5x15, The Tabernacle

The latest instalment of unscripted talk series 5X15 invites a diverse cast of experts to discuss the reality, economics and politics of poverty. 

Jack Monroe will share her own experience living on the breadline. The gutsy Guardian food columnist who shot to fame with the blog A Girl Called Jack about creating healthy family meals on a £10 weekly budget. Passionate about wholesome and delicious food, and voiciferous about inspiring change, Jack has since published a cookbook and become an ambassador for Oxfam.

Journalist, writer and campaigner George Monbiot has led a fascinating life involving the threat of a life sentence and a celebrated literary career. Frequently named on lists of the England’s most influential people, George has travelled the world and fought for human rights, to much controversy and acclaim. He will bring a fascinating insight into the global issues of democracy and justice.

Discussing ‘Prosperity without growth’, Professor Tim Jackson will share his expertise on the subject of Sustainable Development. His published study on the subject is a globally renowned and gives a detailed examination of how to aid international development.

Giving the complex economics of the modern life an accessible anlogy in her upcoming book Donut Ecomonics, Kate Rawoth will discuss how traditional  economic models are old-fashioned and redundant. Instead she presents her ground-breaking new way of considering and creating change. 

Oxford University Professor of Geography Danny Dorling will explore ‘How contemporary capitalism warps our thinking’. His role in creating the wealth mapping website www.worldmapper.org makes Danny an authority on the geographical patterns of impoverishment.

As ever, the spontaneous, fast-paced fun of the 5x15 format promises an intense cultural hit, this time with a strong sense of social conscience.