Meetings in 2008

Meetings for:

January - December 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

Details of the meetings below are available if the Topic is underlined
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JANUARY 2008

		EVERY WEDNESDAY 10.30am – 12.00pm	THE WEDNESDAY MORNING CAFE - EVERYONE WELCOME,
Thurs	03	Bath Geological Society	Vertebrate Studies in the Kaiparowitz Formation Upper Cretaceous of Southern Utah	Sue Beardmore
Fri	04	Herschel Astronomy Group	The Sixth Astronomical Miscellany	Four short lectures by group members
Fri	04	Bath Film Society 7.45pm Members and their Guests only	Little Miss Sunshine	Dir: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Mon	07	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Tues	08	Philosophy Group	Are You Really Conscious?	Dr Susan Blackmore University, West of England, Author & Broadcaster
Wed	09	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm	The Indonesia Tsunami. Where the charity money went.	Allen Jones
Wed	09	Uni-Verse International Poetry Lunchtime meeting starts 12.30pm Bring your lunch (soft drinks provided)	Poems in English, Berndeutsch, French, German by Marianne Junger from Switzerland [with explanations/versions in English]	Marianne Junger from Switzerland
Thurs	10	Bath & Camerton Archaeology Society	The Jew of Tewkesbury: an urban myth?	Richard Sermon Archaeological Officer for BANES
Mon	14	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Mon	14	Passions In Botany Lecture	Botany In Art Applications in teaching and decoration	Jane Hall Artist
Tues	15.01- 18.03	University of Bristol Short Literature Course	Transformations:
Tues	15	Bath Natural History Society	Birds of the Ecuador Rain Forest	Christine Johnson
Tues	15	Literature & Humanities Group	The Way To The Stars	Geoffrey Catchpole BRLSI Member
Wed	16	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm	Sexism in Business-A Canadian Solution	tba
Thurs	17	German Society	Deutsche Als Opfer: Eine Neue Phase Von Verganggenheitsaufarbeitung Im Deutschen Film	Dr. David Clarke University of Bath
Fri	18	Bath Film Society 7.45pm Members and their Guests only	The Wind that Shakes the Barley	Dir: Ken Loach
Mon	21	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rust
Mon	21	World Affairs Group	A Very Short Introduction to Game Theory	Prof. Ken Binmore University College London
Wed	23	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm	An Ungovernable Country?	Z.Zikmundova of the Belgian Embassy
Wed	23	Poetry Group	Joint meeting with Literature and Humanities group: Party – with entertainment on a festive theme	Paul Batson (Actor)
Fri	25	Science Group	Skeletons	Prof. Julian Vincent University of Bath
Sat	26	MEMBERS’ NEW YEAR PARTY buffet supper, quiz and music
Mon	28	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rust
Mon	28	History & Culture Group	The Devil on Wheels? Cycling’s Impact on 19th Century Ireland	Brian Griffin
Mon	28	Bath Family History Society	tba	tba
Wed	30	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm	The Future After Bush & Iraq	Alan Nyce of the U.S.A Embassy

