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In Conversation with Tim Minchin, and host Helen Lewis

Art &
Culture

An evening with world famous musical comedian Tim Minchin on how to thrive in a meaningless universe

An evening with world famous musical comedian Tim Minchin on how to thrive in a meaningless universe. Drawing from his new book You Don’t Have to Have A Dream: Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious, he shared his thoughts and advice for how we can combat apathy and put our energy into doing something meaningful for ourselves and the world.

Humorously reflecting on his own struggles in life, he shared why being unafraid to express creativity and acting with compassion to those around us can radically transform our lives for the better.

Speakers for the motion

  • Tim Minchin

    World famous musical comedian. His new book is You Don't Have to Have a Dream.

Chair

  • Helen Lewis

    Journalist, author and broadcaster

Speakers are subject to change.

Speakers

Speaker

Tim Minchin

World famous musical comedian. His new book is You Don't Have to Have a Dream.

World famous comedian, actor, composer, songwriter, pianist and director. He is probably best known for his musical comedy and for writing the Olivier Award-winning, Tony Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated show Matilda the Musical. In recent years he has been invited to give commencement speeches at universities in which he's reflected on his life philosophy: That we don't need to have a dream. His new book is based on those experiences and titled You Don't Have to Have a Dream.
Host

Helen Lewis

Journalist, author and broadcaster

Cambridge professor and columnist for the New Statesman. Her current research concentrates on the political economy of energy and the long history of the democratic, economic, and geopolitical disruptions of the twenty-first century. She is a regular panellist on Talking Politics and co-hosts the These Times podcast for Unherd, which seeks to provide a deeper, historical understanding of the news.