• Max Hastings in Bath

    St Swithin's Church 37 The Paragon, Bath, United Kingdom

    Join long-time friend of the bookshop, Max Hastings, to talk about his incredible new book, Sword: D-Day - Trial by Battle.

  • Trace fossils – evidence of life with no bones

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

    Trace fossils are marks and patterns in sedimentary rocks produced by the activities of animals and plants.

  • Janette Haslam: Ladies’ Period Costumier

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

    Discover the intricate world of a professional ladies’ period costumier. This lecture explores the journey into the role.

  • The Watsons with Rose Servitova

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

    In her talk on The Watsons, Rose Servitova explores what inspired her to complete Jane Austen’s unfinished novel – from fandom and her fascination with Austen

  • Austen Fantasy House Hunt

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

    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?

  • BRLSI – inspiring minds since 1824

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

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

  • Jane Austen’s Portrait

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

    This talk charts the extensive research made by forensic artist portrait painter, Melissa Dring, when commissioned to produce a new likeness of Jane Austen in 2001.