Live at Queen Square
World Revealed Exhibition tour
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomJoin us for our FREE World Revealed exhibition tour! Spaces are limited to 12 people, so please register below (click on GOING). Tours take place on Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings. See 'What's On' listings for alternative dates. This year's exhibition celebrates 200 years of BRLSI by showcasing an eclectic 'best of' the BRLSI Collections....
Hatshepsut: Egypt’s female pharoah
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomHatshepsut: Egypt’s female pharoah Lucia Gahlin (archaeologist & writer) This is a Historical Association talk - for tickets please contact Mike Short, Historical Association Bath Branch Secretary, by emailing mikeshort20@btinternet.com
Donne di Mafia Film Festival: Nevia
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThis is Nevia, the final of three films being shown as part of the Mini Film Festival at BRLSI (23 & 24 April). Nevia is 17 and lives in the suburbs of Naples with her beloved little sister Enza, their aunt Lucia and their grandmother Nanà. Nevia is a stubborn teenager, determined to get from...
Donne di Mafia Film Festival: Burning Hearts
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomDirector Pippo Mezzapesa’s Burning Hearts comes courtesy of the Mini Film Festival at BRLSI this spring. In it, the forbidden love between Andrea, the reluctant heir of the Malatesta family, and Marilena, the beautiful wife of the Camporeale boss, rekindles an old feud between two rival families. The fatal passion brings the clans back into...
World Revealed Exhibition tour
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomJoin us for our FREE World Revealed exhibition tour! Spaces are limited to 12 people, so please register below (click on GOING). Tours take place on Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings. See 'What's On' listings for alternative dates. This year's exhibition celebrates 200 years of BRLSI by showcasing an eclectic 'best of' the BRLSI Collections....
BRLSI Bicentenary Read: Private Memoirs of a Justified Sinner
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThe Big Read is our regular Queen Square book club, free to members, with visitors also very welcome for just a small fee. Our book choice for April was published in 1824 and, being the same age as us, was selected to be part of the BRLSI 200th Anniversary celebrations. The Private Memoirs and Confessions...
Donne di Mafia Film Festival: Anime Nere (Black Souls) + Stay Behind (Short Film)
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomIn our mini film festival, the first event is a double bill. Doors open at 5.30pm We kick off with 'Stay Behind' a short film by Federica Schiavello. 6-6.15pm We follow with Anime Nere (Black Souls) by Francesco Munzi; the story of three brothers, the sons of shepherds, with ties to the ‘ndrangheta', the local...
Victorian Literature Group: Anthony Trollope’s Doctor Thorne
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomIf you love Victorian literature, you’ll love our Victorian Literature discussion group! Our discussion this month is on one of the most popular Victorian authors, Anthony Trollope, and his third Barsetshire novels entitled Doctor Thorne. Join us! Led by Victoria Trenchard
World Revealed Exhibition tour
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomJoin us for our FREE World Revealed exhibition tour! Spaces are limited to 12 people, so please register below (click on GOING). Tours take place on Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings. See 'What's On' listings for alternative dates. This year's exhibition celebrates 200 years of BRLSI by showcasing an eclectic 'best of' the BRLSI Collections....
Brunswick! an evening with our German Twins
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThe Lord Mayor of Brunswick, Dr Thorsten Kornblum, will give a presentation about Brunswick - Bath's twinned city in Germany - as a research and science location, which will be followed by a short lecture on internationalisation, given by Professor Angela Ittel, the President of the Technische Universität Braunschweig, which was founded in 1745. Both...
The Art of Portraiture – concert of readings & presentations
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomA concert of readings and presentations inspired by the February morning workshop, The Story Behind the Face. With the help of Ann Cullis from The Museum of Bath at Work and Ingrid Johannesson from the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen, our February workshop explored a wide range of possibilities for creating compelling portraits and suggested many...
The Sense of Place – workshop
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomAndrew Lawrence’s recent book, Bath – I Walked Every Street, will provide the inspiration for us to share our own special landscapes through words and images. There will be a range of writing prompts to take away and powerful readings from some of the great landscape writers of the past. The morning will begin with...
