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Liam Shaw for Dangerous Miracle: A Natural History of Antibiotics
2025-09-15 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
Toppings are thrilled to welcome Liam Shaw to speak on his new book Dangerous Miracles, to discover the history behind one of humanity’s greatest achievements: antibiotics.

Since their advent, antibiotics have saved millions of lives, marking one of the greatest medical advances in our history. Dangerous Miracle weaves together the grand arc of the evolution of antibiotics over millions of years with a history of the past century: first as we mined the earth for naturally occurring antibiotic molecules, then as we learned to synthesise our own.

But like fossil fuels, antibiotics are a finite resource which we’ve regarded as a cheap, everlasting fuel. They are unlike other drugs: every time we use them we increase the possibility of antibiotic resistance emerging, risking their future effectiveness. If we want antibiotics to have a future, we need to prepare to adapt. And fast.

Rich with pioneering characters, great breakthroughs and grave risks, Dangerous Miracle is a grand drama of science, history and politics. It is a revelatory account of the miraculous history and uncertain future of antibiotics from a gifted writer.

Liam Shaw is a biologist researching the evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance. For the past four years he has been a Wellcome funded research fellow at the University of Oxford, and he is also currently an honorary research fellow at the University of Bristol. His writing has appeared in the London Review of Books, Morning Star, and Private Eye. Dangerous Miracle is his first book.

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BRLSI - inspiring minds since 1824
2025-09-15 19:30 - 21:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
Literary and Philosophical Institutions became popular in the 18th century for the discourse of topical and intellectual matters. In the early 19th century some prominent residents proposed that a permanent Literary and Scientific Institution be created in Bath.

In 1824, after a devastating fire destroyed Bath’s lower assembly rooms, the first incarnation of the Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution was set up on Terrace Walk. The initial site, elegantly designed by George Allen, was spacious enough to accommodate the Institution’s vast collection of Roman antiquities, expensive books and geological specimens. Bath at this time was considered to be the home of geology. Such was the sudden prestige of the Institution that in 1830 the man who was later to become King William IV conferred royal patronage on the Institution and in 1837, under Queen Victoria, the Royal was added to the Institution’s name. In the 1850s the public’s curiosity for natural history saw the founding within BRLSI of both a Geological Museum and Natural History Museum.

A new road building scheme in the centre of the city meant that the Institution’s building had to be demolished and its new and present home was relocated in Queen Square in 1932.

Join Andreas Wasmuht as he charts the past, present and potential future of BRLSI, placing the Institution in its times and places.

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In Pour Taste: A Comedy Wine Tasting Experience
2025-09-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate St, Bath, BA1 1EP, United Kingdom
Comedians Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh will be joined by an illustrious wine expert to guide you through tasting five wines and at least five jokes.

Everyone from savvy sauvignon swiggers to clueless chardonnay chuggers will find something to make their glass half-full, as the wine industry’s hardest-hitting questions are answered…How far should I extend my pinky when sipping? What the heck is a tannin? And who’s parked in the loading bay-you’re about to be towed?

Ticket includes five tastings, with an alcohol-free option available if requested in advance.

‘Quick-witted humour and slick pace’ ★★★★★ Edinburgh Guide

‘Barrels of fun’ The Scotsman (Scran podcast)

‘Charmingly silly deep dive into the world of wine’★★★★ The Age

‘A wine barrel full of laughs! Informative, funny, and entertaining’★★★★★Hush &Pandemonium

‘A journey of wine, wit and whimsy… left us walking on cloud wine’★★★★ Time Out

‘A fantastic blend of light-entertainment comedy and informative notes’★★★★ Glam Adelaide

‘A fantastic concept that’s executed flawlessly. You’re sure to have a great time.’ Beat Magazine

‘I urge you to catch Sweeney and Ethan’s show to see how a wine tasting comedy show can a) work and b) work well. They have Hamish and Andy vibes.’ Theatre Travels

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Pint & A Laugh
2025-09-15 19:30 - 22:00 | The Jesters, 17 Alfred St, Bath, BANES, BA1 2QU, United Kingdom
Pint And A Laugh is your go-to comedy night where fresh faces and seasoned comics test out new material. The jokes might miss, but the beer never does!Doors: 7:30 PM | Show: 8:00 PM | Tickets: £5 / £3 students

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SKINT! - Bath's Cheapest Clubnight
2025-09-15 22:00 - 2025-09-16 03:00 | Labyrinth, 8 North Parade, Bath, BA1 6BY
Skint is the crowd favourite… drink price exchange, top DJs, free Skint tees, free toasties & crisps and the cheapest drinks in Bath starting from 99p.

