Damon Hill
2026-01-14 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | The Forum Bath, 1A Forum Buildings, Bath, Somerset, BA1 1UG, United Kingdom
The 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 and for partnering the late Ayrton Senna at Williams in 1994.

In conversation with Tom Clarkson—acclaimed host of the official F1 podcast Beyond The Grid—Damon will share stories from his remarkable Formula 1 journey, from his unconventional late entry into the sport at 32 to becoming the first son of a champion to claim the title himself.

Hear first-hand what it was like to pilot those legendary Williams cars, the inside stories from his battles with Schumacher, and what it truly means to carry a champion’s name while forging your own path.

But this isn’t just a trip down memory lane. Damon will also turn his expert eye to the present, reflecting on the dramatic 2025 season. What were the defining moments? Which drivers impressed him most? And as we look ahead to what promises to be another thrilling year in 2026, what can we expect from the upcoming campaign? Plus, he’ll be taking your questions—so come prepared to quiz one of F1’s most insightful voices.

Damon remains a symbol of authenticity in motorsport, proof that champions can be both fierce competitors and true gentlemen. Join us for an evening that celebrates both F1’s golden past and its exciting future.

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David Olusoga - History's Missing Chapter
2026-01-16 19:30 - 21:00 | The Forum Bath, 1A Forum Buildings, Bath, Somerset, BA1 1UG, United Kingdom
Multi-Award-Winning producer, presenter, historian and professor, David Olusoga examines some of history’s missing chapters to uncover how and why some events and some people are remembered and others forgotten.

David Olusoga is a household name, having been recently selected to star in the hit BBC TV series, ‘Celebrity Traitors’, presenter of the award winning BBC television series, ‘A House Through Time’ and ‘The Union.’

Professor David Olusoga is a bestselling author, including titles, ‘Black & British: A Forgotten History’ (awarded both the Longman-History Today Trustees Award and the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize): The World’s War, Black & British A Short Essential History: The Kaiser’s Holocaust: Germany’s Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism.

Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester, and a columnist for The Observer, David also writes for The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Voice and BBC History Magazine.

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BANES WLN Quarterly Coffee Morning
2026-01-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Coppa Club, 18-19 Old Bond Street, Bath, BA1 1BP, United Kingdom
Join the Women’s Leadership Network for their Quarterly Coffee Morning for the BANES Women Leadership Network.

Coffee mornings offer focused conversations to explore leadership skills, knowledge and barriers with Hannah Wilson, Leadership Coach and Platinum #IamRemarkable Facilitator.

There will be time for coffee, pastries and networking between the delivery on the themes:Self-advocacy/ visibility in the workplace/ networking and authenticity.

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China Running Dog with Mark Kitto
2026-01-28 12:00 - 13:30 | Theatre Royal, Sawclose, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 1ET, United Kingdom
Actor, author and Mandarin speaker Mark Kitto talks about his latest novel, the story of two young Brits struggling to live and survive in Shanghai at the start of the 21st century.

Mark Kitto is also performing Chinese Boxing in the Ustinov Studio – half price tickets when booking both shows, call the Box Office for details

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Garth Marenghi: This Bursted Earth Book Tour
2026-02-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate St, Bath, BA1 1EP, United Kingdom
Horror 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… Plus a giant skeleton with a moustache. Are they omens? Auguries? Portenderings of things to come? (Spoiler – yes, they are).

For Nick Steen’s imagination is bursting out of his brain and threatening to burst in turn the entirety of Stalkford.

Can Nick stop the aforesaid bursting? Or have things already slightly burst regardless? And will there ultimately be a grand finale to this three-book series (aka a trilogy) or a more open-ended conclusion in order to leave potential room for further sequels? (That, btw, will ultimately be Garth’s decision.)

From the fevered imaginata of Horror Fiction’s Grand Frightener Garth Marenghi, author of Sunday Times-Bestselling Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome and Garth Marenghi’s Incarcerat, come three freshly rancid tales of…

…THIS BURSTED EARTH…*

“So dense with brilliant jokes that it cannot safely be read while drinking hot liquid” -Inews.co.uk

“puts the ‘boo’ into book tour” – The Guardian

“had the crowd hooting and hanging, insatiably, on every line.” – The Telegraph

“Seriously, buy this book.” – ThisisHorror.co.uk

“A pitch-perfect parody of terrible genre writing” – Chortle

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Handle with Care: Cornelia Parker & Historic Glass at No.1 Royal Crescent
2026-02-07 00:00 - 2026-05-10 23:59 | No.1 Royal Crescent, 1 Royal Crescent, Bath, BA1 2LR
A new exhibition at No.1 Royal Crescent7 February – 10 May 2026The Gallery at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath

No.1 Royal Crescent presents Handle with Care: Cornelia Parker & Historic Glass, an exhibition that looking through the eyes of one of Britain’s most acclaimed contemporary artists, Cornelia Parker, at the historic glass and found objects that inspire her work and artistic process.

This exhibition will juxtapose Cornelia Parker’s series One Day This Glass Will Break (2015); Thirty Pieces of Silver (exposed) (2015); Fox Talbot’s Articles of Glass (2017) and Through a Glass Darkly (2020) with Georgian historic glass. The show explores Parker’s enduring fascination with the histories of objects and materials by pairing her photogravures of light and shadow cast by glassware with the historic artefacts that inspired them. This dialogue invites visitors to consider how these familiar forms, as Parker notes, “descend from their shelves and create new compositions” within her prints.

Inspired by 19th century photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot’s ground-breaking photographs and photogravure technique, Parker has created a hybrid technique by placing actual glassware onto an etching plate treated with a light sensitive emulsion, which captures the objects’ shadows when exposed to ultraviolet light. In doing so she transforms the once familiar items into something very unfamiliar. This process is part of Parker’s career-long fascination with taking the recognisable, and pushing it to a point of abstraction. This slow, contemplative method of printing creates an effect on some of the monochrome prints that is almost painterly, as items blur in and out of focus.

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What The Dickens
2026-02-20 12:00 - 15:00 | Theatre Royal, Sawclose, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 1ET, United Kingdom
19 December – A Christmas Carol

Join Jane Tapley for an illustrated talk on Charles Dickens, following his career path from political reporter to novelist supreme. Find out why he was often referred to as ‘Jolly Old Christmas’ and more about the surprising festive phrase coined by Dickens which is still in regular use today.

20 February – David Copperfield: A Life

Jane Tapley reveals why David Copperfield was Dickens’ favourite novel, and why he cried from morning until night when writing it.

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