Heritage
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Elizabeth Linley: the (troubled) Nightingale of Bath
Thomas Messel
The scandalous tale of a vulnerable young singer, her elopement… and what happened next
£4.00 – £8.00
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Visual Arts
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Sculpture: Enlarging Eduardo & other projects
Alma Boyes MA
Going large! A talk on the blood, sweat and tears it takes to create sculpture on a monumental scale.
£4.00 – £8.00
Climate change & conservation
Eco Shorts at BRLSI
Introduced by James Godman
An evening of six inspiring and thought-provoking short films highlighting climate change & conservation
£4.00 – £8.00
Psychology
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Why Freud Still Matters – The Talking Cure in the Digital Age
Christos Tombras
What can the Talking Cure still offer in a century that would rather scan the brain than listen to the patient? Christos Tombras makes the case.
£4.00 – £8.00
German
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Lessons from Weimar: Democracy in East Germany
Katja Hoyer
How Weimar looms large in German history as a crucible of democracy and dictatorship
£4.00 – £8.00
Democracy under Threat
Democracy, liberalism, capitalism: the triad unravelling
Andreas Wasmuht
Are the foundations of the Western world unravelling? It’s the time to embrace complexity says Andreas Wasmuht.
£4.00 – £10.00
Italian course
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Italian course – pre-intermediate
Led by Cinzia Azzali
An Italian course for pre-intermediates
Science & Phillumeny
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Strike a light! John Walker & the friction match
Mike J Pryor
How a chemist from Stockton-on-Tees lit up the world with his invention – includes a short film
£4.00 – £8.00
Democracy under Threat
Everyone is right: media, democracy & the problem of knowing
Dr Matthew Alford
Why do citizens, journalists and scholars reach radically different conclusions about the same events?
£4.00 – £10.00
Democracy under Threat
Sir Stewart Eldon: the rules-based order
Sir Stewart Eldon, KCMG, OBE
Sir Stewart Eldon, the UK’s former Permanent Representative to NATO explores how we best safeguard a rules-based international order.
£4.00 – £10.00
Democracy under Threat
Democracy Ancient vs Modern: 10 things you really ought to know
Professor Paul Cartledge
Is Plato still relevant in a digital age? What can we still learn from the studying of democracy in ancient Greece?
£4.00 – £10.00
Geography & adventure
Driving the Ancient Sands: Recording the archaeology of Libya
Toby Savage
The first of BRLSI’s brand new talk series, Let’s go Adventure, Toby Savage shares tales of life on the road in Libya.
£4.00 – £8.00