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University of Warwick festival to celebrate 50th birthday

Two-day Festival of the Imagination will welcome a TV chef and polar explorer among its guest speakers

TV chef Vivek Singh will be among those speaking at the University of Warwick's 50th birthday event

A polar explorer, TV chef and chocolate-powered racing cars have been lined up to help a Midland university celebrate its 50th birthday.

The will be holding the Festival of the Imagination on October 16 and 17.

BBC's Saturday Kitchen regular and honorary graduate Vivek Singh will be exploring the benefits of Indian spices.

He will be joined on stage at Warwick Arts Centre by Prof Sudhesh Kumar, dean of Warwick Medical School, to explore how certain foods can improve your health.

One of the key figures of Coventry's 2-Tone movement, The Selecter singer Pauline Black, will be part of a panel talking about the impact of the music.

The university's Butterworth Hall will be transformed into an interactive Discovery Zone to showcase some of its most innovative research.

The zone will offer adults and children the chance to try science experiments.

Topics will include the future of solar-powered trees, how chocolate-powered racing cars work and what life is like in a freezer.