FEBRUARY 2008

		EVERY WEDNESDAY 10.30am – 12.00pm	THE WEDNESDAY MORNING CAFE -EVERYONE WELCOME
Fri	01	Herschel Astronomy Group	‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Neutron Star’	Dr Paul Roche, Cardiff University
Fri	01	Bath Film Society 7.45pm Members and their Guests only	Venus	Dir: Roger Michell
Sat	02	Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts 2.30-4.30pm	Artist’s Talk: Curious £3, £2.50 concs Box Office: 01225 386777	Performance artists
Mon	04	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Tues	05	Philosophy Group	The Philosophy of Humour	Dennis Silverwood BRLSI Member
Wed	06	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm
Wed	06	BATH AND ITS INTELLECTUALS	Cedric Chivers (1853-1929) Local Business Man and Mayor of Bath-His impact on Bath	Dr Evelyn Lewis & Ivor Stone
Thurs	07	Lunchtime Talk 12.45-2.00pm Bring own sandwiches Tea/Coffee available	The Art of Fencing: History, code of honour, terminology and techniques	Dennis Hunt Professional Coach
Thurs	07	Bath Geological Society	AGM
Sat	09	Analytic Network	Beyond the Grand Narrative(s) : Dialogues in Pursuit of Personal Utterance	Fiona Gardner Brendan McLoughlin
Mon	11	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Mon	11	BOTANY LECTURE SERIES	Nymphaeae: The lure and uses of waterlilies since ancient times	Barbara Davies Horticulturalist
Wed	13	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm	Affordable Housing – An Urban Myth?	Julie Evans, Director of The Somer Housing Trust
Wed	13	Uni-Verse International Poetry Lunchtime meeting starts 12.30pm Bring your lunch (soft drinks provided)	Omar Khayyam	Freelance poet Paul Sutherland of ‘Dream Catcher’
Wed	13	Transport & Built Environment Group	Two Tunnels Project	tba
Thurs	14	Bath & Camerton Archaeology Society	Excavations at Upper Row Farm and updates on Projects by the Society followed by AGM	Director of Excavations J ayne Lawes
Fri	15	Bath Film Society 7.45pm Members and their Guests only	The Lives of Others	Dir: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Mon	18	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Mon	18	World Affairs Group	Re-Thinking Agriculture	Amir Kassam OBE Prof. of Tropical Agriculture at Reading University
Tues	19	Bath Natural History Society	Hedgerows and Dormice in the Bath Area	Sally Patterson, Enviromental Consultant to B&NES
Tues	19	*CANCELLED THROUGH ILLNESS Literature & Humanities Group	‘Middlemarch’ by George Eliot	Janet Cunliffe-Jones. BRLSI Member
Wed	20	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm	Affordable Housing An Urban Myth?	Robert Attwell, King Sturge, Attwell & Martin
Thurs	21	German Society	Deutsche Geschichte und Gesellschaft in Film:in bezug auf “Sonnenallee”, “Der Untergang” und “Das Leben der Anderen”	Talk by Yamina Ehrt, DAAD Lektorin at the University of Bristol
Fri	22	Science Group	Sit back, switch off Proprioception, biomechanics, attention & cognition	Dr. Margarida Dolan The Proprioception Trust
Fri	22	World Affairs Group-China Series	Map and Media: The Cultural History of Map Reading	Hilde de Weerdt Lecturer in Chinese History, University of Oxford: Fellow Pembroke College
Sat	23	Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts 2.30-4.00pm	Artist’s Talk: Rachel Lichtenstein £3, £2.50 concs Box Office: 01225 386777	Rachel Lichtenstein Author and visual artist
Mon	25	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Mon	25	United Nations Association	tba	tba
Mon	25	Bath Family History Society	Victorian Bath	Felicity Medcalf
Mon	25	History & Culture Group	“A few very fine things and a vast deal of tiresome stuff”Women and the Grand Tour of Italy in the 18th Century.	Roey Sweet
Wed	27	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm	How to become an MP	Dr Fabian Richter
Wed	27	Poetry Group * NB 2.30pm	John Keats
Thurs	28	Joint Bath Literature Festival/BRLSI	Georgina Ferry on Max Perutz (Story of Discovery of DNA)	Tickets from the Festival Box Office Reduced Price for BRLSI Members

