Elephant in the Art Room (Festival of Ideas)
Teacher and Active Peace Educator, Rosemary Webb, leads an art and craft session on an elephant theme, with glass, paper, wood and lots of glue! There will be several different…
Festival of Ideas
Drawing in the Jungle (Festival of Ideas)
Writer and illustrator Will Hughes takes you deep into the jungle to create your own illustrated story in this workshop suitable for participants of all ages. In this session, he’ll…
The AI Revolution: How It Happened and What It Means (Festival of Ideas)
Artificial Intelligence has gone viral. ChatGPT, the world’s first mass-market general-purpose AI tool, acquired 100 million users in a few weeks. But why did a technology 70 years in the…
Divine Might (Festival of Ideas)
Malvern Festival of Ideas is pleased to welcome acclaimed author, classicist and comedian, Natalie Haynes, for an electrifying one-woman show. Full of fire, fury and devotion, Natalie Haynes brings the…
Malvern Festival of Innovation: The Family Day
Engaging all ages – Saturday 5 October (all day) Explore the hands-on exhibits from a variety of organisations involved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Ideal for grandparents/parents and children…
Earth: Over 4 Billion Years In The Making (Festival of Ideas)
Naturalist, nature photographer, television presenter and author, Chris Packham tells the story of how Earth’s most incredible creations – life and intelligence – are set to have the same lasting…
Songs and Stories – Seeking Asylum (Festival of Ideas)
Abdullah Tamo and Liz Johnson will be in conversation about Abdullah’s experiences resettling in Malvern having left his war-torn home in Syria and living in an Iraqi refugee camp for…
Threads From the Refugee Crisis (Festival of Ideas)
850,000 people fled to Europe last year. Many thousands died in the Mediterranean Sea. A few thousand washed up Calais. Combining the techniques of eyewitness reportage with comic-book storytelling, Kate…
Personal Pioneering For Vulnerable Families (Festival of Ideas)
Trevor and Pam Birtle will share their inspirational, personal journey in establishing a charity that aims to keep together some our most vulnerable families and the extraordinary results attained using…
What Happens When The Earth Raises An Invoice? (Festival of Ideas)
How are ecology and empathy changing economics? In this call-to-action, Mark Hutchinson is inviting us all to encourage the raising of invoices on behalf of our Earth. Hear the story…
Feeding Bellies Not Bins (Festival of Ideas)
Feeding Bellies Not Bins The Story of how we saved food from going to waste Come and hear the story of how Malvern Green Space saves food from going to…
Songs of Hope (Festival of Ideas)
In this creative singing workshop, we will sing and harmonise together on the theme of hope. Liz Johnson will teach songs from the Colwall Requiem for Peace and during the workshop we…