World Revealed Exhibition tour
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomJoin us for our FREE World Revealed exhibition tour! Spaces are limited to 12 people, so please register below (click on GOING). Tours take place on Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings. See 'What's On' listings for alternative dates. This year's exhibition celebrates 200 years of BRLSI by showcasing an eclectic 'best of' the BRLSI Collections....
World Revealed Exhibition tour
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomJoin us for our FREE World Revealed exhibition tour! Spaces are limited to 12 people, so please register below (click on GOING). Tours take place on Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings. See 'What's On' listings for alternative dates. This year's exhibition celebrates 200 years of BRLSI by showcasing an eclectic 'best of' the BRLSI Collections....
World Revealed Exhibition tour
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomJoin us for our FREE World Revealed exhibition tour! Spaces are limited to 12 people, so please register below (click on GOING). Tours take place on Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings. See 'What's On' listings for alternative dates. This year's exhibition celebrates 200 years of BRLSI by showcasing an eclectic 'best of' the BRLSI Collections....
Ferns of Bath
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThis is a Bath Natural History Society talk: tickets available on the door, £3. For more information about Bath Nats please see their website here In this talk, Dr Helena Crouch will give an introduction to ferns and illustrate the range of species to be found within Bath. The varied habitats around the city now...
Cercle francais – la politique francaise contemporaine
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomPlease note: this event is organised by an external group - please use the contact details below for any enquiries. La politique française contemporaine par Dr Steve Wharton de l’Université de Bath Samedi le 23 mars 2024 de 14h30 à 16h00 Envoyez un mail à Cerclefrancaisbath@gmail.com pour nous rejoindre. Visitors £6.00 (£5 on Zoom), BRLSI and Bath...
Benedictine Bath c.950 – 2024
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomBenedictine Bath c.950-2024: Early Dominance, Later Mission, Present Legacy Dr Giles Mercer (teacher & writer) This is a Historical Association talk - for tickets please contact Mike Short, Historical Association Bath Branch Secretary, by emailing mikeshort20@btinternet.com
Rokitansky – Wissenschaftler, Philosoph und Politiker im 19.Jahrhundert
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomAus einer bescheidene Familie in Böhmen, hat Carl, Freiherr von Rokitansky in Wien eine hervorragende Karriere als Begründer der 2. Wiener Medizinschule und der Pathologie für ganz Europa errichtet. Als k. u. k. Minister hat er die wissenschaftliche Ausbildung im ganzen Reich befördert. Seine philosophische Schrifte haben den Verstand des Publikums für die Ursache von...
Felix Yaniewicz: A Musical Migrant in Georgian Britain
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomFelix Yaniewicz (1762-1848) was a Polish-Lithuanian violin virtuoso and composer who settled in Britain and co-founded the first Edinburgh music festival. His intriguing story features a myth of royal illegitimacy, encounters with Mozart and Haydn in Vienna, escape from the French Revolution and a lost Stradivarius. His career as a charismatic performer and impresario took...
BRLSI Big Read: Sense & Sensibility
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomSign up for the BRLSI Big Read on Sense & Sensibility, the first of Jane Austen’s novels to be published. The novel explores how the contemporary ideals of ‘sense’ and ‘sensibility’ (rationality as opposed to romanticism) affect the conduct and love affairs of sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Austen’s empathy and wit make this an...
Vizille – un château et une révolution
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomPlease note: this event is organised by Cercle Français - please use the contact details below for any enquiries. Le château de Vizille, sud de Grenoble; hier, résidence des présidents de la République; aujourd’hui, lieu de mémoire de la Révolution française. Thierry Viennois Envoyez un mail à Cerclefrancaisbath@gmail.com pour nous rejoindre. Visitors £6.00, BRLSI and Bath Jumelage members...
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...
