Science in the spotlight – Gwyddoniaeth yn y sbotolau

Special festival returns to the Garden

William Atkins, Laurence Scott, Susan Murray and Rosamund Young are just some of the names starring in the second Science, Nature and Comedy Festival at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on Saturday and Sunday, September 15-16.

Two days of serious thought plus fun and games, gin and chocolate are in store and you will be able to find out all about the Secret Life of Cows and whether the concept of ‘self’ really is an allusion.

Infinite Monkey Cage star and self-confessed lover of books about man-eating mutant crabs (in Aberystwyth) Robin Ince returns to the Garden hot on the heels of the release of his latest book: I’m a Joke and So Are You.

Among many others, he is joined by John Higgs, author of the acclaimed Watling Street in which one of the best writers of cultural history takes us on a journey along this historic road, which runs from Dover to Anglesey.

Another name is Jo Neary: comedian, writer and actress. In 2004, she received a nomination for the Perrier Newcomer Award for her debut Edinburgh solo show. She has worked on Time Trumpet, Count Arthur Strong, Skins, That Mitchell and Webb Look and is described as “a Joyce Grenfell for our age”.

Christopher Edge grew up in Manchester and is an award-winning children’s author whose books have been translated into more than 20 languages. His latest book is The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day. “Unique and incredibly readable” says The Bookseller.

Also appearing is Bruce Hood, a Canadian-born British experimental psychologist who specialises in developmental cognitive neuroscience. Wow!

Representatives of Carmarthenshire-based Jin Talog and Nom Nom Chocolate will teach you
about how gin and chocolate are made. Free samples will, of course, be available

To book tickets, please visit here

Festival talks, walks, activities and readings are free with admission.

The National Botanic Garden of Wales is open from 10am-6pm daily and entry costs £10.

Unwaith eto cawn benwythnos unigryw a digyr!

William Atkins, Laurence Scott, Susan Murray ac Rosamund Young yw dim ond rhai o’r enwau â bydd yn dod i’n ail Ŵyl Gwyddoniaeth, Natur a Chomedi ar Ddydd Sadwrn a Dydd Sul Medi 15-16.

Dau ddydd o feddwl dwfn a gemau hwylus i’w chael a byddwch yn gallu darganfod holl am Fywydau Cyfrinachol Gwartheg ac os mae wir yn i Gyd yn y Meddwl.

Mae seren Infinite Monkey Cage sy’n ddwli ar lyfrau amdano grancod sy’n bwyta pobl (yn Aberystwyth) Robin Ince yn dychwelyd nôl i’r Ardd ar ôl ollwng ei llyfr diwethaf: I’m a Joke and So Are You.

 Mae’n cael i ymuno gan John Higgs, awdur o Watling Street enwog ble mae un o’r awduron gorau o hanes diwylliannol yn mynd a ni ar siwrne sy’n rhedeg o Ddofr i Ynys Môn.

Comedydd, awdur ac actores yw Jo Neary. Yn 2004 wnaeth hi dderbyn enwebiad am y Wobr Perrier Newcomer am ei sioe gyntaf wrth ei hun yng Nghaeredin. Gweithiwyd ar Time Trumpet, Count Arthur Strong, Skins, That Mitchell and Webb Look ac mae’n cael ei ddisgrifio fel ‘Joyce Grenfell am ein hoedran’’.

Wnaeth Christpher Edge tyfu lan ym Manceinion ac mae’n awdur llyfrau plant sydd wedi ennill llawer o wobrau, erbyn heddiw mae wedi cael ei chyfieithu mewn i 20 wahanol iaith. Ei llyfr diwethaf yw The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day. ‘Unigryw a hawdd i ddarllen’ dywed The Bookseller.

Hefyd yn ymweld â ni yw athro gwyddoniaeth, gwneuthurwr ffilmiau ac awdur o nifer o lyfrau gwyddoniaeth sy’n addas i blant – yn cynnwys The Young Atheist’s Handbook, Alom Shaha a Bruce Hood, Brydeinig a aned yng Nghanada seicolegydd arbrofol sy’n arbenigo mewn niwrowyddoniaeth ddatblygiadol wybyddol.

Bydd cynrychiolwyr o Jin Talog a Nom Nom Chocolate yn Sir Gaerfyrddin yn eich addysgu sut mae jin a siocled yn cael eu gwneud. Bydd samplau am ddim wrth gwrs ar gael.

I archebu eich tocynnau, ewch yma.

Sgyrsiau, teithiau, gweithgareddau a darlleniadau am yr ŵyl i gyd yn cael ei chynnwys yn y pris mynediad.

Mae’r Ardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru ar agor o 10yb hyd at 6yh yn ddyddiol, gyda phris mynediad yn £10.