 6.30-7.30pm Beautiful beings
S27 6.30-7.30pm Food for thought
S28 8-9pm Arabic science
S29 8.30-9.30pm Time Team
S30 8.45-9.45pm How the zebra got its stripes
S31 7-8pm Destination: Space
S32 9-10pm Tight corsets whilst reading French novels: The vibrator
S33 Friday 6 June 10-11am States of mind: Hypnosis
S34 12-1pm States of mind: Sleeping and dreaming
S35 2-3pm Sustainable world: Sustainable China
S36 2.30-3.30pm States of mind: Unconsciousness
S37 4-5.15pm States of mind: Consciousness
S38 4-5pm The Prince and the rainforests
S39 4.30-5.30pm Advances in medical technology
S40 5-6pm Science café
S41 6.15-7.15pm Mind reader
S42 6.30-7.30pm The right to die
S43 7-8pm Sustainable world, Jonathon Porritt: Too many people?
S44 8.45pm-late Slam the atom!
S45 9-10pm Ben Goldacre: Bad science
S46 7-8pm Visualise: The beauty of science
S47 9-10pm Not rocket science
SF1 Saturday 7 June 10-11am Surfing the solar system family event
SF2 10.30-11.30am Animal adventure
SF10 10-11am Experitent Workshop: Create a brain
SF11 11.15am-12.15pm Experitent Workshop: Create a brain
S48 10-11am What becomes of the broken hearted?  
S49 12-1pm Stories from stats
SF3 12-1pm On your marks... Get Set... Gold! family event
SF4 12.30-1.30pm Light fantastic
SF5 2-3pm Science with the Mr. Men
S50 1.15-2.15pm Experitent Workshop: So you want to be a brain surgeon?  
S51 2.45-3.45pm Experitent Workshop: So you want to be a brain surgeon?
S52 2-3pm In the shadow of the moon
S53 2.30-3.30pm Psycho-Geography
S54 4-5pm Sustainable world, David King: The hot topic
S55 4-5pm Learning from other planets
S56 4.30-5.30pm Image of a troubled mind
S57 4.45-5.45pm Science café: Best of the Fest
S58 6-7pm Martin Rees: Our Earth, the big bang and beyond
S59 6-7pm Earth: The power of the planet
S60 6.30-7.30pm Strange Fruit: The journey of the human race
S61 8.30-9.30pm Good vibrations
S62 8.45-10pm Mark Watson: Crap at the environment
S63 9-10.30pm Ig Nobel Cabaret
S64 6.45-8.15pm Famelab International
S65 9-10pm Love and other viruses
SF12 Sunday 8 June 10-11am Dinosaurs of the sky family event
SF13 10-11am Jack and Jill: Why so ill?
SF14 10-11am Living in the stone age
S66 10.15-11.15am Mental capital and wellbeing: Your well-tuned brain  
S67 12-1pm Mental capital and wellbeing: Dyslexia
SF15 12-1pm Richard Hammond: Car science family event
SF16 12.30-1.30pm Ready, steady, science
SF17 2-3pm Life, the Universe and everything
SF18 12.15-1.15pm Experitent workshop: Whodunit?
SF19 2-3pm Experitent workshop: Whodunit?
SF20 3.45-4.45pm Experitent workshop: Whodunit?
S68 2-3pm Mental capital and wellbeing: Dyscalculia  
S69 2.15-3.15pm Climate engineering
S70 3.30-4.30pm Science café: How was it for you?
S71 4-5pm Steven Pinker & A C Grayling
S72 4-5pm Living with nuclear
S73 4.15-5.15pm The normality of crime
S74 5.45-6.45pm What makes a brilliant mind?
