Event Type: Local / Community

Takes Place: 7th July 2026

Time: 18:00

Venue: Chancellor's Hall, Senate House, WC1E 7HU

Description: Climb aboard our imaginary hot-air balloon and join a panel of award-winning authors, historians, scientists and broadcasters for a high-stakes, high-altitude debate! Each speaker will bring a single object - a ‘Trojan Horse’ that contains surprising worlds hidden inside it. These objects may look simple, but each one carries stories of history, science, politics, memory, and imagination. One by one, you will decide which objects are thrown overboard and which deserve to stay. Each speaker must convince you that their object matters most. Round by round, the stakes rise until only one object survives. The panel includes Time Team presenter Carenza Lewis, historians Suzannah Lipscomb and Hallie Rubenhold, science broadcaster Adam Rutherford, and radio presenter Ritula Shah. The debate will be chaired by TV writer, author and presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Free Thinking, Matthew Sweet.

How to book: Free to attend but booking essential: https://www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/trojan-horse-balloon-debate

Price: Free

Email: george.meredith@sas.ac.uk

Website: https://www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/trojan-horse-balloon-debate

Organiser: School of Advanced Study, University of London

Region: London