Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
The Life and Science of Marie Curie
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathYou can watch this event LIVE at Queen Square or online – please select the appropriate tickets when booking. Marie Curie was born in Warsaw in present day Poland in 1867. She joined a sister in Paris in 1891 and registered at the Sorbonne to study physics and mathematics with the intention of returning to...
‘A Likeness Pleases Everybody’: Jane Austen and Family Portraiture
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThis event is live at Queen Square (not online) As part of a Bath-wide celebration of Jane Austen this Autumn, Bath Royal takes great pleasure in presenting this talk as part of their much celebrated Rediscovering Jane Austen series. Famously reticent about providing much facial detail in her novels, portraits appealed to Jane Austen and...
Covid-19 and the State of Evidence-based Medicine
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathOver the last 18 months, authorities around the world have relied upon the conduct of new randomised control trials to inform Covid-19 prevention and treatment guidance. This approach has been applied equally to novel drug therapies developed by the pharmaceutical industry in response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, as well as to safe, established, broad spectrum,...
Mars: Ancient rivers, lakes and oceans – but where is the water now?
Online OnlyThis talk is online only. The history of water on Mars has huge implications for the possibility of life on Mars and the future of life on Earth. This is the first of two lectures on this subject, with the second lecture to be given by Steve Clifford in February Widespread fluvial dissection of the...
William Blake – A Reading of Songs of Innocence and Experience
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom“The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.” Somewhat neglected in his own lifetime, William Blake is now considered amongst the greatest writers and artists England ever produced. If Jerusalem is our national Hymn, then pop icons such as Patti Smith and the Verve have kept Blake’s cultural flame burning for...
A test event (internal use only)
Online OnlyThis is a test event for internal use only Lorem Ipsum Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It...
The Women of the Regency: A ‘Revolution…Almost Beyond Expression’
In this talk, Robert Morrison explores the vital ways in which women shaped the social, cultural, and intellectual world of the British Regency (1811-1820). The Regency is often associated with the military triumphs of the Duke of Wellington, the poetry of Lord Byron, the paintings of J. W. M. Turner, and the scientific innovations of...
The status-quo or a maverick? French Presidential Elections 2022
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathThis event can be watched live at Queen Square or online; please select the correct ticket when booking In April 2022, the French electorate will go to the polls in the first round of voting for the presidential elections. Unlike 2017, when the incumbent François Hollande did not stand for re-election, this time Emmanuel Macron...
Sketches from Afghanistan and Iraq
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathBath artist Matthew Cook worked as a war artist for the Times of London in both the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns, creating numerous memorable images. In this talk he describes his experiences in the two campaigns. He outlines the challenges of working as an artist when the bullets are flying all around and the practical...
BRILLIANTLY ENGINEERED!
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomLearn how to skewer a balloon without popping it, build & fly a helicopter (not a real one, sorry!) and discover the life of a modern engineer at the BRLSI ‘Brilliantly Engineered’ exhibition.Find out moreNo ticket required - Just come along! For all ages. Parental supervision required. Open every day (INCLUDING Sunday 25 February), 10am until...