March 2008

		EVERY WEDNESDAY 10.30am – 12.00pm	THE WEDNESDAY MORNING CAFE - EVERYONE WELCOME,
Mon	03	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Mon	03	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm
Wed	05	BATH AND ITS INTELLECTUALS LECTURE SERIES	Doris Langley Moore: Visionary and Founder of the Museum of Costume	Rosemary Harden, Fashion Museum Manager
Thurs	06	Lunchtime Talk 12.45-2.00pm Bring own sandwiches Tea/Coffee available	The Art of Scottish Dancing: History, source of music, dress, role in local events	Moira Stacey
Fri/Sat	07/08	Herschel Astronomy Group	No Meeting. Stand at ‘Bath Taps Into Science’ exhibition, Green Park Station	Group Members
Saturday 08 March 10am-9pm INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Sat	08	INTERNATIONAL WOMEN`S DAY 10.00 – 9.30pm Members:£1/event,£3 pt day,t/£8day	Centenary Year Opening by Mayor of Bath	Nikki Bennett, Carrie Etter, Rose Flint,Hilary Franklin,Linda Lamus,Helen Moor,Tracy Wall
Sat	08	Analytic Network	Meaning, Buddhism and Analytical Psychology	Dr. Dale Mathers
Mon	10	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	POSTPONED
Tues	11	Philosophy Group	Consciousness	Prof. Ted Honderich Emeritus Professor UCL
Tues	11	Transport & Built Environment Group	Dyson Project	Bruce Austen
Wed	12	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm	The Future of Universities. What next	Dr Mawditt
Wed	12	Uni-Verse International Poetry Lunchtime meeting starts 12.30pm Bring your lunch (soft drinks provided)	‘German Love Poetry’ Bring a poem to read either in translation or in the original, with summary, or come to listen.	Eric Frank / members of the BRLSI German Society / Open mic
Wed	12	Visual Arts & Exhibitions Group	INTERIORS an illustrated talk	Roger Whelan, BA (Hons) Fine Art
Thurs	13	Bath & Camerton Archaeology Society	Beyond the shadow of the hill: the use of geophysical survey for archeology, including recent results from Silbury Hill	Dr. Neil Linford English Heritage
Fir	14	Bath Film Society 7.45pm Members and their Guests only	My Best Friend	Dir: Patrice Leconte
Sat	15	VICTOR SUCHAR LECTURE Originally planned for 14.12..07 The lecture starts at 7:30 and the reception at 6:30pm	What is a thing? Quantum Theory & the Concept of Reality	*Prof. Christopher Isham Imperial College*
Mon	17	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Mon	17	Bath Family History Society	Victorian Census	Dr. Graham Davis
Mon	17	World Affairs Group	tba	tba
Tues	18	Bath Natural History Society	Members evening. 3 short talks by members
Wed	19	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm	Norway a Country Run by Women	Norwegian Embassy
Wed	19	Literature & Humanities Group	STANLEY SPENCER RA, Bristol, Balkans and Burghclere	Dr. Paul Gough. Pro Vice Chancellor University of West Of England
Thurs	20	Bath Geological Society	Living with earthquakes: know your faults. Joint GA Lecture	Prof. Jackson *All ticket lecture
Thurs	20	German Society	Familiengeschichten und die vergangenheit in der deutschen Gegenwartsliteratur	Illustrated talk by Andreas Kraft of the University of Konstanz
Mon	24	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Wed	26	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm	tba	tba
Wed	26	Poetry Group	Drums and Voices in The Wasteland	Ian Bonner MA
Fri	28	Science Group	Extracting the Bite from Malaria New approaches to bio-pharmaceuticals extraction	Dr Alexei Lapkin University of Bath
Fri	28	Bath Film Society 7.45pm Members and their Guests only	The History Boys	Dir: Nicholas Hytner
Mon	31	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Mon	31	History & Culture Group	Anglo-German Naval Relations 1870-1914	N.A.M Rodgers

