Thomas Harriot: Renaissance astronomer, navigator & mathematician
Who was Thomas Harriot? Not only the first in England to be documented as pointing a telescope at the night sky and drawing the Moon
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BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom
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A C Grayling – Making peace in the culture wars
BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United KingdomA C Grayling’s book Discrimination: Making Peace in the Culture Wars takes the so-called “woke” side – but argues that the “woke” case is not best made
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From Hand to Screen to Cloud: What is your Postdigital Positionality?
BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United KingdomSarah Hayes’s book: Postdigital Positionality (2021) depicted the Internet as a ‘virtual airing cupboard’, where our hybrid human activities blur into ‘the cloud’ and fragment into biodigital data.
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Italy in the Global Renaissance
BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United KingdomBRLSI are delighted to be joined by Professor Virginia Cox, author of the forthcoming Cambridge University Press book The Italian Renaissance: A Cultural History”.
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Christmas Evening Special Guest: Harriet Lowther
Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath York Street, Bath, United KingdomJoin Toppings on their first Christmas evening of the season for an exclusive signing with Harrier Lowther!
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Phenomenal Women: An Evening with Susannah Harker
The Gainsborough Bath Spa Beau St, BathJoin The Gainsborough Bath Spa for a unique literary event in the heart of Bath—featuring none other than ‘Jane Bennet’ herself, Susannah Harker
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What The Dickens
Theatre Royal Sawclose, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United KingdomJoin Jane Tapley for an illustrated talk on Charles Dickens, following his career path from political reporter to novelist supreme.
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Damon Hill
The Forum Bath 1A Forum Buildings, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomThe 1996 FIA Formula 1 World Drivers’ Champion Damon Hill is one of the sport’s most respected figures, remembered for his thrilling battles with Michael Schumacher
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David Olusoga – History’s Missing Chapter
The Forum Bath 1A Forum Buildings, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomMulti-Award-Winning producer, presenter, historian and professor, David Olusoga examines some of history’s missing chapters
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BANES WLN Quarterly Coffee Morning
Coppa Club 18-19 Old Bond Street, Bath, United KingdomJoin the Women's Leadership Network for their Quarterly Coffee Morning for the BANES Women Leadership Network.
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China Running Dog with Mark Kitto
Theatre Royal Sawclose, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United KingdomActor, author and Mandarin speaker Mark Kitto talks about his latest novel, China Running Dog
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Garth Marenghi: This Bursted Earth Book Tour
Komedia Bath 22-23 Westgate St, Bath, United KingdomHorror author Nick Steen is having visions… A sinister Black Steeple; eerie lights in the sky that look like a Catherine wheel but are not remotely a Catherine wheel…