S75 6-7pm Engineering the gold
S76 7-8pm Call my scientific bluff
S77 8.15-9.15pm Science knight
S78 5.45-6.45pm Serendipitous science

Music Festival what's on

Cheltenham Music Festival 2008
Event Date Time Event Venue
M1 Fri 4 July 7.30pm BBC Philharmonic 1 Town Hall
M2 Sat 5 July 12noon Trio Medieval All Saints Church
M3 3pm Rolf Lisevand Ensemble Pittville Pump Room
M4 5pm Film: The Full Monteverdi Pittville Campus, University of Glos
M5 6.15pm Explore: Meurig Bowen and Christopher Cook Town Hall Drawing Room
M6 7pm BBC Philharmonic 2 Town Hall
M7 Sun 6 July 9.30am Cereal Samba Town Hall
M8 11am The Dowland Project Pittville Pump Room
M9 3pm A Shropshire Lad and Songs of Travel Pittville Pump Room
M10 6pm Explore: Meurig Bowen on Grainger Town Hall Drawing Room
M11 7pm Carmina Burana Town Hall
M12 Mon 7 July 11am Ingrid Fliter Pittville Pump Room
M13 3pm Estonian Television Girls Choir Pittville Pump Room
M14 7.30pm From Spem to Et Exspecto Tewkesbury Abbey
M15 Tue 8 July 11am Gringolts and Madzar Pittville Pump Room
M16 4.30pm Wells A Cappella All Saints Church
M17 7.30pm On Wenlock Edge / Schubert Ensemble / Gilchrist Pittville Pump Room
M18 Wed 9 July 11.00am Elias String Quartet Pittville Pump Room
M19 3pm Barbirolli String Quartet St Peter's Church, Winchombe
M20 6pm The Maxness of King George / Discovering Music Pittville Pump Room
M21 6.30pm Time to Sing Town Hall
M22 7pm Cabaret Dinner / Fascinating Aida Pittville Bistro
M23 9pm Fascinating Aida Pittville Pump Room
M24 Thur 10 July 11am Marc-André Hamelin Pittville Pump Room
M25 3pm Thomas Carroll St Swithin's Church, Quenington
M26 7pm Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir 1 Tewkesbury Abbey
M27 9.30pm SPNM's Folk From Here / Tickell / Bhamra Pittville Pump Room
M28 Fri 11 July 11am Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir 2 Pittville Pump Room
M29 3pm Lulu Yang Pittville Pump Room
M30 7.30pm Philharmonia Orchestra / Hickox Tewkesbury Abbey
M31 8pm Kathryn Tickell Band Town Hall
M32 Sat 12 July 11am Craig Ogden Pittville Pump Room
M33 2pm Film: O Thou Transcendent Pittville Campus, University of Glos
M34 3pm Mackwoods Fine Tea and Opera Pittville Bistro
M35 7.30pm Strings Fantasia / Manchester Camerata Town Hall
M36 6.30pm Trabuco dinner Pittville Bistro
M37 8pm Virtuoso Venezuela / Trabuco Pittville Pump Room
M38 Sun 13 July 10am Maxwell Davies and Hellawell in conversation Pittville Bistro
M39 11am Primrose Piano Quartet Pittville Pump Room
M40 2pm Film: Akenfield Pittville Campus, University of Glos
M41 4.30pm Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra Pittville Pump Room
M42 7.30pm Sarah Connolly / La Serenissima Town Hall
M43 Mon 14 July 11am Ishizaka and Wosner Pittville Pump Room
M44 4.30pm Calefax Pittville Pump Room
M45 6.30pm Explore: Michael Tavinor on RVW Town Hall Drawing Room
M46 7.30pm Cheltenham Bach Choir Town Hall
M47 Tue 15 July 11am Samhadi Ensemble Pittville Pump Room
M48 2.30pm Schools Concert 1: Young and Live Pittville Pump Room
M50 3pm Films: The Noble Savage and Bert, A Personal Memoir Pittville Campus, University of Glos
M49 4pm Schools Concert 2: Young and Live Pittville Pump Room
M52 6.30pm Tango dinner cabaret Pittville Bistro / Pump Room
M51 7.30pm The Band of HM Royal Marines Town Hall
M53 Wed 16 July 11am Pavel Haas Quartet / Ishizaka Pittville Pump Room
M54 3pm Alasdair Macaskill St Andrew's Church, Montpellier
M55 7.30pm Dante Quartet Pittville Pump Room
M56 Thur 17 July 11am Festival Academy 1 Pittville Pump Room
M57 3pm Rosy Hall St Andrew's Church, Chedworth
M58 7.30pm Die Schöne Müllerin / Clayton / Lewis Pittville Pump Room
M59 Fri 18 July 11am Festival Academy 2 Pittville Pump Room
M60 3pm Amy Dickson St Mary's Church, Painswick
M61 6.00pm Surround sound: Bells in Motion Town Hall, Pillar Room
M62 7.30pm Schwanengesang / Boesch / Vignoles Pittville Pump Room
M63 10pm Festival Academy 3: Quartet for the End of Time Pittville Pump Room
M64 Sat 19 July 10am Schubert's Painters Pittville Bistro
M65 11am Winterreise / Padmore / Lewis Pittville Pump Room
M66 1pm Workshop: London Bulgarian Choir Town Hall
M67 2pm Films: Cymbalom Legacy and The Miraculous Circumstance Pittville Campus, University of Glos
M68 6.15pm Peter Dickinson on Lord Berners Pittville Pump Room
M69 6.30pm Hungarian Dances, Jessica Duchen in conversation Town Hall, Drawing Room
M70 7.30pm Festival Academy 4 Pittville Pump Room
M71 8.00pm Taraf de Haidouks Town Hall