April 2008

		EVERY WEDNESDAY 10.30am – 12.00pm	THE WEDNESDAY MORNING CAFE -EVERYONE WELCOME
Tues	01	Philosophy Group	If We Really Had Free Will…What would we do all day?	Ian Charles Author Conscious Robots
Wed	02	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm
Wed	02	BATH AND ITS INTELLECTUALS LECTURE SERIES	Goodridge the Greek: The Birth of the Picturesque in Bath	Amy Frost, Curator, Beckford’s Tower and Museum
Thurs	03	Lunchtime Talk 12.45-2.00pm Bring own sandwiches Tea/Coffee available	The Art of Cosmetics: Natural Ingredients, development and future prospects	Anna Gann
Thurs	03	Bath Geological Society	Aerial Photography and Laser Scanning for Geologists	Victoria Griffiths, Blom Aerofilms
Fri	04	Literature & Humanities	Popular music (ragtime & dance) c. 1900 – c. 1930. Concluding with a silent film comedy accompanied on the piano in the style of the time. This talk is paralleled by an exhibition of drawings of musicians by Eve Nichols (2-9 April)	Keith Nichols Eve Nichols
Sat	05	BRLSI Members Forum 12:00 to 1:00pm
Mon	07	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Tues	08	Transport & Built Environment Group	Bath`s Transport Package	tba
Wed	09	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm	tba	tba
Wed	09	Visual Arts & Exhibitions Group	tba	tba
Fri	11	Herschel Astronomy Group	The Multiverse – Is it Real?	Dr Martin Griffiths, Glamorgan University
Mon	14	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Mon	14	PASSIONS in BOTANY LECTURE	The MONOGRAPHER *Forensic Scientists of the Botanical World*	Prof Charles Stirton BRLSI Member
Tues	15	Bath Natural History Society	How To Love Snails	Tony Smith Bristol Naturalists Society
Wed	16	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm
Wed	16	World Affairs Programme - China Series	Will China Become Democratic?	Zheng Yongnian Prof of Chinese Politics and Director of Research in the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, Univ. of Nottingham
Thurs	17	German Society	AGM/Erzahlabend Short AGM followed by members’ story-telling evening
Mon	21	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Mon	21	World Affairs Group	Shaping a truly global response to climate change	Professor Anil Markandya, Bath University and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Wed	23	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm	tba	tba
Wed	23	Poetry Group	New Poetry: Discussion of a recently published collection: Domestic Violence: Eavan Boland	Led by David Skidmore, Member of the poetry Book Society
Wed	23	Contemporary Art Talks Programme Note - 7.00 - 8.30pm	Staging Sound	David Cunningham, Lina Dzuverovic-Russell, Robin Rimbaud (aka Scanner)
Fri	25	Science Group	New Insight from Chemical Imaging	Prof. Sergei Kazarian Imperial College London
Mon	28	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Mon	28	History & Culture Group	The Changing History of the Crimean War	Hugh Small
Mon	28	Bath Family History Society	tba	tba
Wed	30	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm
Wed	30	Economics Group	Defense against new frauds	Senior Trading Standards Officer, BANES Council

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	BRLSI Members Meeting 7:30pm
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	Herbs and Men of War	Ruth Mannion Daniels BRLSI Member
Tues	10	Transport & Built Environment Group	Population growth in the UK - how much, what type, and where?	Dr John Allison, UWE
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
Sun	22	PASSIONS in BOTANY 9.45am at the BRLSI	A Herbal Walk In Bath	Corrinne Sutterby Anna Gann
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

July 2008

		EVERY WEDNESDAY 10.30am – 12.00pm	THE WEDNESDAY MORNING CAFE -EVERYONE WELCOME
Tues	01	Philosophy Group	Ancient and Modern – Two Imprisoned Philosophers	Simon Farrow BRLSI Convenor
Wed	02	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am -12.00pm
Thurs	03	Bath Geological Society	The history and hydrogeology of the minor spas of south west England	Prof. John Mather
Fri	04	Herschel Astronomy Group	Astronomical Films and Barbecue	Prof. Francis Ring William Herschel Society
Mon	07	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Wed	09	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am -12.00pm	Credit Crunch: Restructuring major businesses	Neil Vinnicombe Begbies Traynor (Bath)
Wed	09	Uni-Verse International Poetry. Lunchtime meeting starts 12.30pm. Bring your lunch (soft drinks provided).	Latin Poetry – session led by Susan Sheppard concluding with open mic of your selected Italian Poetry hosted by Nikki Bennett	Susan Sheppard
Mon	14	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Mon	14	PASSIONS in BOTANY LECTURE	Where on Earth Since the Pharoahs, the hunt for garden plants.	Derry Watkins Discoverer of plants
Tues	15	Literature & Humanities Group	Planning Meeting plus film on Proust's In Search Of Lost Time	Chaired by: Dr. Robert Blackburn
Wed	16	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm	Credit Crunch: The bailiffs	Michael Turner Michael J Turner & Co Ltd.
Mon	21	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Wed	23	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm
Wed	23	Poetry Group	Readings from John Milton	Members and others
Thu	24	World Affairs Group	Zimbabwe	Grahame Pinnell
Fri	25	Science Group	Michael Faraday – His Life & Achievement Famous Scientist Biographical Series	Prof. David Gooding University of Bath
Mon	28	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Mon	28	Bath Family History Society
Wed	30	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm	The Rise of MS during the Last Ten Years	Dr J.M.Bird
Thu	31	Economics Group	6th Annual BRLSI Evening of Short Debates

