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Cheltenham Science 2009 — a video round-up

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The Times Cheltenham Science Festival 2009 — thanks from everyone at the Festivals to all those who came this year! We think it was a great success; and we hope that all who came took away something to think about.

Take a look at what our celebrity guests thought of this year’s Festival:

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Don’t miss next year’s Science Festival: 9–13 June 2010

Take a look at our other 2009 festivals too: Music is just around the corner (3–18 July), with Literature following close behind!

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10 minutes with…

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Carol Vorderman
Guest Director of The Times Cheltenham Science Festival 2009

Carol Vorderman

Why did you decide to be Guest Director of the festival?
A: The Cheltenham Science Festival is fantastic. It’s quite an intimate science festival and it’s such a nice place to come to in all ways. I think it’s wonderful and this year I’m very proud to be Guest Director! What I love about the Cheltenham Science Festival is its purpose is to communicate science to the general public — be they children, or schools, or families. It is terribly important, even if you haven’t received a formal education in science that you begin to understand some of the issues.

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Star spotting — day 4 of the Science Festival

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Richard Hammond

All the big names descended on The Times Cheltenham Science Festival on Saturday. “The Cheltenham Science Festival is fantastic!” Carol Vorderman, Guest Director of the festival told us, adding; “They do get an awful lot of names here.” She scheduled two events for Saturday. In the first, she shared her passion for mathematics with children, and in the second she brought her brother Anton to talk about the impact that facial disfigurement can have.

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