Chaired by Ekow Eshun and featuring journalist Miranda Sawyer and shoe designer Marc Hare in discussion with a special guest still to be announced.

Examining how and why shoes have become the most fetishized commodity in the developed world, the evening is the first in a new and exciting season of talks, "37 Things You Need To Know About Modern Britain". The events will feature a panel of experts who will take the everyday and turn it inside out to discover what it tells us about modern Britain.