(No meetings in August)

September 2008

		EVERY WEDNESDAY 10.30am - 12.00pm	THE WEDNESDAY MORNING CAFE -EVERYONE WELCOME
Mon	01	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner - don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Tues	02	Philosophy Group	Anatol Rapoport and Pragmatism	Dennis Poole BRLSI Member
Tues	02	Bath Natural History Society	Members' slides
Wed	03	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am -12.00pm
Thurs	04	Lunchtime Talk 12.45-2.00pm Bring own sandwiches Tea/Coffee available	Work, gender and ageing	Lyn Barham
Thurs	04	Bath Geological Society	Club Evening This is an opportunity for members to display their collections and to give a short talk about interesting trips or geological activities
Fri	05	Herschel Astronomy Group	Cosmic Origin of the Chemical Elements	Dr. Gary Mathlin Bath University
Sat	06	PASSIONS in BOTANY assemble 9.45am at 16 Queen Square - please wear walking shoes and bring a drink.	Herbal Walk no. 2	Corrine Sutterby, Medicinal Herbalist Anna Gann, BRLSI Member
Mon	08	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner - don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Wed	10	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am -12.00pm	Credit Crunch: Restructuring major businesses	Neil Vinnicombe Begbies Traynor (Bath)
Wed	10	Uni-Verse International Poetry. Lunchtime meeting starts 12.30pm. Bring your lunch (soft drinks provided).	Creatures of the Intertidal Zone	Susan Richardson Welsh Poet
Wed	10	Visual Arts & Exhibitions Group	Lucian Freud to Francis Bacon	Rex Valentine BRLSI member
Mon	15	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner - don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Tues	16	Literature & Humanities Group	Inventing memory: the relationship between fiction and autobiography	Gerard Woodward Bath Spa University, poet and novelist
Wed	17	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm
Thu	18	German Society
Fri	19	Science Group	Water on the Sun & in our Atmosphere	Prof. Jonathan Tennyson University College London
September 22 - October 11 EXHIBITION : Bath, a Palladian City Admission FREE Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm
Mon	22	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner - don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Mon	22	History & Culture Group	The Levellers: radicalism in the English revolution	Dr. Rachel Foxley University of Reading
Mon	22	Bath Family History Society	Changes in Bath (slide show)	John Helsdon
Wed	24	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am-12.00pm
Wed	24	Poetry Group	Ebenezer Elliott - One Honest Song For Immortality	David McKie Guardian Columnist
Fri	26	Bath Film Society 7.45pm BFS Members and their guests only	"Once"	Writer/director: John Carney
Mon	29	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner - don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Tue	30	HUSTINGS MEETING open to Members of the BRLSI only	Those who have been nominated to stand as a Trustee at the AGM in October will be here to answer members’ questions and put their ideas forward

