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The Geology of Hogwarts

Leanne Hughes

This is a Bath Geological Society event – more details and booking via the BOOK TICKETS button! Unlock the magic of geology by exploring landscapes from the world of Harry Potter to understand more about the geology of the Highlands! Using insights gleaned from the filming locations, we can speculate where the ‘unplottable’ castle of…

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Free exhibition tour
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World Revealed Exhibition Tour

Join us for our FREE World Revealed exhibition tour! Spaces are limited to 12 people, so please RSVP below (click on I’m Attending). 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…

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Astronomy
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Reaching across the gulf of space: William Huggins at 200

Hugh Allen

Join us as we continue to celebrate other notable bicentenaries this year! 2024 marks 200 years since the birth of Sir William Huggins, the Victorian pioneer of astronomical spectroscopy. In this talk, Hugh Allen – Chairman of the Wells & Mendip Astronomers, Herschel Society member and lifelong amateur astronomer – celebrates William’s life and work,…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Poetry workshop
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Fled is that music – creative workshop

Led by Sue Boyle

The first three workshops in this Bicentenary series focussed on character creation, the sense of place and types of narrative which captured and held the imaginations of the audience for high Romantic painting and poetry. The fourth workshop, Fled is that Music, will celebrate the mastery of musical form which still keeps so many nineteenth…

£4.00 – £8.00
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Concert of readings
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Romantic Narratives – concert of readings & presentations

Led by Sue Boyle

Our June workshop, Forbidden Fruit, explored the themes of obsession and unfulfilled desire in some high romantic English art and poetry. This afternoon concert of new writings and discussion will ask whether the incarceration of the Lady of Shalott, or the suicide of Bess the landlord’s black-eyed daughter would be popular or even allowable subjects…

£4.00 – £8.00
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Free short videos
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Drop-in video talks!

Drop in and view sample videos of fascinating talks at BRLSI for Heritage Open Days Week 2024! No booking required, just go up to the Draper Room (top of the stairs, right hand side). Please contact us for alternative access arrangements. For more on our Heritage Open Days programme, read our blog here. Approximate schedule…

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Free short videos
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Drop-in video talks!

Drop in and view sample videos of fascinating talks at BRLSI for Heritage Open Days Week 2024! No booking required, just go up to the Draper Room (top of the stairs, right hand side). Please contact us for alternative access arrangements. For more on our Heritage Open Days programme, read our blog here. Approximate schedule…

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FREE pop-up event!
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Myra, an Elegy for an unknown lady by Dr William Oliver

Duncan McGibbon

Come along to BRLSI for our free Heritage Open Days lunchtime events – every day this week we’ve got something to interest and inspire you. To book your space, simply RSVP via the red box below! As well as being a distinguished doctor, William Oliver was a poet who wrote a Pastoral Elegy for a…

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Free short videos
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Drop-in video talks!

Drop in and view sample videos of fascinating talks at BRLSI for Heritage Open Days Week 2024! No booking required, just go up to the Draper Room (top of the stairs, right hand side). Please contact us for alternative access arrangements. For more on our Heritage Open Days programme, read our blog here. Approximate schedule…

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My Bath view bucket list

Charles Minty

Come along to BRLSI for our free Heritage Open Days lunchtime events – every day this week we’ve got something to interest and inspire you. To book your space, simply RSVP via the red box below! Bath artist Charles L. W. Minty, who takes his inspiration from his heroes Renoir and Singer Sargent, talks about…

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BRLSI + University of Bath
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How Bath research is detecting drugs in schools

Professor Chris Pudney

What if a prison drug was endemic in our schools without anyone noticing? A drug called spice is endemic in the UK prison system and is associated with nearly half of non-natural deaths – but what if this drug was also endemic in our schools? This talk will share how Professor Chris Pudney has developed…

Free – £3.00
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Reading Round

Led by Jasbinder Bilan

Reading Round: a reading group with a difference Weekly meetings discovering stories and poems for sheer enjoyment, looking at how writers weave their effects. Led by author Jasbinder Bilan for the Royal Literary Fund; for more information about RLF community reading groups see here. Everyone welcome, but numbers are limited. This is an externally organised…

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Big Read
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Big Read: Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Erika Giffard-Moore

Franz Kafka is widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature, but does he still have something to say about the society of today? To mark the 100 year anniversary of Kafka’s death, BRLSI is featuring Kafka’s legacy, focusing on Metamorphosis, a book finished in 1912 and published in 1915. The introduction…

Free – £3.00
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Free short videos
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Drop-in video talks!

