History and Science at Dulwich Festival

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#Leading scientists Dr Adam Rutherford & Dr Kevin Fong in-conversation at The Old Library in Dulwich College Friday 9th May

Are you a fan of ?The Life Scientific? on Radio 4? Do you love TV science documentaries? Do you ever wonder what it's all about?

On Friday 9th May you can hear Radio 4 presenter and leading scientist Dr Adam Rutherford in-conversation with Dr Kevin Fong to talk all things science. On Radio 4 Adam has presented programmes on diverse subjects from, "science goes to Hollywood" to the roots of the MMR scandal. Dr Kevin Fong is co-director of the Centre for Altitude, Space and Extreme Environment Medicine and an honorary senior lecturer in physiology at University College London

Listen to Dr Adam Rutherford Science journalist, author and Nature editor on his Radio 4 weekly programme In Science: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/inscience

Listen to Kevin as he talks about bringing the sun to earth: http://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2014/jan/21/science-weekly-podcast-sun

This event will be held at The Old Library in Dulwich College (Dulwich Common, SE21 7LD) on Friday 9th May 7.30pm. This event is ideal for all the family and tickets are available from: http://www.dulwichfestival.co.uk/event/life-death-and-limits-human-body-adam-rutherford-kevin-fong

#The Great Escape: Hear Edward Stourton & Simon Pearson discuss great escapes during the Second World War at The Charter School on Tuesday 13th May 7.30pm

Radio 4 presenter Edward Stourton and local author Simon Pearson will be in-conversation talking about great escapes during the Second World War.

Edward Stourton gives a vivid account of a semi-forgotten aspect of the Second World War, when refugees used the escape routes over the Pyrenees, out of Nazi occupied Europe. Today their bravery and endurance is commemorated each July by a trek along the Chemin de la Libert? ? the toughest and most dangerous of wartime routes. From his fellow pilgrims Edward Stourton uncovers stories of midnight scrambles across rooftops and drops from speeding trains; burning Lancasters, doomed love affairs, horrific murder and astonishing heroism.

#Simon Pearson tells the story of Roger Bushell, The Great Escape hero on which the movie was based. Roger Bushell was 'Big X', mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, immortalised in the Hollywood film The Great Escape.

This event will take place at The Charter School (Red Post Hill, SE24 9JH) on Tuesday 13th May at 7.30pm when Edward and Simon will talk about great escapes. This event is ideal for all the family, tickets are available from: http://www.dulwichfestival.co.uk/event/great-escapes-edward-stourton-conversation-simon-pearson

?Zeppelin Nights - London in the First World War? at The Old Library in Dulwich College Thursday 15th May

11pm on Tuesday 4 August 1914: For the next four years Londoners would be at the eye of an ever-enlarging storm. As war raged across the globe, they were almost without exception caught up body and soul in its thrall. Professor Jerry White, who will lead us through this intense period of history, teaches London history at Birkbeck, University of London. His lauded trilogy on London from the eighteenth to the twentieth century is an unparalleled narrative of the capital. Winner of the Wolfson History Prize, Jerry White is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

This event will be held at The Old Library in Dulwich College (Dulwich Common, SE21 7LD) on Thursday 15th May 7.30pm. This event is ideal for all the family and tickets are available from: http://www.dulwichfestival.co.uk/event/zeppelin-nights-london-ww1-jerry-white

For full Dulwich Festival listings visit: http://www.dulwichfestival.co.uk