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Churchill: a life in cartoons
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathWinston Churchill was a figure cartoonists loved to ridicule, boost or lampoon - sometimes all at once! Funnily enough, Churchill was not hurt by unfavourable cartoons, but rather enjoyed...
Modern Art in Bath
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathBath’s status in the eighteenth century led it to become a major centre for artistic production, notably with the work of Thomases Gainsborough and Lawrence. The city’s fascination with the...
The Athenaeum Club: a history
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathWhen it was founded in 1824, the Athenaeum broke the mould. Unlike in other pre-eminent clubs, its members were chosen on the basis of their achievements rather than on their...
The Voices of Bob Dylan
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathHe’s been called the voice of his generation, but people have not always been complimentary about the voice of Bob Dylan. To many, Dylan’s songs sound better when sung by...
Rome’s African emperor & his campaigns in Scotland
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathWhat made Septimius Severus one of the first great reforming emperors of the imperial Roman military, and how did he concentrate power around the imperial throne and create a reset...
Book Arts in the Age of Electronic Reproduction
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathThe book arts can be many things; from purely conceptual, commercially printed books like Ed Ruscha’s Twentysix Gasoline Stations, to the monumental lead book sculptures of Anselm Kiefer. Whether the...
LUCA: the Last Universal Common Ancestor of all life
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathAll living things on Earth are related; they share a common ancestor (LUCA). Recent work has allowed us to determine when LUCA lived, its way of life, and what kind...
What is an organism?
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathEverything is a something – or is it? Professor John Dupre considers the difference between substantialist and processualist metaphysics in this talk on the nature of "things". Following Aristotle, philosophers...
Art from the Spirit World
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathAn art insider’s look at artists such as Richard Dadd, Georgiana Houghton and the “Elizabethan Magus” John Dee, who all claimed their work was a direct manifestation of spirit-world intelligence....
Air pollution & environmental justice?
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathAir Pollution & Environmental Justice? Differential exposure across UK regions & communities. Substantial differences exist in both concentrations of outdoor air pollutants and the distribution of emission sources across the...
The life & science of Lord Kelvin
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathBRLSI is continuing its series of bicentenary talks with a look at the life of William Thomson, Lord Kelvin - one of the giants of nineteenth century physics. Lord Kelvin...
Seizing the Future: the Power of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathA four-talk collaboration between BRLSI and the University of Bath to explore how new research and innovative products can impact and improve the lives of people around the world. We...
How Economists Forgot the Real World (and Led Us Astray)
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathIn the past fifty years, economists have had more influence over politics and society than any other social science. But where do their ideas come from? In this talk, Nat...
Classical Music in 1824
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathBy 1824, the composers of the Baroque and Classical eras were long dead and the Romantic Era was dawning. This talk by Margaret McAlpine and Cliff Haresign will focus on...
John Gray & Andreas Wasmuht: the future of liberalism
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathFrancis Fukuyama’s utopian dream of the end of history, culminating in the dominance of the neo-liberal world order, has been well and truly shattered. Professor John Gray and Andreas...
The Bath search engine revolutionising drug discovery
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathA four-talk collaboration between BRLSI and the University of Bath to explore how new research and innovative products can impact and improve the lives of people around the world. We...
Populism & Language in Modern Germany
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathIn a year of worldwide democratic choices, distinguished researcher Dr Michael Kranert speaks about the relationship between language and politics in right-wing populism in contemporary Germany. He will also discuss...
The Welsh in Afghanistan, 1839-2022
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathFor nine years, BBC Wales journalist Gareth Jones followed the Queen’s Dragoon Guards - The Welsh Cavalry - as they took on insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he is...
COP29 Azerbaijan: International co-operation for a sustainable future
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathThe 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024. With global temperatures...
Who Owns the Moon?
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathOne of Britain’s leading intellectuals, Professor A C Grayling, joins us to take a philosophical stance on the subject of the Moon. Does history give us confidence that humankind's rapidly approaching commercial exploitation and possible colonisation of the moon will be peaceful and constructive, or further reason for conflict, trouble and wars?
Victor Suchar Christmas Lecture: A conversation with Justin Webb
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathThis year’s Victor Suchar Christmas Lecture will take the form of a “conversation” with BBC journalist Justin Webb. Webb’s current role as one of the resident anchors on BBC Radio...