Drop in and view sample videos of fascinating talks at BRLSI for Heritage Open Days Week 2024! No booking required, just go up to the Draper Room (top of the stairs, right hand side). Please contact us for alternative access arrangements. For more on our Heritage Open Days programme, read our blog here. Approximate schedule…

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FREE pop-up event!
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Capturing the City

BRLSI bicentenary workshop members

Come along to BRLSI for our free Heritage Open Days lunchtime events – every day this week we’ve got something to interest and inspire you. To book your space, simply RSVP via the red box below! Please note that this is a change from the previously scheduled event. Members of the BRLSI Bicentenary Workshops have…

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Photography
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The Art of Seeing

Benedict Brain

Photography has never been so easy, nor has it ever been so hard. While digital cameras and advanced smartphones can consistently deliver perfect exposures and pin-sharp focus, technology alone cannot create captivating and meaningful photographs. This illuminating talk from Benedict Brain, illustrated with photographs from a diverse body of work from his extensive global travels,…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Free short videos
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Drop-in video talks!

Drop in and view sample videos of fascinating talks at BRLSI for Heritage Open Days Week 2024! No booking required, just go up to the Draper Room (top of the stairs, right hand side). Please contact us for alternative access arrangements. For more on our Heritage Open Days programme, read our blog here. Approximate schedule…

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Free short videos
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Drop-in video talks!

Drop in and view sample videos of fascinating talks at BRLSI for Heritage Open Days Week 2024! No booking required, just go up to the Draper Room (top of the stairs, right hand side). Please contact us for alternative access arrangements. For more on our Heritage Open Days programme, read our blog here. Approximate schedule…

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Free talk
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Andrea Casali & his work for Alderman Beckford

Dr Amy Frost

Join us for our FREE Heritage Open Days talk! Alderman William Beckford was a key patron of the eighteenth century Italian painter Andrea Casali, and filled his mansion at Fonthill in Wiltshire with the artist’s work, funded through the profits of transatlantic slavery. Beckford’s son, William, builder of the tower above Bath, demolished the house and sold the paintings. At least eleven of them…

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Free short videos
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Drop-in video talks!

Drop in and view sample videos of fascinating talks at BRLSI for Heritage Open Days Week 2024! No booking required, just go up to the Draper Room (top of the stairs, right hand side). Please contact us for alternative access arrangements. For more on our Heritage Open Days programme, read our blog here. Approximate schedule…

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Our world in 2050

Andreas Wasmuht

Come along to BRLSI for our free Heritage Open Days lunchtime events – every day this week we’ve got something to interest and inspire you. To book your space, simply RSVP via the red box below! What will the world look like in 2050? Hot on the heels of the eight-part series of talks by…

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Free short videos
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Drop-in video talks!

Drop in and view sample videos of fascinating talks at BRLSI for Heritage Open Days Week 2024! No booking required, just go up to the Draper Room (top of the stairs, right hand side). Please contact us for alternative access arrangements. For more on our Heritage Open Days programme, read our blog here. Approximate schedule…

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Cercle Français
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Cercle francais – l’exposition universelle de Paris en 1900

Noelle Bouvier-Stalla

La L’exposition universelle de Paris en 1900 par Noëlle Bouvier-Stalla. Samedi le 14 septembre 2024 de 14h30 à 16h00  Envoyez un mail à Cerclefrancaisbath@gmail.com pour nous rejoindre. Visitors £6.00 (£5 on Zoom), BRLSI and Bath Jumelage members £3.50, Cercle Français members and Students free. £30 pour toutes les conférences jusqu’a la fin de mai 2025. This talk is…

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Jane Austen
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Dress & Diversion in Jane Austen’s Bath

Penelope Byrde Ruddock

Was Jane Austen a fashionista? In this illustrated talk, fashion historian Penelope Byrde Ruddock looks at the diversions that made the city of Bath so delightful as a spa resort and at the clothes that were worn for the social round – some of which were particular Bath fashions. It will give a context to…

£4.00 – £12.00
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Bicentenary series
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The RSPCA at 200 – past, present & future

Suzanne Norbury

How do we best protect the animals of the future? In the 200 years since the RSPCA was founded, the charity has changed attitudes, behaviours and laws towards animals and, as a society, we have revolutionised the way we think, feel and act towards them. We’ll look at the history of the world’s oldest animal…

