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Think & Drink
Short talks. Good drinks. Big ideas.
A free monthly night out for curious people, at a relaxed venue around St Peter Port. The experts are up front; all you need to bring is the curiosity.
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Think & Drink presents
November Night
Tuesday, 24 November 2026
Three speakers on the bill
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Meet the speakers
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Robert McCann
‘Being at Home’: viewed from a strange angle
Left Belfast during the Troubles and has been asking what home means ever since. Works in local government housing, researches the philosophy of architecture at Exeter, and argues that home is less a building than the bundle of memories we carry with us.
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Lupin Vivian
How do you think? Exploring various modes of human thought
Has spent a lot of time thinking about thinking. Expect aphantasia, synaesthesia, eidetic memory and several other ways minds turn out to work differently from one another.
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Gemma Ainger
My Breast Friend: turning awareness into habit
Founder of My Breast Friend, a free, not-for-profit reminder app she created out of her own experience with breast cancer. Its sole purpose is turning awareness into habit, and more than 90% of its users now check more regularly.
More speakers to be announced
Meet the speakers
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Shelaine Green
You've got skills and experience that Guernsey (quietly) needs
What does supporting your island mean to you? Helping out your neighbours? Volunteering for a local charity? What about representing your community when there are important decisions to be made? Being a deputy is only one of the ways to do that; there are also numerous panels, commissions, tribunals and committees that appoint ordinary members of the public. Shelaine, of Women in Public Life, explains how you can give back to Guernsey by taking on a behind-the-scenes role in public office.
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Nick Le Huray
Escapes and espionage in occupied Guernsey
The often overlooked stories of escapes and espionage within Guernsey, which led to vital information being smuggled out of the island. A secret radio, a French spy and ingenious escapes, to name but a few. Despite the topic, there are a few light-hearted moments.
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Rachael Cumberland-Dodd
Dead positive
How exploring conversations around death and dying can help us to live bolder, braver lives. Rachael founded a new club for talking about grief more openly than we usually manage.
More speakers to be announced
Last time at Think & Drink
Guernsey's first Think & Drink might be the coolest event I've ever attended or spoken at… I was genuinely gripped by every presentation, and equally fascinated by the insightful questions that came from the audience.
A night out for your brain
Think & Drink is an evening of ideas somewhere comfortable: a few short, plain-spoken talks by people who really know their subject, and then the best bit, drinks and conversation with the speakers and everyone else who turned up curious. It's free, so the only thing standing between you and a good Tuesday is remembering to come.
- Short talks Fascinating people with something worth hearing, kept snappy and jargon-free.
- No podium in sight A relaxed spot around St Peter Port, and it moves about. Drink in hand encouraged.
- Everyone welcome Free entry, no background knowledge, no homework, no dress code.
Also in the diary
One night a month, every month. Here's what's already booked in, so you can start clearing Tuesdays.
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October Night
- Martyn Dorey New findings at the Déhus Dolmen
- Robert McCann ‘Being at Home’: viewed from a strange angle
- Lupin Vivian How do you think? Exploring various modes of human thought
- Gemma Ainger My Breast Friend: turning awareness into habit
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November Night
- Shelaine Green You've got skills and experience that Guernsey (quietly) needs
- Nick Le Huray Escapes and espionage in occupied Guernsey
- Rachael Cumberland-Dodd Dead positive
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