99p tickets with FREE BOMB

EVERY MONDAY AT SKINT

99p BOMBS EVERY WEEK 99p TICKETS EVERY WEEK Skint Drinks Stock Exchange! £2 VKS / £3.50 DOUBLES ALL NIGHT! FREE Cheese Toasties FREE Skint T-Shirts FREE Skint Bottomless Crisp Station 4 Rooms / 3 Music Policies Skint Request Room – You choose, we play! 1000’s giveaways & freebies Crazy themes & takeovers Skint? WE GOT YOU! competitions OPEN UNTIL 3AM

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Mental Health First Aid Course
2025-09-16 09:30 - 2025-09-25 13:30 | Online
Become a qualified Mental Health First Aider (MHFAider®)! Learn how to recognise individuals who may be experiencing poor mental health and provide them with first-level support and early intervention. You will receive three years of certification, plus access to training resources and ongoing learning opportunities.

The course is broken down into four live online sessions.

Course materials include:– A workbook to support learning throughout the course– A wallet-sized reference card with the Mental Health First Aid action plan

Third sector and non-profit discounts available. Email training@bathmind.org.uk for details.

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Heritage Open Days: Mayor's Parlour
2025-09-16 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-17 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-18 11:00 - 16:00 | The Guildhall, High Street, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 5AW, United Kingdom
800 years of history – see the City’s Royal Charters, gold & silver collection, ceremonial maces, sword & robes. The Mayor’s Parlour – the Charter Trustees of the City of Bath.

Monday 15 to Friday 19 September, daily 11am – 4pm.

Pre-booking not required.

Wheelchair accessible / accessible toilets.

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Jane Austen's Portrait
2025-09-16 12:00 - 13:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, 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. Chasing all possible clues, not only the Austen family look, but such intimate details as Jane’s underwear, were equally crucial to the final lifelike image. This, of course, also had to convey something of Jane’s character and reveal her sparkling wit and wisdom…Did Melissa succeed? Judge for yourselves!

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Sense and Insensibility
2025-09-16 12:00 - 14:00 | The Abbey Hotel, North Parade, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 1LF, United Kingdom
John Willoughby’s body is found murdered in the grounds of Barton Park in Devon. He was a ruthless, callous man only interested in himself and quite prepared to use people to get what he wanted. But who killed him – was it Marianne Dashwood whom he had jilted, or Colonel Brandon whose ward, Eliza Williams he had seduced and abandoned or Eliza herself?

Elinor Dashwood acts as investigator to get to the bottom of this mystery and with the help of the lunch guests solves the murder and brings the killer to justice…

Lunch menu: Chicken Dijonnaise with seasonal vegetables followed by Apple Crumble (Veg. option: mushroom risotto). Please specify preference when booking.

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Assembly & Diversity in Jane Austen's Bath
2025-09-16 16:00 - 17:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
Jane Austen’s Bath was a city of spectacle, sociability, and surprising diversity. This talk, with Dr Tim Moore, explores the vibrant world of Georgian Bath and the radical inclusivity of its world-famous assemblies. From fashionable elites to cross-dressing non-conformists, and from plantation owners to abolitionists and people of colour, discover the melting pot of identity that made up Georgian Bath, and how it shaped the world that Austen knew and wrote about.

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An Evening with Ian McEwan for What We Can Know
2025-09-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Bath Pavilion, N Parade Rd, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4EU
Ian McEwan, Booker Prize-winning author and friend of the bookshop, will return to Bath to celebrate his latest novel – What We Can Know – in September ahead of his global publication.

Ian will be interviewed by Andrew Kelly, founder director of Festival of Ideas.

