Riches of the Earth: the beauty of minerals
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, SomersetThis exhibition runs from Saturday 1 April to Saturday 7 October 2023, 10am to 4pm every day except Sundays. Riches of the Earth reveals the beauty of minerals through the astounding forms and vibrant colours of more than a hundred carefully selected specimens from the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Collection. Alongside these, exquisite...
Our Changing Bird Population: a Birder’s Log Book
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, SomersetChris Vines is the society’s official bird recorder and has been studying local birds for many years. This is a Bath Natural History Society talk, tickets available on the night only. Doors open at 7pm for refreshments and the talk will start at 7.30pm. £2 Bath Nats members, £4 non-members.
Cercle francais – Histoire du vignoble bordelais
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, SomersetPlease note: this event is organised by an external group - please use the contact details below for any enquiries. Histoire du vignoble bordelais par Brigitte Thibaut de l’Alliance Française Samedi le 8 avril 2023 de 14h30 à 16h00 Envoyez un mail à Cerclefrancaisbath@gmail.com pour nous rejoindre. Visitors £6.00, BRLSI and Bath Jumelage members £3.50, Cercle Français members and Students free. This talk...
Victorian Literature Discussion Group: Vanity Fair
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, SomersetA popular mid-Victorian novel by William Makepeace Thackeray is the focus of the discussion. Vanity Fair satirises nineteenth century society and Thackeray created the memorable character, Becky Sharp, whose behaviour is both lively and manipulative. Veronica Trenchard
Jane Austen: Tensions at the Table – Dining room dynamics in abbeys & castles
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, SomersetThrough dining, lunching and breakfasting with the Tilneys, the heroine of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey becomes increasingly aware of the subtle pressures, masquerading all too often as hospitality and politeness, with which the all-powerful male head of the family gratifies his appetite not only for ‘fine dining’ but for power over his children, guests and...
Historical Association – everyday life & accidental death in tudor somerset
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, SomersetPlease note: this event is organised by an external group - please use the contact / booking details below for any enquiries. Everyday Life & Accidental Death in Tudor Somerset Professor Steven Gunn (University of Oxford) For ticket information please email mikeshort20@btinternet.com
The Ornamental Wilderness in the English Garden
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, SomersetThis talk is organised by Avon Gardens Trust: please click on Book Tickets for more information and booking. While today we may think of a wilderness as a wild place unspoiled by human intervention, in the 17th and 18th centuries a garden wilderness referred to a highly cultivated part of the formal garden, a place...
Big Read: Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, SomersetSet in the Potteries against a background of dour Wesleyan Methodism, Anna of the Five Towns is a brilliantly perceptive novel of provincial life in Victorian England. It is also one of the great studies of parental tyranny, stifled emotion and wasted life. A wonderful route into the work of this rather neglected but still...
Members’ event: Day trip to Rugbourne Farm, home of William Smith
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, SomersetJoin us for a talk and a trip to Rugbourne Farm, home of geologist William Smith. A RESTORATION DRAMA WITH A FAMOUS TENANT Rugbourne Farm is small Renaissance (seventeenth century) manor house just outside Bath, farmed until 2002 when the current owners bought it as their home, saving it from imminent collapse. Architect Andy Paterson and...