Joint meeting with Inner Wheel: Dr Brian Klaas returning to talk about ‘FLUKE’

Event details

This month we have a joint meeting with INNER WHEEL.

Dr. Brian Klaas will return to talk about his new book, ‘Fluke – Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters‘.

Brian will draw on chaos theory to explore how our world really works, driven by strange interactions and random events. How much difference does our decision to hit the snooze button make? Did one couple’s vacation really change the course of the twentieth century? What are the smallest accidents that have tilted the course of history itself? And what lessons can we learn from a world that is often swayed by the accidental and the arbitrary?

Dr Klaas is Associate Professor in Global Politics, University College London. He is known to some of our members as he is a Cathedral volunteer. Brian is often asked for his opinion on USA politics by the BBC Radio 4 breakfast programme Today and is a frequent guest on national television.

Brian grew up in Minnesota, earned his DPhil at Oxford, and is now a professor of global politics at University College London. He is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and host of the award-winning Power Corrupts podcast.  He has conducted field research across the globe and has advised major politicians and organizations including NATO and the European Union.

Menu choices yet to be announced.

Conspiracy theories                                            Podcast

Menu

Main course:

Cornfed chicken supreme with potato gratin, fine beans, thyme braised carrot and red wine jus

or

Baked salmon with baby roast potato, white wine spinach and cream sauce

or

Butternut squash, mixed beans and cheese pie

Dessert:

White chocolate and raspberry cheesecake

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Fresh fruit salad with clotted or whipped cream