SuperThursday

This week the Events team took life even more seriously than usual, with a screening of "The Bridge" - a sensitive portrayal of depression and suicide on San Francisco's most famous landmark.  Telling such a tale in such a way raises numerous questions, but mental health workers in the audience complimented the film in an extended Q&A session.

Director Eric Steel flew in especially from San Francisco to share his experiences of making the film.  He told us he seriously considered flying in and out on the same day, but couldn't risk missing his homeward flight!

And while we're thinking of carbon,  we also enjoyed our Arts & Ecology Exchanges launch event this week, "Culture in a time of Crisis" - which gave us a chance to share our green credentials as well as addressing the ways in which artists can further the cause.

And finally... in the week of SuperTuesday, we held a SuperThursday lunchtime debate on the US nominations race. A packed room listened to an expert panel give us their insights into one of the most exciting contests in recent memory. Perhaps the most surprising moment came when Stefan Halper (veteran White House insider and former adviser to Ford, Nixon, Reagan and Bush Sr) revealed how he has been completely won over by the idealism and visionary power of Barack Obama... so it's not just popstars that have fallen for the Obama magic...!