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Upcoming Events
The Tabernacle, W11
Featuring Talks By:
Harriet Walter
Shakespeare's Women
Jonathan Freedland
Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
Chloe Dalton
Raising Hare
Theresa Lola
Ceremony for the Nameless
John Crace
Taking the Lead
5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - February 2025
Join us to celebrate 5x15's fifteenth birthday! To mark the occasion, we're back at The Tabernacle for an evening of captivating stories, from a truly stellar line-up of speakers.
The Tabernacle, W11
5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - March 2025
We're back at The Tabernacle in March with another fantastic line-up of speakers! Join us for an inspiring evening of storytelling.
The Tabernacle, W11
The Tabernacle, W11
Featuring Talks By:
Katherine Rundell
Animals
Nick Makoha
The New Carthaginians
Suzanne O’Sullivan
The Age of Diagnosis
Jonathan Sumption
The Challenges of Democracy
5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - March 2025
We're back at The Tabernacle in March with another fantastic line-up of speakers! Join us for an inspiring evening of storytelling.
The Tabernacle, W11
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Emma Donoghue
The Paris Express
Emma Donoghue on The Paris Express
Bestselling author Emma Donoghue takes us on a train journey through 19th century Europe, in her thrilling new novel The Paris Express.
Online, Via Zoom
About
5x15 produces events of ideas, insight and inspiration for the world’s leading organisations and most discerning audiences. We bring internationally acclaimed speakers to the stage to share stories that are informative, provoking, and above all, entertaining.
Wade Davis @ 5x15 - Cultures at Risk
Wade Davis is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker whose work has taken him from the Amazon to Tibet, Africa to Australia, Polynesia to the Arctic.
About
5x15 produces events of ideas, insight and inspiration for the world’s leading organisations and most discerning audiences. We bring internationally acclaimed speakers to the stage to share stories that are informative, provoking, and above all, entertaining.
