HowTheLightGetsIn Festival
howthelightgetsin festival philosophy music festival hosted institute art idea aim get philosophy academy people life bringing together philosopher writer academic comedian musician festival debate talk music workshop late night party speaker festival included noam chomsky brian eno ed miliband kimberlé crenshaw philip pullman diane abbott robert skidelsky stanley fish steven pinker laurie penny among others music headliner included clean bandit hot chip donovan comedian included james acaster sarah pascoe phil wang howthelightgetsin hosted twice year may festival normally held hayonwye powys wale time hay festival howthelightgetsin attracts footfall year setting bank river wye september festival held kenwood house london running since may howthelightgetsin launched first fully online festival september festival held next event howthelightgetsin global delhi london new york online festival included event eight stage live streamed delhi london new york aim giving festival global reach making accessible time zone festival author politics fear frank furedi filmmaker david bond author philip pullman labour politician jon cruddas amongst others wellcome trust identity project presented exhibition two day event topic identity school life hosted series philosophy breakfast leading thinker day festival radio huw stephen john rostron duo behind sŵn festival curated night music accompanied live performance johnny flynn cate le bon radio bethan elfyn festival included critical theorist leela gandhi time columnist david aaronovitch poet simon armitage new statesman culture editor jonathan derbyshire screenwriter jez butterworth festival event ranged ghostpoet mount kimbie correspondent comedy screening documentary around world bbc four festival held hayonwye ran may june festival staged almost five hundred session across site five venue amongst speaker festival programme musician brian eno founder glastonbury festival michael eavis literary theorist critic terry eagleton independent scientist inventor james lovelock musical highlight included performance charlotte church emmy great jeffrey lewis junkyard well twelvehour painting marathon artist stella vine accompany performance alternative rock band chapman family london open gallery institution dedicated medium video painting also staged series work filmmaker roz mortimer entitled ‘sites memory’ festival took place may june featured talk terry pratchett john searle angie hobbs nassim nicholas taleb michael mcintyre among others music lineup included sam lee king charles moulettes comedy lineup featured act tom rosenthal phil wang howthelightgetsin attracted footfall across event speaker performer included roger penrose brooke magnanti bruce parry doon mackichan cory doctorow owen jones david nutt molotov jukebox moulettes natalie bennett mr scruff festival took place may included performance talk simon blackburn mike skinner george galloway natalie bennett lawrence krauss michael howard lianne la havas yasmin alibhaibrown rae morris among others part festival new college humanity presented iai school aimed yearolds iai school explored topic free politics sex ethic morality festival took place may june speaker include natalie bennett owen jones ken livingstone bernard carr kwasi kwarteng roger scruton music lineup featured ghostpoet fairport convention gilles peterson c duncan eska tom robinson taking fallow year may festival took place may speaker included political theorist noam chomsky psychiatrist former government drug adviser david nutt linguist john mcwhorter shadow home secretary diane abbott former archbishop canterbury rowan williams economist deirdre mccloskey music lineup featured scissor sister ana matronic hot chip correspondent nerina pallot laura wright september howthelightgetsin hosted first ever london festival ground kenwood house hampstead heath speaker included neuroscientist steven pinker philosopher author rebecca goldstein banksys former agent steve lazarides novelist deborah levy turner prize architect paloma strelitz longtime hawking collaborator roger penrose music lineup included pop duo bloom twin singersongwriter rae morris ahir shah olga koch headlined comedy programme howthelightgetsin returned hay tenth anniversary year may speaker included philosopher language saul kripke change uk mp anna soubry cognitive psychologist donald hoffman novelist janne teller economist writer linda yueh momentum founder jon lansman donovan anna calvi british sea power headlined music programme comedy lineup led lou sander phil wang howthelightgetsin returned ground kenwood house weekend – september topic discussion included fake news problematic sex appeal archetypal bad boy space exploration st century gene editing population control big data speaker included slavoj zizek politician natalie bennett rory stewart theorist surveillance capitalism shoshana zuboff clinical psychologist simon baroncohen economist policy advisor mariana mazzucato music lineup included singersongwriter nerina pallot dj letts electroswing duo sam womp comedian included tony law olga koch sophie duker may festival howthelightgetsins first fully online festival speaker include paul krugman daniel kahneman patricia churchland steven pinker jess phillips self sally phillips shami chakrabarti many online festival event stage day contained multiple live event streamed time audience question real time comment festival also featured social space festivalgoers could meet well speaker musician weekend – september festival hosted next event howthelightgetsin global delhi london new york online festival included event live streamed delhi london new york giving festival global reach making accessible time zone event streamed seven stage line speaker band comedy act addition social space meet festival goer chat speaker artist enjoy livestreamed music speaker attending included nobel prize winning economist joseph stiglitz director tate modern france morris ecofeminist vandana shiva cognitive scientist philosopher daniel dennett theoretical physicist claudia de rham theme festival belief hypocrisy reason howthelightgetsin hay ran may hay wye official website