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Wednesday 14th September, 2011 The Horse Boy. Followed by a Q&A.A screening of the film based on the best selling book. Official Selection, 2009 Sundance Film Festival How far would you travel to heal someone you love? An intensely personal yet epic spiritual journey, The Horse Boy follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in a desperate attempt to treat his condition with shamanic healing. When 2-year-old Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson, a writer and former horse trainer, and his wife, Kristin Neff, a psychology professor, sought the best possible medical care for their son — but traditional therapies had little effect. Then they discovered that Rowan has a profound affinity for animals — particularly horses — and the family set off on a quest t for a possible cure. "Compelling..." Variety "...a lyrical, heartbreaking, and deeply stirring meditation on the mystery of autism" Entertainment Weekly
Thursday 15th July, 6pm, free "Can GM Save the World?" presented by GEN (Genetic Engineering Network)Monsanto and its allies BASF, Bayer, Dow and Syngenta, have launched a PR offensive in Europe. They claim that Europe will run out of animal feed unless the EU weakens regulations and allows GM soya and maize containing stacked resistance to multiple herbicides to enter the food chain without any safety assessments. They claim that GM crops are needed to 'feed the world' and tackle climate change. If they win, GM companies will receive massive subsidies from European taxpayers while millions of farmers are locked into a cycle of poverty, forced to rely on expensive patented seeds and chemicals. We need your help to end the biotech industry's grip on EU policy. It's our food and our money: whose decision should it be? With presentations by Pete Riley - GM Freeze ; Helen Wallace - Gene Watch UK; Gerald Miles - GM Free Cymru, followed by open debate and questions.
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The Globe's Presidential DebateThursday 8th AprilWith one of the most closely-fought General Elections in recent history looming, the candidates for Brecon and Radnor battled it out onstage! ...See images from the night here ! Big Ideas podcasts Roger Williams MPErstwhile livestock farmer, anti-apartheid activist, school inspector, Chairman of the Brecon Beacons, untrumpeted intellectual polymath -- and Brecon and Radnor MP since 2001 -- Roger Williams kicks off our talks series with a discussion of big ideas themselves and their capacity to influence people's lives and the course of history. Q&A chaired by historian and lifelong Labour activist David Christie.
Big Ideas: Suzy DaviesCommunity: Is Small Big Enough to be a Big Idea?Brecon and Radnor Conservative parliamentary candidate Suzy Davies gets to the core of compassionate conservatism. After the failure of top-down government, Suzy considers alternative approaches via federalism, localism and community action. Bred and educated in Brecon, Suzy has two law degrees and several careers, from arts management to law and the voluntary sector under her belt. The theoretical apects of her legal background and her wealth of hands-on experience in running many and varied community ventures give Suzy a unique perspective on the reality behind her ideas. This commitment to community and her understanding of its potential should make for a fascinating examination of one of the big ideas in the new politics.
Chris Lloyd - Brecon and Radnor Labour parliamentary candidateYouth, Discrimination and EqualityAt 23, Chris Lloyd is a good couple of decades younger than most of his political colleagues. He has been involved in politics since the age of 16, when he joined the board of Knighton Community Centre. Educated at John Beddoes School, Chris studied politics and law at Greenwich University and had been actively involved in Labour Party politics since 2004. Since graduating he has worked as a researcher for Louise Ellman MP and was recently selected as the Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Brecon and Radnor. Chris' youth gives him a sharp sense of issues facing young people and on Thursday he will speak about equality, in the context of the forthcoming Equality Bill. This will set in law the requirement for employers to ensure no discrimination with implications for youth employment and the way that young people enter apprenticeships. A discussion session will follow, which will be chaired by David Christie.
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