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Events from January - April 2008

May - June 2008

All meetings are held at:
16 Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2HN Tel:01225 312084

(evening meetings start at 7.30 pm unless otherwise stated
bold=Lectures/Special Events Italics=Visiting organisations)        Visitors Welcome

May 2008

    EVERY WEDNESDAY
10.30am – 12.00pm		 THE WEDNESDAY MORNING CAFE -EVERYONE WELCOME  
Thurs 01 Lunchtime Talk 
12.45-2.00pm
Bring own sandwiches
Tea/Coffee available		 The Art of Photography Neill Menneer
Thurs 01 Bath Geological Society The Finest Dinosaur Ever Found in Britain Dr Tim Ewin, Acting Curator of Geology, Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery.
Fri 02 Herschel Astronomy Group Bands, hexagons, hot-spots and hurricanes: the turbulent atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn. Prof Peter Read,
Oxford University.
Mon 05 Social Bridge                                   1.30 for 1.45pm Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty  
Tues 06 Philosophy Group Memes and Genes Dr Donald Cameron,
BRLSI Convenor
Wed 07 The Wednesday Morning Café
10.30am -12.00pm		    
Wed 07 Bath and Its Intellectuals Fanny Burley: Life Inspiring Art Marie-Louise Luxemburg,
BRLSI Proceedings Editor
Mon 12 Social Bridge                                   1.30 for 1.45pm Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty  
Mon 12 PASSIONS in BOTANY LECTURE Oaks in all their glory Antoine le Hardy de Beaulieu, Botanist
Wed 14 The Wednesday Morning Café
10.30am-12.00pm		    
Wed 14 Uni-Verse International Poetry. Lunchtime meeting starts 12.30pm. Bring your lunch (soft drinks provided). Nitasha Kaul
Known at BRLSI for her talk in Autumn 2007 to the the Bath UNA.		 Nitasha Kaul,
poet and writer
Wed 14 World Affairs Group The Battle For China's Past:
Mao and the Cultural Revolution		 Dr Mobo Gao
Prof of Chinese Studies,
University of Adelaide
Wed 14 Visual Arts & Exhibitions Group Impressionism in England:
Whistler, Sickert?
(Illustrated talk).		 Desanka Rowell
Fri 16
Mon 19 Social Bridge                                   1.30 for 1.45pm Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty  
Mon 19 World Affairs Group Wellbeing and Democratic Challenges in Bangladesh: a case of Development Gone Wrong Dr Joe Devine,
Dr Allister McGregor,
University of Bath
Tues 20 Transport & Built Environment Group Better Cycling for Bath  
Tues 20 Literature & Humanities Opera Dramaturgy Explained
With special reference to the new Glyndebourne production of Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea.		 Ian Burton
Wed 21 The Wednesday Morning Café
10.30am-12.00pm		    
Fri 23 Science Group Colour Alchemy - by standing Newton on his head Prof. Jonathan Knight,
University of Bath
Mon 26 Social Bridge                                   1.30 for 1.45pm Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty  
Mon 26 History & Culture Group Royal Victoria Park David Hughes
Wed 28 The Wednesday Morning Café
10.30am-12.00pm		    
Wed 23 Poetry Group Form in English Poetry
(i) The Mystery of Metre
(Beginning an occasional series on poetic techniques)		 John Chambers,
BRLSI Member

June 2008

    EVERY WEDNESDAY
10.30am – 12.00pm		 THE WEDNESDAY MORNING CAFE -EVERYONE WELCOME  
Mon 02 Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Tues 03 Philosophy Group How And Why Did Fairness Norms Evolve Prof. Ken Binmore, UCL and Bristol
Wed 04 The Wednesday Morning Café
10.30am-12.00pm		    
Wed 04 Bath and Its Intellectuals Sir Isaac Pitman: A life in Shorthand Stuart Burroughs Curator/Director of the Museum of Bath at Work
Thurs 05 Lunchtime Talk 
12.45-2.00pm
Bring own sandwiches
Tea/Coffee available		 The Art of Computer Game Design Patrick Stacey
BRLSI member
Thurs 05 Bath Geological Society
Field Trip		 A field trip to and a talk about the enigmatic Huntly Quarry Helen O’Conner Gloucester Geology Trust
Fri 06 Herschel Astronomy Group “How does the Sun Work?” Dr Vince Smith
Bristol University
Mon 09 Social Bridge                                   1.30 for 1.45pm Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty  
Mon 09 PASSIONS in BOTANY LECTURE TBA  
Tues 10 Transport & Built Environment Group TBA  
Wed 11 The Wednesday Morning Café
10.30am -12.00pm		    
Wed 11 Uni-Verse International Poetry. Lunchtime meeting starts 12.30pm. Bring your lunch (soft drinks provided). Inspirations from European Countries – bring a poem that you wrote or read, in or about another European country Geraldine Lindley
Mon 16 Social Bridge                                   1.30 for 1.45pm Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty  
Mon 16 World Affairs Group Fusion Energy : When Will it Contribute to a Low-Carbon Economy? Prof. Steve Cowley Director-Designate, UKAEA
Tue 17 Literature & Humanities Wyndham Lewis Portraits
(In advance of an exhibition of Wyndham Lewis portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, London Opening in July).
 		 Prof. Paul Edwards
Wed 18 The Wednesday Morning Café
10.30am-12.00pm		    
Wed 18 Visual Arts & Exhibitions Group TBA  
Mon 23 Social Bridge                                   1.30 for 1.45pm Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty  
Mon 23 History & Culture Group History of Medicine Louise Curth
Wed 25 The Wednesday Morning Café
10.30am-12.00pm		    
Wed 25 Poetry Group Sketches & Smiles : Three Twentieth Century Women Poets Dr. William May
Oxford University &
Bath Spa University
Fri 27 Science Group "From Stem Cells to Tissues - Developments in Regenerative Medicine". Prof. Melanie Welham &
Dr. Paul de Bank
University of Bath
Sat 28 Family Day -
"A Day with Adelard".
10:00 to 3:00pm		 All families invited to spend the day with Adelard of Bath, the first English Scientist. Led by Richard Phillips, and Michael Davies
Mon 30 Social Bridge                                   1.30 for 1.45pm Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty