Hay Festival: Isabel Losada and Sumit Paul-Choudhury talk to Martin Wright

Meadow Stage, Hay Festival Dairy Meadows, Brecon Road, Hay-on-Wye

If you think the outlook is bleak, come and hear some much-needed new perspective on our prospects as Isabel Losada and Sumit Paul-Choudhury discuss their good vibes with Director of Positive News Martin Wright.

£13

Cheltenham Science Festival: Life on the Bright Side

Parabola Arts Centre Cheltenham Ladies' College, Bayshill Road, Cheltenham

Sumit Paul-Choudhury will be in conversation with Bruce Hood, Chair of Developmental Psychology at Bristol University where the “Science of Happiness” programme was developed.

This Is Optimism

Artellium Wine Estate Streat Lane, Hassocks, United Kingdom

An intimate one-day conference for 100 ambitious change-makers who wholeheartedly believe that humans can imagine and create radically better futures

£389

Buxton International Festival: The Bright Side

Pavilion Arts Centre St John's Rd, Buxton

Astrophysicist-turned-journalist, and former Editor-in- Chief of the New Scientist, Sumit Paul-Choudhury offers practical suggestions on what it really takes to be an optimist today and, in doing so, provides a powerful manifesto for hope and a much-needed new perspective on our prospects. He shows how, by embracing action, imagination and possibility, we can find a path to the bright side, even, perhaps especially, when the future seems dark.

£14