Ian McEwan is recognised by many to be one of the finest writers alive today, described by The Sunday Times as “the supreme novelist of his generation”. In a career which spans fifty years, he has published eighteen novels and two short-story collections, including the international bestselling, highly acclaimed Amsterdam, Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act, On Chesil Beach, Saturday and Lessons. Several of these novels have been adapted to the big screen.

What We Can Know (published on 18 Sept) is a hugely compelling, deeply humane narrative that asks profound questions about who we are now and where we are going. Celebrating our current freedoms and the tenacity of the human spirit, McEwan’s new novel reclaims the present from our sense of looming catastrophe, whilst imagining a future world where all is not quite lost. Join us to hear this ideas-packed storyteller reflecting on this work and writing career.

2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found.

2119: The lowlands of the UK have been submerged by rising seas. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost.

Tom Metcalfe, an academic at the University of the South Downs, part of Britain’s remaining island archipelagos, pores over the archives of that distant era, captivated by the freedoms and possibilities of human life at its zenith. When he stumbles across a clue that may lead to the lost poem, a story is revealed of entangled loves and a crime that destroy his assumptions about people he thought he knew intimately well.

What We Can Know is a masterpiece, a fictional tour de force that reclaims the present from our sense of looming catastrophe, and imagines a future world where all is not quite lost.

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Ben Lippett and How I Cook
2025-09-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
‘A cookbook full of not just recipes but an insight into the mind of a chef – tricks and techniques that will make you a better cook.’ – Anna Jones

‘Recipes that teach as they go, full of lightbulb moments that build real confidence in the kitchen. This is how it’s done!’ – Yotam Ottolenghi

One of the most important things you can do whilst cooking is to ask why? Why am I adding salt now and not later? Why am I preheating my pan? Why has my chocolate mousse split? Why does this taste so good?!

In his debut book, chef Ben Lippett distils his years of experience as a professional chef in restaurants all over the world to reveal the hows and whys behind everything we do when preparing food. Through over 100 recipes you’ll learn skills and techniques that can be applied to any recipe, enabling you to chop, fold, saute and whisk your way through this book and gain confidence and competence in the kitchen.

You’ll master the art of temperature control while perfecting the French Omelette, put together peerless pastas with Crab Tagliolini and Sunday Sauce, learn how to butterfly fish like a pro serving up Stuffed Bass with Fregola, ‘Nduja and Gordal Olives, and find out all you need to know about making wonderfully soft and supple enriched dough when treating yourself to Doughnuts ‘Myrtille’.

Guided by Ben’s expert hand, How I Cook is your new kitchen companion, unlocking really good home cooking, one recipe at a time.

Ben Lippett is a chef and food writer. He’s cooked in professional kitchens all over the world, worked with Mob and in food media, and is the author of the popular Substack ‘How I Cook‘.

This is a smart, stylish and infectious cookbook that is quite literally packed with advice, inspiration and (crucially) a heap of mouthwatering ideas and recipes. A compelling and impressive debut. – Ed Smith

Ben’s thoughtful, practical approach makes even complex techniques feel achievable at any level. This book is perfect for anyone looking to become a better cook and understand how flavour works. – Ixta Belfrage

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Journeys of (Re)Discovery: Renaissance Academies & their Archives
2025-09-16 19:30 - 21:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
Ready to take your next journey of Discovery? The Renaissance: Journeys of Discovery at BRLSI is a yearlong programme of talks and events exploring the many joys, discoveries and something of the broader cultural legacy of a movement still making waves in the 21st century. Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Martin Luther, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Machiavelli, Hieronymus Bosch, if you love culture then you’ll love our new talks series!

An upcoming talk looks at how archives unlock the mysteries of Renaissance academies and their role in shaping society.

More than spaces of learning, academies were sites of influence, places where ideas were shaped, alliances forged, and cultural authority contested. They were vital arenas in the Renaissance’s journeys of discovery: not only intellectual and artistic, but also deeply social and political.

Starting with the Accademia del Disegno in Florence, the first official academy of artists in the Western world, this talk draws on previously overlooked and understudied archival collections to explore a wider constellation of literary, theatrical, linguistic, and scientific academies that emerged across Renaissance Europe. By situating academies within wider networks of patronage, politics, and culture, this talk will reconsider their place in mapping the intellectual topography of Renaissance Europe, revealing how they drove innovation, shaped identity, and redefined the possibilities of collective thought during this remarkable era of transformation.

