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The complete arts guide, for week 9
Ah, yes. But enough of chanting the name of the article to the Batman theme, it's time to get down to the nitty-gritty streets of Gotham/York and let you know what's going on in the arts this week.
First up, there's the rather worrying prospect of a British Airways sponsored "Debate on Climate Change" on Saturday. Part of Yorkshire Philosophical Society's series of debates with the theme "Controversy and Risk", it is unclear whether this particular debate is aiming at controversy, or running the risk of having a BA supporter saying "I don't care that the sea levels will rise because I shall fly above them in a big shiny plane" whilst thumbing their nose (an action which implies mocking amongst the moneyed) at supporters of 'The Human Race'. Obviously it will be excellent to hear both sides of the story on what is arguably the most important issue of our times (copyright The Independent), and with the well thought-of Philosophical Society running things it should be an excellent chance to get some other people's opinions and get your own views across. The debate runs from 2:30-4:30 and will be held at Tempest Anderson Hall in the Museum Gardens.
The Philosophical Society are also running a talk entitled "Illuminating the Dark Ages - the contribution of Islam to Science and Technology" with Professor Mohamed El Gomati from the Foundation for Science, Technology & Civilisation at the same venue, 7:30-10:30 on Wednesday. It is unclear at this stage whether the event has been sponsored by The Daily Mail, but whatever happens it looks like another excellent event in the society's series.
Some of the effects of climate change can be seen every year in Bangladesh, where increased flooding means that large amounts of the population are going to be forced to make a similar journey to Nazneen Ahmed in a new film based on Monica Ali's novel Brick Lane. The film follows Nazneen as an arranged marriage takes her from Bangladesh to London. Set in the 1980s, the story doesn't shy away from the politics and tensions of the time, and shows Nazneen emerging from early shyness. On general release after winning three awards, including one at The San Sebastián International Film Festival, this looks like a fantastic character-led film and it is on at City Screen all week.
Someone else who may have interesting things to say about religion is renowned poet and professor of literature and religion Geoffrey Hill, who visits York this Wednesday as part of the English Department's "Writers at York" series. Hill is one of the most acclaimed poets of his generation, and comes to York in the following the reissuing of his 150 poem sequence The Triumph of Love, which deals with emotional responses to WWII, and the publication of a new collection A Treatise of Civil Power in August. The reading is running from 7:00-10:30 in Alcuin Teaching Block, room 056/057.
Finally, with one Mercury Music Prize nominated band already visiting York this term, The Young Knives at Fibbers, we are being treated to another, the slightly more leftfield Polar Bear. Nominated in 2005 for their second record, Held on the Tips of Fingers, the band could easily be dismissed as a the token weird nominees for that year, but in fact presented an eclectic mixture of free jazz, drum n bass and funk and, although they lost out to Anthony and The Johnsons, their album went on to be recognised in Jazzworld Magazine's "100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World" that year. If you want to check them out for yourself, the band play the National Centre for Early Music on Friday.
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