Events archive

28.06.2006 Comedian Robert Newman returns to London's Tricycle Theatre on 3-15 July with No Planet B - The History Of The World Backwards, "a meditation on the massive social changes which are coming to us all as a result of Peak Oil and Cimate Chaos; and a critique of European power in the world."

21.06.2006 Bianca Jagger, Oscar Olivera and Benedict Southworth on tackling the global water crisis, plus the big debate: privatisation or public control? World Development Movement conference, London, 8 July.

21.06.2006 Confess at the Earthly Sins Confessional: after which you will be asked to take a pledge - three simple lifestyle changes that will help to relieve guilt and kick start the path to a cleaner more equitable world. It's part of the UK's first ever Interdependence Day at the Royal Geographical Society in London.

18.06.2006 * The five largest landowners on earth;
* the fhistory of landownership 10000BC to 2005, in three sentences;
* the 4th British Empire.
Kevin Cahill talks about his new book, Who Owns the World?, London, 28 June.

15.06.2006 There's no getting away from football at the moment - unless you are an Iranian woman and therefore not allowed into a stadium to watch a match. Shirin Sadeghi sees an Iranian film that tells the story of six female fans who dress as boys in an attempt to see the national team.

15.06.2006 Discuss the motion that "Aid is part of the developing world's problem not the solution" with Andrew Mwenda, Caroline Sande Mukulira, Max Lawson and Adrian Wood, as part of the Radio 4 series Hecklers, in London, 3 July.

13.06.2006 Good cause, good entertainment, good debate - an afternoon for Bangladeshi garment workers on 2 July, in London, offers a "bilingual experimental dance drama on the life of a garment worker" followed by panel on the industry in Bangladesh with representatives from government, industry, trade unions, academia and NGOs.

07.06.2006 Monday 19 to Sunday 25 June is Refugee Week, with a programme of arts, cultural and educational events to celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, and promote understanding about the reasons why people seek sanctuary.

07.06.2006 Electronic junk is growing faster than any other type of rubbish, with millions of computers and mobiles discarded every year. A discussion at the Dana Centre in London on 12 July explores what digital dumping is doing to the planet, and whether scientists can create greener technology for guilt-free gadgets.

07.06.2006 Tony Blair, Sir David King (the government's chief scientist) and the Queen have all recognised the importance of climate change: now Dr Dave Reay, author of Climate change begins at home, discusses the power of individual action, both as a driver of the climate change problem, and as a potential solution: London, 5 July.

05.06.2006 Most participants at a recent London Business School conference on Latin America emphasised that many of the region's major economies were improving their business climates and macroeconomic performance, as well as advancing their democracies, making the economies more attractive places to invest.

02.06.2006 "This play is a powerful antidote to the kind of indifference which characterised our response to Rwanda", journalist Fergal Keane says of The Overwhelming.