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How The Light Gets In

Festival at Kenwood House

SIMONE HALFIN to enjoy each other as we are not
born to live alone, and we all need
enwood was the venue for a people. ‘Can you be independent
glorious sunny weekend not living alone’ merged into a Photos: Sam Mcmahon (@kiwimcmc)
K hosting How The Light Gets discussion on loneliness and how,
in Festival and transforming it with during the pandemic people wrongful action. We can more role in founding the Oxford ‘Tea and Prosecco’ was also
colourful lights, billowing tents helped and supported each other. easily take responsibility for what Troubadors, who have performed very well attended, with an
and stalls – all backed by the The concept of choice during we do, than acquire responsibility widely in several countries. He animated discussion, led by Mary
sound of live music and animated covid was so restricted it changed for the consequences of all the argued convincingly that free will Anne Sieghart, about the position
conversation. Walking round to our way of thinking radically. things we fail to do. is an illusion. of women in society, and whether
the back of Kenwood House, and At a panel debate entitled A capacity audience At a philosophy lunchtime women made themselves unpopular
looking down on such an unusual ‘The New Renaissance‘ David appreciated Denis Noble, an session, Rana Miller discussed the by being too forward. I can’t say I
scene was really uplifting, Aaronovitch maintained ‘academia erudite, entertaining and highly future of China and how its future agreed with this discussion!
The theme of this year’s was in need of new ideas, have articulate, brilliant 85 year old will define ours with participants If you just wanted to chill and
festival was ‘Error and Renaissance’ things got worse? And are we more Professor, physiologist and from China and Hong Kong listen to music and watch comedy,
and numerous speakers uncovered scientifically literate?’ Difficult philosopher of biology, who had pointing to how the increased or just sit in the sun and have a
the errors in our thoughts and questions to answer. succeeded (among many other surveillance of Covid could have drink that was OK too. The music
actions that have led to the current A philosophical debate of ‘the accomplishments) in learning contributed to civil liberties being and acoustic sessions got more
state of the universe. It sounds a good, the bad and the ignored’ sufficient mathematics by further eroded and contrasting and more popular as the drink
bit bleak, but the multitude of discussed the topic of whether studying to refine understanding problems of youth unemployment flowed and the evening darkened,
ways the participants addressed action or inaction (failure to act in the views of heart function from and changing demographics – as we and by Saturday night groups were
what we should have done and, crimes of neglect or failure to take his biological research to develop all get older – as well as how Hong dancing outside the tents.
more importantly, what we can do action on climate change) were the first mathematical model of Kong’s decrease in influence The children and young adults
now, was fascinating. more morally culpable. The how the human heart functions, might have been reduced by its weren’t left out – they had their
Of course my favourite tent was celebrated philosopher Peter back in 1960 and develop potential economic role. own space with events such as
the ‘Inner Circle’ where you could Singer, from his zoom screen in principles of biological relativity. The need for more awareness juggling, print making and a talk
wine and dine and discuss ideas Canada, stimulated animated He considers the genome more of difficulties caused for some by on the philosophy of games.
and thoughts with world-leading discussion on whether the like a ’set of organ pipes’ than a differences in Race and gender Finally, I had a fascinating
speakers, actors, and colleagues distinction/asymmetry between blueprint for life – and his 10 was raised by several participants discussion with a fifty-year-old
which was very stimulating. wrongful agency and inaction were Principles of Systems Biology – however I liked the philosophy, Swede who had already made
A discussion addressing the here to stay, given that political clarify our understanding of this set out by one of the presenters, arrangements to have his body
comment ‘real life is an interference’ decisions could more easily confusing (for many of us) subject. of ‘encouraging people to frozen as soon as he died.
provoked a heated debate with remove individual decisions to do In his spare time, his playing disagree, whilst maintaining All in all, it turned out to be a
actress Sophie Ward imploring us the right thing than not to take classical guitar led to his leading courtesies and mutual respect’. very interesting weekend!

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