£4.00 – £8.00
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Reading Round

Led by Jasbinder Bilan

Reading Round: a reading group with a difference Weekly meetings discovering stories and poems for sheer enjoyment, looking at how writers weave their effects. Led by author Jasbinder Bilan for the Royal Literary Fund; for more information about RLF community reading groups see here. Everyone welcome, but numbers are limited. This is an externally organised…

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Free exhibition tour
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World Revealed Exhibition Tour

Join us for our FREE World Revealed exhibition tour! Spaces are limited to 12 people, so please RSVP below (click on I’m Attending). 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…

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Science / Natural History
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Alien Invaders: plants & animals that have changed the world

Dr Ben Aldiss

Invasive species, plants and animals across the world that have been accidentally or deliberately introduced into other countries, have in many cases caused drastic ecological effects in their new homes, including driving the extinction of native species. What makes these alien invaders so successful and how do they become established? Dr Ben Aldiss, wildlife journalist…

£3.00 – £6.00
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German social evening
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German games & wine tasting!

Led by Trixy Alberga & Simon Guyett

The German Culture & Language group at BRLSI will once again be running the beloved newspaper team game! Come along for an evening of fun and games, with an opportunity to practise your German, learn about Germany and make new friends. The interactive, competitive game features a range of humorous questions to be answered from…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Military History / World Affairs
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Ukraine & Gaza: Challenges for Western Solidarity

Con Coughlin

With conflicts raging in Ukraine and Gaza, the West is facing numerous challenges over how best to defend and protect its interests, from making sure it has the military resilience to tackle threats from major powers such as Russia, China and Iran, to maintaining a united front in the face of adversity. The prospect of…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Bicentenary series
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William Holburne: A life in objects

Hannah Mills

Two hundred years ago, in the founding year of Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, Sir William Holburne embarked on a grand tour of Europe, lasting till 1825. This tour sparked his career as a collector, spanning 50 years. Holburne came to be known as a respected collector of paintings, silverware, and the decorative arts,…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Reading Round

Led by Jasbinder Bilan

Reading Round: a reading group with a difference Weekly meetings discovering stories and poems for sheer enjoyment, looking at how writers weave their effects. Led by author Jasbinder Bilan for the Royal Literary Fund; for more information about RLF community reading groups see here. Everyone welcome, but numbers are limited. This is an externally organised…

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Free exhibition tour
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World Revealed Exhibition Tour

Join us for our FREE World Revealed exhibition tour! Spaces are limited to 12 people, so please RSVP below (click on I’m Attending). 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…

Free
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Historical Association
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Empires of the Normans

Professor Levi Roach

Empires of the Normans Professor Levi Roach (University of Exeter) This is a Historical Association event – for further information please email mikeshort20@btinternet.com

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Free exhibition tour
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World Revealed Exhibition Tour

Join us for our FREE World Revealed exhibition tour! Spaces are limited to 12 people, so please RSVP below (click on I’m Attending). 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…

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Local History
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Literary, lively, learned: Farleigh Castle & Bath in 1824

Dr Mary Redmayne

Another talk to illustrate notable (and in this instance, local) links with BRLSI’s bicentenary! Whilst researching the life and times of her ancestors, the Houltons of the Farleigh Hungerford estate, Dr Mary Redmayne uncovered important links between Colonel John Houlton (1773-1839) of the Somerset Militia and BRLSI. A lively story emerged, from Joseph Houlton (a…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Talk with live music
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Bluegrass: where it came from & where it’s goin’

Leon Hunt & Mike Pryor

Ready for a talk with some live music? Bluegrass, an American musical style, which started in the 1940s, is still going strong. Most of us recognise the sound of banjo-led bluegrass from films such as O Brother Where Art Thou and Bonnie and Clyde, and some will remember The Beverley Hillbillies on 1960s television. Up until the 1970s…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Philosophy
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The Global Origins of Psychology

Richard Valentine

What have the philosophers ever done for psychology?  Psychology is as old as humanity itself and we have been asking questions about ourselves for millennia. This talk charts the fascinating origin of psychology and draws on numerous themes, structuring the journey via the central theory developed by the psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist (author of The Master…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Bath Natural History Society
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What is biodiversity & why does it matter?

