January 2012
6 posts
2012 February 14th - Valentine's Day
We may have Guerrilla Theatre at the Roundhouse to attend - plans are being coordinated…
2012 February 7th - Lloyd Davis
“The” Lloyd Davis is well-known in London circles for creating, with his 200 best friends, the Tuttle Club which was pretty much the closest thing London has ever seen to Silicon Valley tech culture. But it’s only one of about fifty three fascinating facets of this mercurial master of mysteries. Lloyd will tell us stories. He may show us some pictures. There may even be some...
2012 January 31 - Curtis Faith (@inflector)
Curtis Faith is one of Those People. You know the type - up to something, globally scheming for a better world, knows a really interesting sideways truth about damn near anything, and has a connection to most scenes. He’s That Man. About a year ago he kicked off one of the most productive periods of my life by challenging me to write down The Plan to deal with The Situation, and my...
2012 January 24th - The Beauty of #TRUTHandBEAUTY
After all that truth, how about some beauty? Spoken word from Becky Fury Music from Ben David Jones and the mighty Djevara (Redux)
(This was an absolutely amazing evening, and please see the talk archive for the videos!)
2012 January 17th - David Bovill on Liquid Law
http://liquidlaw.org
Details to follow
2012 January 10th - Nick Stewart shows Lessons of...
Nick Stewart of Winchester School of Art will show Lessons of Darkness, Herzog’s magnificent, moving and overwhelming documentary of the burning oil fields of Kuwaiti, set on fire in the first Gulf War.
December 2011
3 posts
2011 December 20th - A Dream of a Better World
A small group tonight, not unexpectedly. Seven people, and a three hour discussion of the nature of redistribution taxation under capitalism and communism.
I can’t do it much more justice than that. You had to be there.
2011 December 13th - Nathan Koren on Rocket...
Everything that you ever wanted to know about rocket science, but were afraid to ask.
An absolute extravaganza!
2011 December 6th - Annual General Meeting
We didn’t have an event this Tuesday - more time for discussions about where Truth & Beauty was going. I felt we’d gotten a little off track in November because of the incredible guest speakers: content over community, and that we needed to slow down a little and regroup.
December’s good for that, so we decided to drop back to once a week for December.
Also we don’t...
November 2011
10 posts
2011 November 29th - Dougald Hine’s Holiday Snaps
Dougald Hine On Mexican Death Cults, why poor countries are happier than rich ones, and reanimating Ivan Illich. Dougald just spent a month in Mexico, and it promises to be a fascinating time.
2011 November 26th - British Touring Shakespeare -...
Please see the King Lear event page for more details.
The #TruthandBeauty December schedule
December is really, really busy for people so we’ll try once a week on Tuesdays
Some of the regulars are curating, so we’ll have a different mix of stuff from the Wall of Content we had in November
Catering’s stable on Tuesday nights, so we’ve got delicious dinners sorted out, but we do need to figure out prepay so that Naomi’s not ever in the position of having...
2011 November 17th - THE FUTURE WE DESERVE 3:...
Searching together for a better world…
Vinay Gupta on identifying the critical intervention points where humane action can build a better future.
2011 November 15th - Pat Kane on The Constitute
Tuesday 15th of November - Pat Kane on The Constitute: a new kind of organisation in a world of flows and mobility
Note: Pat will be speaking early, 5:30pm, so please plan accordingly
Tonight musician, writer and activist Pat Kane will briefly outline his theory of ‘The Constitute’ - a new organisational form for a world of mobile, freelance, constantly communicating citizens. What’s the ...
2011 November 10th - Jamais Cascio! Hacking the...
Geoengineering is the intentional modification of the global climate as a way of preventing an environmental disaster — but could the fix be worse than the problem? Join environmental futurist Jamais Cascio in a wide-ranging discussion of what geoengineering advocates fear might happen if we don’t do it, what geoengineering opponents fear if we do, and what happens when they’re both right.
2011 November 8th - THE FUTURE WE DESERVE 2: WHY...
21st century politics and governance
Vinay Gupta on why our global mechanisms seem perpetually paralyzed. We’ll discuss climate, the financial crisis, the United Nations, humanitarian disasters, and teach the infamous Goat Rodeo system for understanding the world.
2011 November 5th - Richard Stallman
Saturday 5th of November - Richard Stallman
Please see http://richardstallman.eventbrite.com/ for details!
2011 November 3rd - Elanor Saitta on rules,...
Thursday 3rd of November - Elanor Saitta about rules, aesthetics, ethics, beauty, and suffering
2011 November 1st - The Future We Deserve (1)
If you’d like the full experience, there’s good quality complete audio from the talk, including a quick introduction to The Future We Deserve book, and the (fascinating) Q&A session.
The first The Future We Deserve session at Hub Westminster. Really a splendid time - 23 people came, from many different corners (our most remote visitor was KateMural who was in from America.)...
October 2011
5 posts
2011 October 27th - Dougald Hine
Hi everybody! So Thursday is going to be A Bit Complicated, but very worthwhile.
6:45 PM Dinner!
First up, we’ve got catering! Naomi of Munch Food is going to cook a lovely organic vegetarian dinner for us. You sign up here: prepay for dinner on Thursday by Eventbrite. There will probably be a dinner or two available for cash on the evening but please don’t count on it - let Naomi...
“Can I come to Truth & Beauty?”
– Yes, yes you can. Couple of people asked me if it was OK to come, or OK to bring a friend, and the answer is “yes!” Come one, come all.
2011 October 25th - Lasse Høgenhof (KaosPilots)
Just a quick report - see #truthandbeauty for some quotes and comments from people who were there, it was an absolute cracker! I’d say it was the first event where we were clearly at critical mass, and I’m greatly looking forwards to the next one - tomorrow!
We’re sorting out the infrastructure as fast as we can - catering for meals, about which I’ll make a post in a...
Ok, let's get this thing going...
2011 October 20th - music from A_P_Clarke
The first ever Truth and Beauty. Total chaos!