#howtoreadatree

At 5x15 event #EarthDay
Industrial farming of sentient beings is the biggest abuse of animals on the planet
It is horrifically cruel to #animals , bad for #health , pollutes rivers, harms #environment & #climate
We cannot go on devastating other species & our world
Compassion in World Farming

Here's Tristan Gooley 🌳 Tristan Gooley telling us how to read the countryside around us.

'Looking for these signs is part of what it means to be human - none of us would exist if our ancestors hadn't been incredibly adept at that one thing.'

Last but not least, we’re delighted to be welcoming beloved Natural Navigator Tristan Gooley back to 5x15. Tristan’s latest bestseller is the fascinating HOW TO READ A TREE, out now from Hodder & Stoughton.
Tristan Gooley 🌳

'The first time I saw David Bowie he was walking down Beckenham High Street wearing a dress...'

@suzironson, author of MR JONES AND ME

If you ever wanted to know what it was like touring with David Bowie, then Suzi Ronson has written the book for you!

ME AND MR JONES recalls her career as Ziggy Stardust’s dresser, charting the highs and lows of rock’n’roll life as one of the only women in the room. Suzi Ronson

Here's Andrew O'Hagan talking about Charles Dickens, writing fiction, and 'marrying up observed reality with the work of imagination'.

Next up is Agnes-Arnold Forster, author of NOSTALGIA: The History of a Dangerous Emotion.

When it was first identified in 17th-C Switzerland, it was thought that nostalgia could be fatal, and it’s an emotion that always reflects the anxieties of the age.
Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster

We’re honoured to be welcoming Andrew O’Hagan to 5x15 tonight! Andrew’s highly acclaimed CALEDONIAN ROAD is a brilliant state-of-the-nation novel, and the story of one man's epic fall from grace. Faber Books

'Addictively enjoyable’ - Guardian
'Pitch-perfect' - Observer

Nostalgia has always had a bad rep, according to Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster - in fact, it was the leading cause of non-combat death during the American Civil War.

Today, it's been blamed for the rise of several populist movements, but according to psychologists, nostalgia can be actively

Our food system is broken, and we may have only 60 harvests left.

One solution, as Philip Lymbery explains, is cultivated meat. 'One small step for humanity, one giant leap for life on earth.'

It’s Earth Day today, and we couldn’t be more delighted to kick off April's 5x15 with Philip Lymbery, Global Chief Executive of Compassion in World Farming International.

Philip’s fascinating new book is all about cultivated meat and its potential to solve our planetary crisis.

Tune in at 7pm to hear our Global CEO speak about his latest book on cultivated meat at this exciting 5x15 event. Not to be missed!

Nostalgia, Reading trees, Cultivated meat & London society - tune in for superb line-up at 5x15 tonight at 7pm
Delighted to be speaking this #EarthDay2024 on how cultivated meat gives hope for #animals #foodsecurity #environment
Pls do join us
#EarthDayEveryDay
Compassion in World Farming

HAPPY #EarthDay2024 ! Excited to be at 5x15 Art and Nature in a just TWO weeks… alongside a stellar list of speakers 🌱✨🌍 at Kew Gardens

Experience a special evening at Kew! 🦋

Join Sir Ben Okri OBE, Marc Quinn, Cornelia Parker CBE RA, Chris Thorogood, Lucia Pietroiusti & Love Ssega as they look at the relationship between art, culture, and the environment 🖼🌻

More tickets coming soon 👇
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Delighted to speak 5x15 22 April #EarthDay on Cultivated Meat (real meat without slaughter) & discuss how it could be a game-changer in reducing animal suffering, help solve #climatechange , #biodiversity loss & rise of ill-health
Pls join us
Compassion in World Farming
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I’m really looking forward to speaking as part of 5x15 on the 22nd April! I’ll be sharing some treats from my Picador Books debut NOSTALGIA. Please joint! Ticket 🎟️ here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/5x15-5-speak…

Our last speaker is Henry Dimbleby, who we’re delighted to be welcoming back to 5x15. His Sunday Times bestselling RAVENOUS is out now in paperback.

The food system is one of the most successful, most innovative and most destructive industries on earth. What can be done about