The displaced – german refugees in 1945
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThe story of refugees in post-war Germany in 1945. A brief, introductory presentation in German will be followed by a discussion based on the diary entries and letters of a family fleeing the occupation of Silesia by the Soviet Army in early 1945. Learn more about a little-known aspect of Germany’s post-war experience. The aim...
three hundred years of freemasonry in Bath
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThe North East Corner: Three Hundred Years of Freemasonry in Bath Malcolm Toogood (author & local historian) This is a Historical Association talk - for tickets please contact Mike Short, Historical Association Bath Branch Secretary, by emailing mikeshort20@btinternet.com
BRLSI Big Read: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomMary Wollstonecraft’s unconventional short life overshadowed her writing. She published one fiction and five polemical works – the most famous and contentious of these being A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792. This feminist treatise, received with a mixture of outrage and enthusiasm, was inspired by the fervor and excitement of the French...
The Restless Republic: Britain without a Crown
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThe Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown - Dr Anna Keay (Landmark Trust) This is a Historical Association talk, for tickets please contact Mike Short, Historical Association Bath Branch Secretary, on mikeshort20@btinternet.com
Building Resilience: Learn, Play, Eat
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomGive your resilience a boost at this three-part interactive event, where you'll learn, have fun, eat and connect in a supportive environment Resilience helps us to manage life's stresses and challenges, so that we can emerge stronger, wiser and more able to succeed. But what is resilience? And how can we develop it? Let us show...
Performing Poetry – workshop
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomSue Boyle’s interactive Readers’ and Writers’ Workshops welcome contributions from everyone who attends. Performing Poetry will focus on making the presentation of well known and popular poems as eloquent and enjoyable as possible. We will rejoice in the skilful use of rhythm and rhyme and celebrate the old custom of reciting great anthology pieces among...
The Story behind the Face – workshop
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomAn interactive workshop for readers and writers, led by Sue Boyle & Ann Cullis. Inspired by the recent Face to Face exhibition at the Museum of Bath at Work, the workshop will include visual images, performance readings and discussion to celebrate the arts of portraiture and fine writing, both for their own sakes and as...
Members-only event: bicentenary coffee & cake
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomSORRY - SOLD OUT. WE HAVE LIMITED CAPACITY AND HAVE REACHED OUR MAXIMUM NUMBER. We are inviting BRLSI members to join us at 11am on Saturday 20 January 2024 for a special members-only event to mark the start of our year-long Bicentenary celebrations. We’ll be raising a glass to one of Bath’s oldest centres of...
German literature: a short story by Martin Walser
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomMartin Walser, deutscher Roman- und Kurzgeschichtenautor starb im Juli 2023. Wir lesen und sprechen über eine Kurzgeschichte von Walser mit dem Titel „Die Klagen über meine Methoden häufen sich“. Nach einer kurzen Einführung werden wir uns mit einer Reihe von Fragen zur Geschichte befassen, die wir rechtzeitig vor der Veranstaltung bereitstellen werden. Martin Walser, the...
Aztecs abroad: the indigenous american discovery of Europe
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomAztecs Abroad: the indigenous American discovery of Europe Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock (University of Sheffield) This is a Historical Association talk - for tickets please contact Mike Short, Historical Association Bath Branch Secretary, by emailing mikeshort20@btinternet.com
The Franklin Relics at BRLSI
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomWhat was the Franklin Expedition, and what does it have to do with BRLSI? The Franklin Expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed in 1845 aboard two ships, destined to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The expedition...
L’Estuaire de la Gironde
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomPlease note: this event is organised by Cercle Français - please use the contact details below for any enquiries. Un aperçu sur cet estuaire, le plus vaste d’Europe de l’Ouest, son milieu naturel, son histoire maritime et les activités humaines qui l’animent. Charles Eve Envoyez un mail à Cerclefrancaisbath@gmail.com pour nous rejoindre. Visitors £6.00, BRLSI and Bath...
BACAS: A career in ruins
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThis talk is organised by Bath & Counties Archaeological Society (BACAS), with an admission charge of £4 for members, and £5 for the general public. No pre-booking available, please pay on the door. For more details please see the BACAS website here. Andrew Ziminski, Heritage Stonemason, has worked on a wide range of monuments...