October 2008

		EVERY WEDNESDAY 10.30am - 12.00pm	THE WEDNESDAY MORNING CAFE -EVERYONE WELCOME
September 22 - October 11 BRLSI EXHIBITION : Bath, a Palladian City Admission FREE Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm
Wed	01	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am -12.00pm
Thurs	02	Lunchtime Talk 12.45-2.00pm Bring own sandwiches Tea/Coffee available	The Future of Books and Bookselling	Nic Bottomley Mr. B’s Emporium
Thurs	02	Bath Geological Society	The Last Glaciers of the Brecon	Dr R Shakesby University of Swansea
Fri	03	Herschel Astronomy Group NOTE: EARLY START at 7.15pm	7th Astronomical Miscellany	Herschel Group Members
Fri	03	Transport & Built Environment Group	Bath, a Palladian City	Amy Frost Bath Preservation Society
Mon	06	NEW READING GROUP to meet on the 1st Monday of each month	For Patrick O’Brian Enthusiasts - bring your ideas, questions and copy of Master & Commander	Guided by Ruth Mannion Daniels
Tues	07	Philosophy Group	The Good Life	Geoff Catchpole BRLSI member
Tues	07	Bath Natural History Society	Bristol water and the hydrology of the Bristol region	Paul Hodge Bristol Water
Wed	08	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am -12.00pm
Wed	08	Visual Arts & Exhibitions Group	Leon Kossoff	Roger Whelan BRLSI member
Thu	09	Bath & Camerton Archaeology Society	New Light on Stonehenge: the work of the Stonehenge Riverside Project	Dr Joshua Pollard University of Bristol
Thu	09	Bath-Kaposvar Twin Association	Maths Trip to Hungary	Geoff Smith
Fri	10	Science Group	Hunting Higgs Bosons - in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN	Dr. Vincent Smith University of Bristol
Fri	10	Bath Film Society 7.45pm BFS Members and their guests only	The Kite Runner	Director: Marc Forster
Sat	11	HILLIER ON ASTRONOMY NO. 1 Course fee: £30 (£25 members/students)	Astronomy 2008	Dr. Rodney Hillier Bristol University
October 14 - 18 BRLSI EXHIBITION : Bath Science Admission FREE Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm (to be continued on November 3)
Mon	13	Passions in Botany	Tuning the Organs: 1 how do they work, why do they go wrong and how do you make them better?	Corinne Sutterby Herbal Pharmacologist
Tues	14	Transport & Built Environment Group	Green Energy in new development	Francis Moran
Wed	15	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am -12.00pm
Wed	15	Uni-Verse International Poetry. Lunchtime meeting starts 12.30pm. Bring your lunch (soft drinks provided).	Scraps from a Dead Letter Drop - original poetry and translations	Duncan McGibbon
Wed	15	ANNUAL JOHN WOOD ARCHITECTURE LECTURE sponsored by Fielden Clegg Bradley	The Softer Side of Sustainability	Martha Schwartz
Thu	16	German Society
Fri	17	Extra Science Group meeting	Why Conserve Sharks?	Dr. Jonathan Cox University of Bath
October 20 - November 1 Bath Area Network Artists (BANA) exhibition
Mon	20	World Affairs Group	Second Deluge, or Just Another Drop in the Ocean: what can we expect of Ice Sheets in the 21st Century?	Prof. Tony Payne, Director, Bristol Glaciology Centre
Wed	22	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am -12.00pm
Wed	22	Poetry Group	LECTURE to celebrate the Quater-Centenary of John Milton (1608 - 74): Milton’s Paradise Lost: a view from the 21st Century	Christine Rees King’s College London
Thurs	23	World Affairs Group CHINA SERIES	Internet Literature in China	Prof. Michael Hockx School of Oriental & African Studies
Fri	24	Bath Film Society 7.45pm BFS Members and their guests only	Fear and Trembling	Director: Alain Corneau
Sat	25	HILLIER ON ASTRONOMY NO. 2 Course fee: £30 (£25 members/students)	Astronomy 2008 POSTPONED UNTIL SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8TH DUE TO ILL HEALTH (all lectures go back by two weeks)	Dr. Rodney Hillier Bristol University
Mon	27	History & Culture Group	America - Right or Wrong?	Prof. John Newsinger Bath Spa University
Mon	27	Bath Family History Society	The Pulteney Family - illustrated talk	Dr Michael Rowe
Tue	28	NOTE: Doors will be closed at 7.15pm	BRLSI AGM Open to Members of BRLSI only - no-one will be admitted without an up-to-date Membership Card which must be shown at the door
Wed	29	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am -12.00pm
Wed	29	Literature & Humanities Group	Slamming doors and Breaking Strings: the Cultural Theatre of Ibsen and Chekhov	Prof. Edward Braun University of Bristol

