
York Festival of Ideas
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Annual award-winning Festival with more than 150 free events.
2025 Festival - 31 May to 13 June.
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Congratulations to all Arts and Humanities Doctoral Researchers who presented their work as part of the York Festival of Ideas's Family Fun Afternoon. They had the task of adapting their research to make it interactive for families, and they provided a range of amazing activities. A 🧵

and a huge thank you to our friends jaipurlitfest - very excited to be speaking at JLF London on Saturday 14 June - jlflitfest.org/london/schedule

There's still time to buy all of your Festival books (most of them are signed!) from our fantastic Festival partner, and friend, Fox Lane Books 🦊. For Festival books, and lots more - foxlanebooks.co.uk/york-festival-… #YorkIdeas




fantastic piece by Isabel Berwick in Financial Times showcasing the insightful and pratical toolkit developed by my brilliant colleagues Simon Gilbody and Dean McMillan of Dept Health Sciences University of York and loneliness at work York Festival of Ideas tonight ft.com/content/0251ee…


It’s the last official day of York Festival of Ideas ‘25 😮 The events team that work so hard bringing this together are the most incredible people and we’re lucky to call them our friends🧡 We'll be at the Ron Cooke Hub one last time for this year’s festival with a bookstall



We were proud to present Comes in Waves at this year’s York Festival of Ideas — an immersive sound installation by Ben Eyes (University of York School of Arts & Creative Technologies). Thanks to all who visited! Keep up to date with Ben’s work here: beneyes.co.uk 📸:Arya Hastings


ICYMI, you can watch my talk about my book, Pirates’ Code, for the York Festival of Ideas on YouTube! youtu.be/b06sRWooshk?si…


In June it was fabulous to be able to chair an event at the York Festival of Ideas with Adrian Tierney-Jones - you can now watch the event on YouTube - youtube.com/watch?v=5i4h8G… York Festival of Ideas School for Business and Society 🏫


Missed Daniel Gray's York Festival of Ideas session on the Delights of Football w/ Alex Gillett & Dr Kevin Tennent? You don't need to miss out. You can watch it back here youtube.com/watch?v=U13bOS…

🔥#SIGNED copies of KINGMAKER by Sonia Purnell — with £10 OFF for a limited time! Fresh from her brilliant talk at York Festival of Ideas last month, this is a must-read. Kingmaker tells the astonishing true story of Pamela Churchill Harriman — a life of seduction, intrigue, power,