Unbuilt Bath: the city as it might have been
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomDue to popular demand, Timothy Mowl will repeat his controversial and lavishly illustrated lecture on architectural schemes for Bath that were never realised, the subject of his recently published, co-authored book. It will take in all those missed opportunities and ways not followed – a vast double crescent in Bathwick by Robert Adam; a gigantic Reform...
Carols by Candlelight
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomJoin us for an exclusive evening of Christmas carols, fun festive readings & warming mulled wine or mulled apple juice in our candle-lit venue within the Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution. Music will be provided by Tim Snowden’s Bath Celebration Choir and friends. Tim Snowden is a composer and conductor, and is Musical Director...
BACAS: Bath Abbey – the stories behind the stones
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThis talk is organised by Bath & Counties Archaeological Society (BACAS), with an admission charge of £4 for members, and £5 for the general public. Pay on the door. For more details please see the BACAS website here. Bath Abbey has recently completed the “Footprint Project” – an ambitious £19.3-million undertaking, which began with the...
John Law: Home & Away Panoramas
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomBuilding on his successful participation in the BRLSI Makers’ Market, John Law will show a selection of framed and mounted panoramic prints on the theme Home & Away at 16 Queen Square from Wednesday 13 December until Friday 2 February. The exhibition is free and is open Monday to Saturday, 10am - 4pm. John will...
Weihnachtsfeierabend: an evening of German Christmas celebration
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomPlease join us for a German celebration of Christmas, including our favourite German Weihnachtslieder, a short quiz on the themes of the German year 2023 and Christmas in Germany, plus seasonal readings. German carols will be accompanied by a professional pianist. Glühwein (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) and soft drinks and Stollen will be provided. This...
Strandline Plants and Dune Formation
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThis is a Bath Natural History Society talk: tickets available on the door - Bath Nats members £2, non-members £4. For more information about Bath Nats please see their website here Rob Randall has had a lifelong interest in botany, especially in habitat development and succession and is currently President of Bath Natural History Society....
Proust et la musique: a la recherche du temps perdu
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomPlease note: this event is organised by Cercle Français - please use the contact details below for any enquiries. Proust et la musique: a la recherche du temps perdu par Emilie Capulet Nous partons à la recherche de l’inspiration musicale de Proust pour aborder son écriture, son style, ses rythmes et sa philosophie littéraire et artistique....
The story of Danzig – now Gdansk
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThis illustrated talk will provide insight into the complex history of the city of Gdańsk, formerly Danzig. From major center of the Hanseatic League to important Prussian port city, the city reached a dramatic turning point in the middle of the twentieth century. Now, after a period of traumatic upheaval, it has become a vibrant,...
The life & legend of the Sultan Saladin
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThe Life & Legend of the Sultan Saladin Professor Jonathan Phillips (Royal Holloway University of London) This is a Historical Association talk - for tickets please contact Mike Short, Historical Association Bath Branch Secretary, by emailing mikeshort20@btinternet.com
BRLSI CHRISTMAS MARKET
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomFind the perfect gift at the inaugural BRLSI Christmas Makers Market; a cosy indoor Christmas market offering local makers the chance to showcase their talents and allowing the people of Bath to support local and independent producers.Discover more about the event and stallholders hereOpen Mon-Sat 10-4pm. Late opening (7.30pm) Nov 23, Dec 1, Dec 5.
The Ridge & the Song: harp concert
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomIn this concert and talk, poet and harpist Francesco Benozzo will perform traditional music originating from differing territories focusing on the intertwined essence of world music. He will portray a dimension where life and music are suspended between reality and dream, artistic imagination and the creativeness of tradition. Francesco Benozzo is Associate Professor of Romance...
Big Read: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomGet reading now for the November Big Read. A discussion lead by Caroline Heaton on Susanna Clarke's award-winning novel Piranesi. The reader is initially immersed in an otherworldly universe of proliferating halls, washed by internal tides, and largely inhabited by statues, seabirds and the poignant remains of earlier inhabitants. And the narrator, Piranesi, is as...