Alan Feest

Dr Alan Feest will demonstrate the deficiencies of the current definition of biodiversity and offer suggestions for a way forward, explaining the approach used in Bath Natural History Society local surveys.  This talk will be an interactive discussion with opportunities for everyone to participate. This is Bath Natural History Society event; tickets £3 on the…

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Reading Round

Led by Jasbinder Bilan

Reading Round: a reading group with a difference Weekly meetings discovering stories and poems for sheer enjoyment, looking at how writers weave their effects. Led by author Jasbinder Bilan for the Royal Literary Fund; for more information about RLF community reading groups see here. Everyone welcome, but numbers are limited. This is an externally organised…

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World Heritage
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World Heritage Bath: getting the details right

Alex Sherman

Ensuring many views in Bath look as they did 250 years ago is key to the unique experience of walking through our World Heritage City. How does the magic happen? Over the last 25 years a special fund has invested nearly £500,000 on 200 separate projects to help burnish the little details that make such…

£4.00 – £8.00
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Sustainability
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Sustainable Hydrogen for net zero

Professor Tim Mays

What are the current status and future prospects of sustainable hydrogen technologies? In the latest talk in our Sustainability series, discover the entire hydrogen value chain – from production, storage, distribution and end use, as well as alternative carriers such as ammonia.  Cross-cutting aspects such as safety and social, environmental and economic sustainability will also…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Free exhibition tour
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World Revealed Exhibition Tour

Join us for our FREE World Revealed exhibition tour! Spaces are limited to 12 people, so please RSVP below (click on I’m Attending). 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…

Free
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Astronomy
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The Discovery of Gravitational Waves

Professor Mike Cruise

In 1916 Albert Einstein predicted that his new theory of gravitation, now called General Relativity, included wave modes which could propagate in vacuum a little like electromagnetism. These modes – the “gravitational” waves – were predicted by Einstein to be so weak that they would “never be detected”. With the development of electronics, lasers and…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Cercle Français
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Cercle francais – Le pantheon

Maryse Wright

Le Panthéon – Aux grands hommes et aux grandes femmes, la patrie reconnaissanate par Maryse Wright. Samedi le 5 octobre 2024 de 14h30 à 16h00. Le café est servi à 14h15. Envoyez un mail à Cerclefrancaisbath@gmail.com pour nous rejoindre. Visitors £6.00 (£5 on Zoom), BRLSI and Bath Jumelage members £3.50, Cercle Français members and Students free. £30 pour…

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Poetry & Literature
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What did Mr Hyde do when he wasn’t Dr Jekyll?

Duncan McGibbon

Have you ever wondered what Mr Hyde actually did when he wasn’t Dr Jekyll?  Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde gives very little detail about Dr Jekyll’s evil double, Mr Hyde, except in general reports of his wrongdoings. Duncan McGibbon will explain how the secret of Hyde’s misdemeanours lies in…

£3.00 – £6.00
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History & World Affairs
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Greek Myths for a post-truth world

Yiannis Gabriel

What can ancient Greek myths teach us about the troubles and challenges of our post-truth times? Environmental degradation, mass migration, war, inequality, exclusion, authoritarianism, and perplexing technological possibilities have been enduring themes since ancient times. Using some of his favourite myths as points of departure, Yiannis Gabriel invites us to think and experience the world…

£3.00 – £6.00
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BRLSI + University of Bath
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Bath Entrepreneurs of the future!

Various speakers

Join us for a special showcase from this year’s cohort of the University of Bath Alumni Innovation Award; a programme where entrepreneurial graduates are supported to develop their ideas into the businesses of the future. You’ll hear about startups ranging from an augmented reality video gaming app aimed at transforming physical education in schools, to…

Free – £3.00
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Reading Round

Led by Jasbinder Bilan

Reading Round: a reading group with a difference Weekly meetings discovering stories and poems for sheer enjoyment, looking at how writers weave their effects. Led by author Jasbinder Bilan for the Royal Literary Fund; for more information about RLF community reading groups see here. Everyone welcome, but numbers are limited. This is an externally organised…

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Book discussion
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Big Read: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Led by Betty Suchar

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) remains popular, is often quoted and his plays are still regularly staged. What about his novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray? Would we continue to be fascinated if we didn’t know Wilde’s history, his downfall and his imprisonment for homosexuality? Here’s some things to think about while you’re reading: 1. Is this…

Free – £3.00
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BACAS Archaeology
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The Temperance movement in Bath & Bristol

Alan Clarke

From Hogarth’s vivid depiction of the gin craze and as pubs and beer shops grew up in Victorian England there arose a desire for self-improvement combined with Evangelicalism as an alternative. This led to taking the pledge for temperance becoming a movement for total abstinence by the 1830s and the talk will cover its origins…

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World Revealed Exhibition Tour

Join us for the last tour before our World Revealed exhibition ends! Spaces are limited to 12 people, so please RSVP below (click on I’m Attending). 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…

Free
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Women’s History Network conference
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Women & Fashion: A historical perspective

Various speakers

West of England and South Wales Women’s History Network 31st Annual Conference Keynote Speaker: Dr Serena Dyer, Associate Professor of Fashion History & Material Culture, De Montford University This is a WESWWHN event; please go to Book Tickets for full details of the programme and how to book.

