• Dressing obstinate headstrong girls: costumes in Jane Austen films

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    In “Dressing Obstinate Headstrong Girls”, costume designer and fashion historian, Jolene Marie Richardson, will be examining how costume designers use Jane Austen’s characters

  • Dancing with the Stars – Georgian style!

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    They were ‘fond of dancing and excelled in it’. From learning from famous dancing masters, to performing at the assembly rooms

  • Regency Fashion in the Fashion Museum Bath Collection

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    Join curator Elisabeth Murray to discover more about fashion during the Regency period, through the lens of the Fashion Museum Bath collection.

  • When Paul Simon & Bob Dylan went to Scarborough Fair

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    Paul Simon and Bob Dylan are two of the most respected songwriters of the 1960s and beyond, and Scarborough Fair and Girl From the North Country

  • Pride & Prejudice at The Forum

    The Forum Bath 1A Forum Buildings, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom

    Step out of the pages of Austen and straight into Bath’s own art-deco picture-palace as we bring Pride & Prejudice back to the big screen

    £20.00
  • A Guide to Regency Dress

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    Join Hilary Davidson, associate professor and chair of MA Fashion and Textile Studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York as she presents her new book:

  • Gossip in Jane Austen

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    In Jane Austen’s novels, gossip swirls around the characters. We will see how gossip is the life-blood of the small communities

  • Sunday Walk: Treasures of Sydney Gardens

    Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath York Street, Bath, United Kingdom

    Join Toppings to celebrate 230 years of Sydney Gardens - with a fabulous literary walk! The Friends of Sydney Gardens have written a beautiful, lively book full of history and facts about the park.

  • Machiavelli: military judgement & political thought

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    The Renaissance: Journeys of Discovery at BRLSI is a yearlong programme of talks and events exploring the many joys, discoveries

  • Earthly Delights: the artists of the Renaissance

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    Art critic and writer Jonathan Jones’ book Earthly Delights rekindles the Renaissance as a seismic change in European mentalities

  • Spooky Spider Hunt

    The Roman Baths Abbey Churchyard, Bath, United Kingdom

    Hunt for spiders in this family trail and discover the Roman myth of Arachne and Minerva. Come face-to-face with their own goddess Minerva!