November 2008

		EVERY WEDNESDAY 10.30am - 12.00pm	THE WEDNESDAY MORNING CAFE -EVERYONE WELCOME
Mon	03	NEW READING GROUP to meet on the 1st Monday of each month	for Patrick O’Brian Enthusiasts – bring your ideas, questions and copy of Master & Commander	Guided by Ruth Mannion Daniels
Tues	04	Philosophy Group	Emerson and the Transcendental	Betty Suchar BRLSI Member
Tues	04	Bath Natural History Society	The Flora of Walls in Winsley and Bradford-on-Avon
Wed	05	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am -12.00pm	Mortgages and the Banking Crisis	Dick Jenkins, CEO, Bath Building Society
Wed	05	Bath and Its Intellectuals	Sir Jerom Murch - 1807-95 Man of the Century?	Dr Alex Kolaczkowski History Department Royal High School, Bath
Thurs	06	Lunchtime Talk 12.45-2.00pm Bring own sandwiches Tea/Coffee available	Public art versus private art	Rosemary Simmons
Thurs	06	Bath Geological Society JOHN COPPIN LECTURE	Potential Impacts of Climate Change in Cold Permafrost Regions	Prof. Charles Harris University of Cardiff
Fri	07	Herschel Astronomy Group	“Mars Express – How to do it”	Dr. Lucy Berthoud, Bristol University
Fri	07	Bath Film Society 7.45pm BFS Members and their guests only	The Darjeeling Limited	Director: Wes Anderson
Sat	08	Poetry Group/ Uni-verse poetry series	Book Launch: Clattinger: An Alphabet of Signs from Nature by Peter Please	Peter Please, author.
Sat	08	HILLIER ON ASTRONOMY NO. 2 Course fee: £30 (£25 members/students)	Astronomy 2008 Note - this will be lecture no. 2, postponed from October 25th	Dr. Rodney Hillier Bristol University
Mon	10	Passions in Botany	Seeds – Martin Hope Sutton, and the formation of Suttons’ Seeds	Dr Liz Vincent, BRLSI member
Tues	11	Transport & Built Environment Group	Cornish Alps to Eco-Town	John Hodkin, Imerys Metals Tim Hancock, Terence O'Rourke Consultants
Wed	12	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am -12.00pm	Change – The Last Decade	Stephan Barbaruk The Wessex Association of Chambers of Commerce
Wed	12	Visual Arts & Exhibitions Group	Walter Sickert Note - there will be a reception from 6.30pm, with a chance to talk to the speaker. All attendees welcome. The lecture will start at 7.30pm.	Matthew Sturgis Author of Walter Sickert: A life
Thu	13	Bath & Camerton Archaeology Society	The Wrong Castle	Dr Duncan McAndrew Institute of Archaeology, University College London
Friday 14th November - DARWIN AND BEYOND The launch of the BRLSI's programme of lectures, exhibitions and other events throughout 2009 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On The Origin Of Species. All BRLSI members welcome ● 7.00 for 7.30pm
Mon	17	World Affairs Group	No Meeting
Tue	18	Literature & Humanities Group	*Centenary Lecture: Arnold Bennett and The Old Wives’ Tale* (1908)**	Fred Hughes, Potteries based historian and author
Wed	19	Uni-Verse International Poetry. Lunchtime meeting starts 12.30pm. Bring your lunch (soft drinks provided).	Riddles of the Unspoken	Euan Tait Poet, Musician & Essayist
Wed	19	Antiquities Group	Pyramids in Bosnia	Dr Sam Semir Osmanagich
Thu	20	German Society	Wertheim: Geschichte Einer Kleinen Stadt in Deutschland (Illustrated Talk)	Prof. Ernst Sondheimer
Fri	21	Bath Film Society 7.45pm BFS Members and their guests only	Pan`s Labyrinth	Director: Guillermo del Toro
Sat	22	HILLIER ON ASTRONOMY NO. 3 Course fee: £30 (£25 members/students)	Astronomy 2008 Note - this will be lecture no. 3, postponed from November 8th	Dr. Rodney Hillier Bristol University
Saturday 22nd November - Book Launch Discovery and Innovation - Bath and the Rise of Science Produced by BRLSI and the William Herschel Society 7.30pm ● Members and Visitors welcome
Mon	24	History & Culture Group	The French Revolution (to be confirmed)	Prof. S Burroughs Uni. of Leeds (TBC)
Mon	24	Bath Family History Society
Wed	26	The Wednesday Morning Café 10.30am -12.00pm	Get to Know the `Top Six` Influential Women`s Organisations in the UK and how your voice can be heard	Nancy Catchpole, former President of British Federation of Women Graduates & Nikki Bennett-Willetts Nat.President of Business & Professional Women UK
Wed	26	Poetry Group Note - starts 2.30pm	‘Outside London' Readings by Members	BRLSI members
Fri	28	Science Group	All Smoke and Mirrors – the world of Chiral Molecules	Dr. John Fossey University of Bath