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Victorian Literature
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Villette by Charlotte Bronte

Led by Victoria Trenchard

BRLSI’s Victorian Literature Group discusses Charlotte Brontë’s novel Villette, exploring loneliness, love, and the struggle for independence in a pensionnat in Brussels. Villette follows the story of Lucy Snowe, a young Englishwoman who moves to the fictional town of “Villette” (her name for Brussels) to teach at a girls’ school after a series of personal…

Free – £3.00
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Avon Gardens Trust
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Chinoiserie – Tea, Trade Routes and a Taste for the Exotic

Dr Laura Mayer

This is an Avon Gardens Trust event – for full details go to the Book Tickets button. NB Avon Gardens Trust AGM at 2.30pm, followed by talk at 3pm. Chinoiserie, an early European interest in the arts of the Far East, blossomed in Georgian Britain. It encompassed everything from furniture design and ceramics, to gardening…

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History & Culture
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Churchill: a life in cartoons

Dr Tim Benson

Winston 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 them and had some of them framed and hung around the walls of his home at Chartwell. To mark the 150th anniversary of his birth,…

£4.00 – £8.00
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Reading Round

Led by Jasbinder Bilan

Reading Round: a reading group with a difference Weekly meetings discovering stories and poems for sheer enjoyment, looking at how writers weave their effects. Led by author Jasbinder Bilan for the Royal Literary Fund; for more information about RLF community reading groups see here. Everyone welcome, but numbers are limited. This is an externally organised…

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Art
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Modern Art in Bath

Dr Chris Stephens

Bath’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.

Free – £6.00
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Bicentenary series
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The Athenaeum Club: a history

Michael Wheeler

When 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 background. Public rather than private life dominated the agenda. Famous for its library, the club has always been closely linked to the learned societies. With…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Bicentenary series
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200 years of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

Sabine Purshouse

Beethoven’s 9th Symphony had its premiere in May 1824 – the same year as BRLSI was established. Best known for its iconic choral finish, based on Schiller’s Ode to Joy, it became the gold standard for symphonies for composers in and beyond the German-speaking world. Find out the background to this extraordinary work in an…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Free family event!
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Bath Taps into Science

Bath’s favourite hands-on science festival is back! Bath Taps into Science is a free STEM (science, tech, engineering & maths) celebration for families and children (KS1-KS3) running from 10am until 4pm on Saturday 19th October, when 16 Queen Square will be packed with activities and experiments. It’s all free so come and get stuck in!…

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Music
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The Voices of Bob Dylan

Matthew Zuckerman

He’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 other people, but this talk presents the argument that Bob Dylan’s vocal talents are as central to his art as his song writing. With the…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Reading Round

Led by Jasbinder Bilan

Reading Round: a reading group with a difference Weekly meetings discovering stories and poems for sheer enjoyment, looking at how writers weave their effects. Led by author Jasbinder Bilan for the Royal Literary Fund; for more information about RLF community reading groups see here. Everyone welcome, but numbers are limited. This is an externally organised…

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AGM
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Annual General Meeting

Join us for a review of BRLSI’s 2023 to 2024 financial year and to hear news of our future projects. The Annual General Meeting is a vital part of our governance process. It is where the Institution formally reports to its members on its finances and activities during the previous financial year, and where new…

Free
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Historical Association
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Recording War: IWM’s Blavatnik Art, Film & Photography Galleries

Caro Howell

IWM’s Blavatnik Art, Film & Photography Galleries Caro Howell (Director-General, Imperial War Museums) This is a Historical Association event – for further information please email mikeshort20@btinternet.com  

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Cercle Français
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Cercle francais – les cevennes

Isabelle Schloesing

Les Cévennes –  par Isabelle Schloesing. Samedi le 26 octobre 2024 de 14h30 à 16h00. Le café est servi à 14h15. On se rencontre en salle mais Mme Schloesing sera sur Zoom. Envoyez un mail à Cerclefrancaisbath@gmail.com pour nous rejoindre. Visitors £6.00 (£5 on Zoom), BRLSI and Bath Jumelage members £3.50, Cercle Français members and Students free. £30 pour…

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Free family fun!
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October half term at BRLSI!