Dr Carlotta Paltrinieri, Royal Holloway University of London

Carlotta Paltrinieri is Lecturer in Early Modern Italian Studies, focusing on literature and art history of Renaissance Italy. Her most recent publications focus on the study of art academies, and of the rhetoric of early modern newsletters. Carlotta has studied and held fellowships in the US, UK, Ireland and her native Italy, and is a sought-after speaker in the sphere of digital humanities, contributing to workshops and conferences on wider trends along with her own projects, including an ongoing digital edition of a 16th century manuscript treatise on humoral theory, held at the National Library of Florence.

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Glam - LETS GET TROLLIED!!! Bath's Wildest Student Night - Tuesdays at Labs
2025-09-16 22:00 - 2025-09-17 03:00 | Labyrinth, 8 North Parade, Bath, BA1 6BY
Labyrinth are rolling deep this Tuesday… literally!

It’s time to grab your mates, you’re getting absolutely TROLLIED! WIN A WEEKS FREE SHOPPING!! BATH’S WILDEST STUDENT NIGHT

Every Tuesday Glam takes over at Labyrinth The city’s finest student events!

Soundtrack from the UK’s best resident DJs over four rooms, the finest event content blended with lavish weekly giveaways, event production and great drinks offers!

Allowing stylish, like minded, positive people to come together to fully immerse in the Glam Tribe world of forward-thinking weekly events!

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Dye & Colour in Regency Life
2025-09-17 10:00 - 11:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
Learn about colour in Regency times. Trace the creatively described colours of fashions in the journals of the time back to the ancient art and alchemy of natural colours. This lecture will explore the fascinating sources including, plants, spices, animals and elements used. The complex processes, which sit somewhere between science and magic, used to consistently create colours across the spectrum. Exploring how these colours were named and sold through fashion journals before finally looking at the practical issues of wearing and maintaining naturally coloured clothing.

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Living with Jane Austen
2025-09-17 11:30 - 12:30 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
Janet Todd has been reading Jane Austen for many decades, observing how her work alters through the lens of evolving taste and cultural fashion: also through changes in herself as she passes through different periods of life.

Recently, Janet Todd has come to appreciate the bracing, humorous way Austen deals with bodies and their disorders–including her own. Engaging with the medical buzzword of the times—‘nerves’—through her characters, Austen investigates the subtle interaction of mind and body, the discomfort that seeps from one to the other. Finally, Janet Todd looks at Austen’s private letters where she exposes her own ‘nervous’ quality.

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250 years before Jane Austen
2025-09-17 14:00 - 15:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
In this fully illustrated talk, Director of Jane Austen’s House takes you back in time to explore the seismic political, religious, and social changes that shaped the world that Jane Austen was born into in 1775. From the Mary Queen of Scots to the South Sea bubble and beyond, we will explore ten key events that shaped both the writer and her world.

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The Worlds of Jane Austen
2025-09-17 16:00 - 17:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
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.

Despite the tranquil image of Austen that lingers in the popular imagination, her life coincided with a period of intense, immense change. The American Revolutionary War, the French Revolution, the uprising in Ireland… All through Austen’s early life, the old certainties were being subjected to challenge, new ideas were springing up – about democracy, freedom, slavery, poetry, the position of women.

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Live Jazz, Funk, Soul and Swing at Green Park Brasserie
2025-09-17 18:30 - 22:00 | Green Park Brasserie, 6 Green Park Rd, Bath, BA1 1JB, United Kingdom
Soak up the buzzing atmosphere at Green Park Brasserie with live music four nights a week – every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, 6.30pm – 10pm.

Based in the historic old Green Park railway station, this is one of Bath’s best bars and restaurants. Enjoy cocktails,craft and beer and award winning food from their Brasserie and Bath Pizza Co kitchens – available 7 days a week.Enjoy the sunny terraces throughout the summer months or cosy up with live music and candlelit tables through the cooler seasons.

For up to date timings and booking for live music tables, click below

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Seascraper with Benjamin Wood *Booker Prize Longlisted 2025*
2025-09-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Mr B’s Emporium Bookshop, 14-15, John St, Bath, BA1 2JL
Mr B’s are delighted to welcome rising star of British fiction, and Mr B’s team fave author, Benjamin Wood, for his new novel, Seascraper.