December 2008

		EVERY WEDNESDAY 10.30am - 12.00pm	THE WEDNESDAY MORNING CAFE -EVERYONE WELCOME
Mon	01	NEW READING GROUP to meet on the 1st Monday of each month	for Patrick O’Brian Enthusiasts – bring your ideas, questions and copy of Master & Commander	Guided by Ruth Mannion Daniels
Mon	01	Bridge School of Bath 2pm	Bridge Class
Tue	02	Bridge School of Bath 10am	Beginners 1	Christine MacFarlane
Tues	02	Philosophy Group	Co-operation Can Kill – the Key to Human Nature	Tony Wilson BRLSI Member
Wed	3	Poetry Group and Uni-verse International Poetry (7.00 for 7.30pm)	A Sense Of The Spiritual - Rose Flint introduces her fourth collection of poems, Mother of Pearl.	Rose Flint joined by poets Fiona Hamilton, Claire Williamson, and Rachael Clyne, with Sally Pullinger (cello)
Thurs	04	Bath Geological Society	Preservation of the Birds & Dinosaurs with Feathers from Liaoning, China	Prof. Mike Benton University of Bristol
Fri	05	Herschel Astronomy Group	The Hunt for Aurorae on Extrasolar Planets	Sam George Birmingham University
Fri	05	Bath Film Society 7.45pm BFS Members and their guests only	Iris	Dir: Richard Eyre 2002
Sat	06	HILLIER ON ASTRONOMY NO. 4 Course fee: £30 (£25 members/students)	Astronomy 2008	Dr. Rodney Hillier Bristol University
Mon	08	Passions in Botany	Death of a Cloud Forest – Cities, Climates and Changes in Architectural Fashion	Henry Ford BRLSI Member
Tues	09	Bath Natural History Society	Presidential Address	Lucy Delve President
Wed	10	NEW Wednesday Morning Cafe 10.30am - 12.30pm	Cancer Research Developments In The Last 10 Years	Dr Andrew Bosanquet Director, Bath Cancer Research Unit.
Wed	10	World Affairs Group (Note - previously listed incorrectly as Dec 4th)	Science and Technology in China	Robin Porter Centre For East Asian Studies.
Wed	10	Visual Arts & Exhibitions Group	Frank Auerbach	Jax Horswill
Wed	10	Uni-verse International Poetry Lunchtime meeting, starts 12.30pm. Bring your lunch (soft drinks provided).	Poems with a ‘dash of the world’	David Johnson
Thu	11	Lunchtime Talk 12.45-2.00pm Bring own sandwiches Tea/Coffee available	TBA
Thu	11	Bath German Society	Weihnachtsabend – Gluhwein, Lebkuchen & entertainment
Thu	11	Bath & Camerton Archaeology Society	In the round or in the long: excavation of a Neolithic chambered tomb in Herefordshire	Dr George Nash University of Bristol
Fri	12	Literature & Humanities Group	George Eliot’s Middlemarch	Janet Cunliffe-Jones BRLSI Member
Sat	13	HILLIER ON ASTRONOMY NO. 5 Course fee: £30 (£25 members/students)	Astronomy 2008	Dr. Rodney Hillier Bristol University
Mon	15	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
Tuesday 16th December The VICTOR SUCHAR CHRISTMAS LECTURE 2008 "What Do We Know About The Causes Of Evolution?" Professor Brian Charlesworth FRS, University of Edinburgh (the first event in the Darwin and Beyond series, which runs throughout 2009)
Tues	16	The Historical Association	Christmas Social Evening
Thu	18	Lunchtime Talk 12.45-2.00pm Bring own sandwiches Tea/Coffee available	TBA
Fri	19	Bath Film Society 7.45pm BFS Members and their guests only	Fred & Ginger	Introduced by: Hannah Hyam, author
Mon	22	Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm	Come alone or with a partner – don`t worry if your bridge is a little rusty
The BRLSI office will be closed from Wed 24th Dec to Mon 5th Jan for the Christmas holiday (although we do have a lecture on Jan 2nd - see below). We'd like to wish all our members and visitors a very happy Christmas and New Year - see you in 2009!

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