Bright Club started off as an experiment by UCL:

What would happen if we got a bunch of interesting comedians and musicians, and combined them with all of the fascinating people who work for one of the UK’s best Universities?

And what would happen if we did that combining on a stage, in front of an attractive and intelligent public audience?

And what if we didn’t worry about whether people were famous, or experienced, or had been on TV, and instead just picked people that we thought were brilliant at telling stories about what they know?

The experiment worked so well that the Beacon for Wales introduced it to Cardiff and we have now had four events in the last academic year. Even comedians (and academics) need a break and we returned with Bright Club Wales in September.

To keep up to date with Bright Club Wales, find us on Facebook, on Twitter or on brightclubwales.wordpress.com

Read Professor Peter Coles' personal blog entry about Bright Club here

Read Professor Ed Gomez's Bright Club blog entry here