We welcome back Jonn Elledge as he joins us to discuss his fascinating new book 31 Inventions That Built Our World

We are delighted to welcome Jonn Elledge back to Liverpool as he joins us to discuss his new book 31 Inventions That Built Our World.

For over 10,000 years, we humans have been busy altering our environment and embracing 'progress', evolving seamlessly from hunter gatherers to the modern urban sophisticates we see ourselves as today.

But what are the ideas and inventions that enabled humanity to become, by the early 21st century, a majority urban species for the first time? How did the essential infrastructure of modern life - the innovations that we barely even notice, but without which our world would fall apart - actually come to be?

With his characteristic wit and boundless curiosity, Jonn Elledge invites us to join him on a fascinating and often surprising tour of the ideas and technologies that made modernity possible. From elevators to electric lighting, parks to pedestrian crossings, he guides us through the history of civilisation itself.

Jonn will be in conversation with podcaster, broadcaster and founding member of The Anfield Wrap Neil Atkinson. Their conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A and then a book signing.

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