Sleep, Colour and Light: A Free Lecture by Prof Stephen Westland

This free lecture will introduce the importance of sleep on health and wellbeing and the role that colour and light plays in healthy sleep. Increasingly, today people are not getting enough sleep and this can have many adverse health effects including increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, cancer and obesity. The role of colour and light on our sleep is only just becoming known. The talk will describe some research at the University of Leeds in this area. The implications for lighting design at home, in care homes and in the workplace will be discussed. The talk will be illustrated by PowerPoint slides and followed by a Q&A.

Stephen Westland is Professor of Colour Science and Technology at the University of Leeds. He has published widely in the area of colour science, including over 250 refereed publications and two textbooks. He was President of Society of Dyers and Colourists (2019) and is an active member of The Colour Literacy Project.

17 February 2025
Drapers’ Hall (Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DQ)

17:30 – 18.00: Doors open
18:00 – 19:00: Lecture with Q&A 19:00 – 20:00: Drinks reception (with light refreshments)
20:00: Carriages

This lecture is brought to you from the Textile Livery Group (TLG). The TLG brings together 13 Livery Companies of the City of London which share a common aim to support skills and sustainable growth within the UK textile industry:

• The Broderers’ Company;
• The Clothworkers’ Company;
• The Drapers’ Company;
• The Dyers’ Company;
• The Feltmakers’ Company;
• The Framework Knitters’ Company;
• The Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers’ Company;
• The Haberdashers’ Company;
• The Mercers’ Company;
• The Merchant Taylors’ Company;
• The Upholders’ Company;
• The Weavers’ Company;
• The Woolmen’s Company