Joan Smith, journalist, author, free speech campaigner and now Executive Director of Hacked Off, discusses the on going campaign for a free and accountable press and the need to bring ethics back into the heart of the British press.

Robin Hambleton, Professor of City Leadership in the Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments, UWE provides a significant contribution to thinking on public service innovation and offers insights for anyone who wants to change urban society for the better.

A day of events showcasing artworks commissioned and created as part of the Bristol 2014 project. Join us for a fascinating day ranging from cartoons and writing to photography and brass bands.

Our third annual event celebrating the art of the graphic story from Jonathan Cape brings together debut novelists and world-acclaimed writers and artists - including Steve Bell, Mary and Bryan Talbot, Isabel Greenberg, Nick Hayes and Fumo Obata.

Sir Peter Bazalgette, in a special interview, talks about arts and cultural funding, whether there is an imbalance of support between London and the rest of England, cultural philanthropy and the likely evolution of funding in the future.

It's been claimed that there's a funding bias towards London that leaves large parts of England without fair access to the arts. They are where most people live and work, learn and play. But is London an over-dominant capital city with a runaway economy?

A special event with acclaimed novelist David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas, Black Swan Green), where he will discuss his latest novel The Bone Clocks, a metaphysical thriller that crackles with his customary wit and invention.

More poets and writers took part in the battle of the Somme than any other battle in history. This new BBC film looks at how these men served in the same trenches, fought in the same attacks and produced poetry and prose that has shaped the way people remember the Great War.

John Lahr, former New Yorker theatre critic and biographer of Williams, discusses Tennessee Williams one of America's most fascinating playwrights' life and work in this special event with film clips.

Bestselling author Steven Johnson celebrates the surprising inspirations and consequences of the most influential innovations: how simple scientific breakthroughs have driven other discoveries.

Writer Linda Tirado and journalist Tom Clark discuss the poverty trap, how politicians on both sides of the Atlantic show more interest in exploiting the divisions, and the long term consequences of our unequal societies.

What would it mean if cities were free of London - or at least had stronger powers and retained more funding? What can Bristol learn from recent initiatives in Manchester and Liverpool? Hear from experts including George Ferguson, Mayor of Bristol.

Philosopher and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein probes the deepest issues confronting us by allowing us to eavesdrop on Plato as he takes on the modern world.

Using her skills and knowledge as a doctor, anatomist, osteoarchaeologist and writer, Alice Roberts explores why and how we have developed as we have and examines the history of our anatomical understanding.

Walter Mischel holds the Robert Johnston Niven chair as professor of human letters in psychology at Columbia University. He is the author of more than 200 scientific papers as well as the co-author on Introduction to Personality.

Change has been a consistent feature of the health and care system. What are the factors that will (or may) shape change in the system over the next 10 years?

A 'happy and healthy city' is the key theme of Bristol's year as the European Green Capital in 2015. What might this mean in practice and how can the various systems that shape the city and the way it functions promote rather than undermine health?

The health and care system is a massive and complex network, often difficult to understand and changing quickly - yet it touches all our lives. Discover how it works.

There's much debate about the imbalance between London and the cities and much talk about rebalancing the economy. How real is this imbalance? What does Bristol lose in this relationship? Join this free debate with a variety of speakers.

Historian David Kynaston talks about his next volume on the history of post-war Britain, covering the years 1959-62 - a time when the country was transforming from the old to the brink of a new world.