Join us this October half term for free and fun children’s activities with the Academy of Imagination! Expect a mix of fun explorative activities and some spooky surprises including… Spooky Fortune Teller Teeth! Mythical Creatures Lego Dino Competition Darwin’s Finches Touchy Feely Box We look forward to seeing you – (parents and guardians must be…

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Military History
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Rome’s African emperor & his campaigns in Scotland

Dr Simon Elliott

What 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 of the Roman Empire based around allies from his North African homeland?  Since the 1970s, new archaeological evidence has come to light to illuminate the…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Visual Arts
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Book Arts in the Age of Electronic Reproduction

Benjamin Maggs

The 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 artist intends to reject the limitations imposed by physicality, or to investigate and embrace them, each book is nonetheless forced to reckon with its corporeal…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Reading Round

Led by Jasbinder Bilan

Reading Round: a reading group with a difference Weekly meetings discovering stories and poems for sheer enjoyment, looking at how writers weave their effects. Led by author Jasbinder Bilan for the Royal Literary Fund; for more information about RLF community reading groups see here. Everyone welcome, but numbers are limited. This is an externally organised…

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Bath Astronomers
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Our Accidental Universe

Chris Lintott

Exploring a cosmos as vast as ours is bound to result in a few surprises! In this talk, Chris Lintott (BBC Sky at Night/University of Oxford) explains how astronomers stumble across their discoveries. From the rich diversity of worlds in our Solar System to the edge of the observable universe, he will explain that what…

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Science
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LUCA: the Last Universal Common Ancestor of all life

Dr Ed Moody

All 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 of genes it had, thus firmly placing LUCA in the context of the tree of life and Earth’s history. In this talk Dr Ed Moody…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Poetry workshop
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The Death of Orpheus

Curated & led by Sue Boyle

During the early years of the twentieth century, English poets’ fondness for the traditional forms of poetry began to slip away. The horrors of war and the waste lands of broken civilisation did not fit easily into the soothing patterns of traditional metrical verse and rhyme. Telling the urgent truth became important. The democratisation of…

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Creative workshop & readings
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Cafe Days in Bath

Curated by Sue Boyle & Ann Cullis

This final workshop of the Bicentenary series will contain the first ever performance of Stella Townson’s powerful text, Café Days in Bath. We will also be sharing workshop members’ idiosyncratic and fascinating photographs of the city, first shown during this year’s Heritage Week and now complemented by the collaborative poem created during the week by…

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Bath Natural History Society
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The world of wasps

Steve Smailes

Steve Smailes will cover the social and the solitary aculeate wasps of our islands, and briefly touch on the parasitic wasps too. Most people are acutely aware of the ‘social’ wasps from an early age; indeed, they often make an instant, enduring and painful impression! These are the bêtes noires which give all wasps a…

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Philosophy
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What is an organism?

Professor John Dupre

Everything 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 have generally assigned organisms to the category of a substance or – roughly, a kind of “thing”. Professor John Dupre of the University of Exeter…

£3.00 – £6.00
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Reading Round

Led by Jasbinder Bilan

Reading Round: a reading group with a difference Weekly meetings discovering stories and poems for sheer enjoyment, looking at how writers weave their effects. Led by author Jasbinder Bilan for the Royal Literary Fund; for more information about RLF community reading groups see here. Everyone welcome, but numbers are limited. This is an externally organised…

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Book Club
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Big Read: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Led by David Skidmore

Frankenstein is one of the most influential novels ever published. Written when its author was just 19 years old, it gave birth to a myth that has been retold and adapted in countless later versions. But Mary Shelley’s original story differs greatly from the one familiar from films such as the 1931 horror movie starring...
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Art
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Art from the Spirit World

Sean Jefferson

An 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. Sean Jefferson shares his investigations into artists who say their work has been assisted by guiding hands from the spirit world or uncensored expression direct…

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Science / Geography
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Air pollution & environmental justice?

Professor Jo Barnes

Air 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 UK. How these differences are experienced by individuals, however, is unclear. Some studies show that lower socioeconomic households, certain minority ethnicity groups and particular age…

£3.00 – £6.00