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29 Jul 2017, Imperial College Union
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Proms 2017 Proms Extra: Talk

Proms Extra: Talk
Proms Extra: Talk
17:45 Sat 29 Jul 2017 Imperial College Union
Inspired by tonight's performance of David Sawer's The Greatest Happiness Principle, the second in a series of talks about mood and emotion in art and literature, with Charlotte Mendelson.
Inspired by tonight's performance of David Sawer's The Greatest Happiness Principle, the second in a series of talks about mood and emotion in art and literature, with Charlotte Mendelson.

About This Event

Novelist Charlotte Mendelson asks why writers seem reluctant to engage with happiness and why so much literature is full of unhappy people. She鈥檚 joined by psychologist and broadcaster Claudia Hammond, presenter of Radio 4鈥檚 All In The Mind programme and author of Emotional Rollercoaster: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings.

Edited version broadcast on 成人快手 Radio 3 during tonight's interval.

Booking is not required for this event. Entry is on a first-come-first-served basis (doors open from 30 minutes before the event begins; capacity is limited).

Image: Charlotte Mendelson 漏 Graeme Robertson

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