Les bâtiments extraordinaires de Paris
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomPlease note: this event is organised by Cercle Français - please use the contact details below for any enquiries. Les bâtiments extraordinaires de Paris par Noëlle BOUVIER-STALLA Quel plaisir de revoir Noëlle, notre amie parisienne, qui nous fera découvrir des lieux méconnus de Paris en nous parlant d’histoire et d’architecture. Envoyez un mail à Cerclefrancaisbath@gmail.com pour...
Hannah More: film screening and Q&A
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomA screening of the film Hannah More, followed by a Q&A with the producer, Anthea Page and lead actor, Lily Maryon. PLEASE NOTE: 6.30pm start Who was Hannah More? A film screening at BRLSI tells the story of a Bristol-born philanthropist, poet, and playwright who became a leading figure in the Bluestocking circle, and who...
BACAS: The Archaeology of the Combe Down Stone Mines
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomBath stone was exploited from Roman times with larger quarries and mines developed in the 18th century to produce the stone used for many of the buildings in Bath and elsewhere in the UK, including Buckingham Palace. Stone was extracted by the “room and pillar” method, by which chambers were mined, leaving pillars of stone...
Bath’s Forgotten Trees
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThis is a Bath Natural History Society talk: no pre-booking, tickets are available on the door - Bath Nats members £2, non-members £4. For more information about Bath Nats please see their website here Hugh Williamson has a passion for trees and is one of the organisers of the Bath Urban Treescape trails. Bath has...
Julien et ses 31 auteurs … (Durée 70 minutes)
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomPlease note: this event is organised by Cercle Français - please use the contact details below for any enquiries. Julien et ses 31 auteurs ... (Durée 70 minutes) par Vincent Raymond-Barker Le chanteur-compositeur Julien Clerc et les poètes et auteurs qui ont écrit et écrivent encore ses paroles. Envoyez un mail à Cerclefrancaisbath@gmail.com pour nous rejoindre....
Female pacifists in World War II
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThe impact of the ‘girl conchies’: female pacifists in World War II Steve Illingworth (Teacher and writer) This is a Historical Association talk - for tickets please contact Mike Short, Historical Association Bath Branch Secretary, by emailing mikeshort20@btinternet.com
Unbuilt Bath: the city as it might have been
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomSORRY - THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT Timothy Mowl’s lively and lavishly illustrated talk will tie in with the launch of his co-authored book on architectural schemes for Bath that were never realised, all those missed opportunities and ways not taken – a double crescent in Bathwick by Robert Adam; a 1916 civic centre...
Annie Ernaux, voyage à travers 5 décennies de la société française
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomPlease note: this event is organised by Cercle Français - please use the contact details below for any enquiries. Annie Ernaux, voyage à travers 5 décennies de la société française par Maryse Wright Un voyage social, politique et culturel de la fin de la deuxième guerre mondiale aux années 2000 en s’appuyant sur l’œuvre d’Annie Ernaux....
Bath Textile Artists – Echoes of Bath
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomA free exhibition by Bath Textile Artists showcasing a range of textile techniques alongside key BRLSI key collection items that inspired each piece. Open Monday to Saturday 10am - 4pm. More details about Bath Textile Artists can be found here
Bath Academy of Art: The Corsham Years
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomBath Society of Artists event - please see below for admission details and ticket prices Bombed out of its Bath home, the local School of Art reformed as The Bath Academy of Art at Corsham Court under the leadership of Clifford Ellis. For 40 years it acted as a magnet for many of the biggest names...
Big Read: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomHow did the mad woman in the attic become the mad woman in the attic? Wide Sargasso Sea, written in 1966 but set in 1930s Jamaica, is a tale of dislocation and dispossession. Jean Rhys uses the contradictions and conflicts following the Emancipation Act to give added depth to her critique of oppressive colonial and...
Why do we need to know Lady Audley’s Secret?
Live at Queen Square BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomLady Audley’s Secret (1862) by Elizabeth Braddon was one of the most popular novels in the latter half of the nineteenth century. With its heady mix of beautiful criminal heroine, amateur detective, blackmail, arson, madness, bigamy, and suspenseful action, it helped launch – with Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White – the new genre of...