An exclusive talk on Sense and Sensibility before its UK cinema release on 25 September, with screenwriter Diana Reid, costume designer Grace Snell, and actors Fiona Shaw and Bodhi Rae Breathnach, host Anna Smith, exclusive clips and audience Q&A.
Writers Bonnie Garmus, Jacqueline Crooks, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason and Joelle Taylor, musicians Mariatu Kanneh-Mason and Konya Kanneh-Mason join the line-up.*
An evening exploring the richness of women’s writing, curated and hosted by one of the UK’s...
feat. Mishal Husain, Nish Kumar, Lauren Cuthbertson and more
Friday 18 September 2026, 1pm
Blue Plaques Talk Back returns to Chelsea Arts Festival following its riveting launch event at the festival in 2025. This unique, immersive, live show celebrates four iconic – or intriguingly overlooked – blue plaques, chosen specifically for the...
A Poem for Every Night of the Year, 10 Year Anniversary
with Asa Butterfield, Indira Varma, Tamsin Greig, Giles Terera MBE and Samantha Spiro
Friday 18 September 2026, 7pm
We are thrilled to announce Asa Butterfield, Tamsin Greig, Giles Terera MBE, Indira Varma and Samantha Spiro join this joyful celebration of 10 years of Allie Esiri’s best-selling anthology A Poem for Every Night of the Year, which, along with he...
Return to the magic of the Glimouria Archipelago with bestselling author Katherine Rundell as Christopher, Anya, and their fearless companions set sail on a perilous quest aboard The Neverfear. From deadly bandits to daring races and fearsome giants,...
With the Bayeux Tapestry returning to England for the first time in nearly 1,000 years, British Museum curator Michael Lewis, Hannah MacInnes and guests explore its mysteries, 1066, the Norman Conquest, and its enduring power, propaganda and storytel...
Described by the Financial Times as “a revelation”, Silk Road Slippers writing masterclasses are for writers of all levels, from beginners to bestsellers.
Participants complete a short writing exercise from a prompt and share their work....
with Celia Imrie CBE, Denise Gough, Lucas Jones and more to be announced
Sunday 20 September 2026, 3.30pm
Actor and author Celia Imrie CBE, widely celebrated as a beloved national treasure, joins the cast alongside acclaimed actor Denise Gough, and actor and poet Lucas Jones.
In this special event, Shaun Usher – bestselling author of Letters of Note ...
Two contrasting masterpieces from 1915: Berg’s Three Orchestral Pieces and Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony. Linked by readings by Juliet Stevenson from Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, the evening captures a world sliding from 19th-century certai...
Author, restaurateur and co-producer of Emmy award-winning series The Bear, Will Guidara, joins 5×15 for an exclusive London evening in conversation with advertising legend and behavioural scientist, Ogilvy’s Rory Sutherland.
As the former...
In more than fifty years of film, television, and theatre, Olivier-award winning actress Celia Imrie CBE has solved crimes with Helen Mirren, terrorised Bridget Jones’s mother, eaten worm sandwiches with Colin Firth, gone viral on Celebrity Tra...
Renowned historian Mary Beard returns to the stage after her sold-out 2025 tour, stepping once more into the world of Ancient Rome—a civilisation whose stories still shape the way we see ourselves today.
In this captivating live event, Mary tak...
Alastair Campbell joins Mishal Husain to discuss his new book Persevilience: The Word the World Needs Now in a wide-ranging conversation on politics, resilience, love, loss and the challenges facing Britain and the wider world.
Carrie Hope Fletcher (Heathers, Cinderella, Calamity Jane), one of the UK’s most beloved musical theatre stars, is set to light up Cadogan Hall with her breathtaking new Ghost Light concert – an evening of music and storytelling.
Audiences are in...
Step into a glittering royal world with Lucy Worsley, beloved historian and bestselling author, who spent twenty years working as Chief Curator in some of Britain’s most marvellous palaces.
Lucy wants to take you behind the scenes and into t...
After successive sell-out tours, legendary journalist and broadcaster John Simpson CBE returns to the stage with a bold, unflinching look at leadership: why some inspire while others descend into tyranny.
With nearly 60 years of unparalleled acce...
Secretary of State. Traveller. TV superstar. The inimitable Michael Portillo joins us live on stage to share funny, insightful, and poignant stories from his extraordinarily rich and varied life.
The son of a refugee who rose to become one of Bri...
Bestselling author Belle Burden comes to Intelligence Squared to discuss Strangers, her acclaimed memoir of marriage and betrayal, and what rebuilding her life revealed about love, power and the structures shaping modern relationships.
Wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin brings his first theatre tour to life with inspiring stories, stunning footage, and behind-the-scenes tales. A joyful celebration of nature, encouraging audiences to reconnect with the outdoors and protect the world ar...
Jason Fox has survived the world’s most hostile outposts as an elite operator, filmmaker and expedition leader. He shares untold stories, close brushes with enemy gunmen, terrorist bomb makers and cartel leaders, and reveals how to survive – and...
Ian Gillan brings his Talking Gib’rish tour to Cadogan Hall – a special live spoken-word event offering audiences an intimate insight into his remarkable life and career in music.
From his childhood in Hounslow and early days with The Javelins an...
