800 years of history - see the City’s Royal Charters, gold and silver collection, ceremonial maces, sword and robes.

The streets and houses in Jane Austen’s novels are essential to defining the people who occupy them, but what about the buildings the characters never actually visit?

In the early 19th century some prominent residents proposed that a permanent Literary and Scientific Institution be created in Bath.

800 years of history - see the City’s Royal Charters, gold and silver collection, ceremonial maces, sword and robes.

This talk, with Dr Tim Moore, explores the vibrant world of Georgian Bath and the radical inclusivity of its world-famous assemblies.

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

Trace the creatively described colours of fashions in the journals of the time back to the ancient art and alchemy of natural colours.

800 years of history - see the City’s Royal Charters, gold and silver collection, ceremonial maces, sword and robes.

Janet Todd has been reading Jane Austen for many decades, observing how her work alters through the lens of evolving taste and cultural fashion

Director of Jane Austen’s House takes you back in time to explore the seismic political, religious, and social changes that shaped the world

The Worlds of Jane Austen takes a fresh look at Jane Austen’s life, inspirations and legacy, drawing on the latest research in an accessible and lively way.

As the international order begins to crumble, this incisive book asks what the rise of the Asian superstates means for the future.

800 years of history - see the City’s Royal Charters, gold and silver collection, ceremonial maces, sword and robes.

Amy Bracey has been driving horse-drawn carriages since she was knee high to a grasshopper and her love for them became a career

Join Toppings for an evening with the Sunday Times Bestselling Author, Saul David, as they celebrate his newest work

Michael Faraday was one of the most influential scientists in history. He was born in London in 1791 into an impoverished family and received very little formal education

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

800 years of history - see the City’s Royal Charters, gold and silver collection, ceremonial maces, sword and robes.

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

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

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

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

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:

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

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.