Seascraper, longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, is a mesmerising portrait of a young man confined in by his class and the ghosts of his family’s past, dreaming of artistic fulfilment. It confirms Benjamin Wood as an exceptional talent in British literature. Our Lucinda had the chance to read an early copy, and describes it as ‘timeless, atmospheric and gently compelling.’

Benjamin Wood is the author of five novels, including Team B fave The Young Accomplice, and The Bellwether Revival, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and the Commonwealth Book Prize.

About the book:

Thomas lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, working his grandpa’s trade as a shanker. He rises early to take his horse and cart to the grey, gloomy beach to scrape for shrimp; spending the rest of the day selling his wares, trying to wash away the salt and scum, pining for Joan Wyeth down the street and rehearsing songs on his guitar. At heart, he is a folk musician, but it remains a private dream. When a striking visitor turns up, bringing the promise of Hollywood glamour, Thomas is shaken from the drudgery of his days and begins to see a different future.

But how much of what the American claims is true, and how far can his inspiration carry Thomas?Haunting and timeless, this is the story of a young man hemmed in by his circumstances, striving to achieve fulfilment far beyond the world he knows.

‘Seascraper is powerful, poignant and poetic. I can’t recommend it enough’ Benjamin Myers

‘A huge talent’ Hilary Mantel‘Benjamin Wood is a magnificent writer and I intend to read everything he has written’ Douglas Stuart

‘A beautiful writer’ Andrew O’Hagan

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Elly Griffiths for the Frozen People
2025-09-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Bath Elim Church, Charlotte Street, Bath, BANES, BA1 2ND, United Kingdom
Elly Griffiths makes her much-anticipated return to Bath to celebrate the paperback release of The Frozen People: the first book in a brand new series from the author of the bestselling Dr Ruth Galloway mysteries.

If you’re missing Ruth and Nelson, wait till you meet Ali and Cain.

Ali Dawson is a police officer working on crimes so old, the joke goes, that they are not only cold but frozen. What most people don’t know is that the team travels back in time to complete their research – a process pioneered by the mysterious Italian physicist, Serafina Pelligrini.

So far the team has only ventured a few years back but Ali’s boss has a new assignment for her. He wants her to step back to 1850, the heart of the Victorian Age, to clear the name of Cain Templeton, the eccentric great-grandfather of Tory MP Isaac Templeton.

To prepare for the challenge ahead, Ali researches the Victorian era. She learns that Cain Templeton was part of a sinister group called The Collectors, the rumour being that you had to kill a woman to become a member. Duly prepared, she arrives in London in January 1850, at the peak of the so-called mini ice age, to start her journey in a house used by artists, with a dead woman at her feet.

Soon she finds herself in extreme danger. Even worse – she appears to be stuck, unable to make her way back to the present, to her life and to her son, Finn.

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Vince Cable for Eclipsing the West: China, India and the Foraging of a New World
2025-09-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
‘A succinct, authoritative and up-to-date account of one of the most important but neglected relations in contemporary geopolitics.’ – Kerry Brown, author of The Great Reversal: Britain, China and the 400 Contest for Power

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

The Western-dominated world we have known for the past three hundred years is coming to an end. As America withdraws from its role as enforcer of the international order, other countries are moving in to fill the void. Among them are two rising Asian ‘superstates’.

Accounting for almost half of the world’s population, China and India have the potential to wield enormous economic and political power. China is already vying with the US for the top spot in the global economy, and on some measures has surpassed it. By the middle of the century India may be number two. How will these countries navigate their growing roles on the world stage? What are the implications for commerce, international law and the fight against climate change?

Vince Cable has followed China and India for decades, first as a professional economist and later as a senior government minister. In Eclipsing the West he draws on the latest data and a lifetime of political and economic experience to offer a compelling account of what the rise of the Asian superstates means for the future.

Vince Cable is a Visiting Professor at London School of Economics and Political Science and Nottingham University and a Distinguished Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute. He was previously UK Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade. He has a PhD in economics from the University of Glasgow and in the 1990s worked as Chief Economist for Shell. His books include After the Storm (2015), Money and Power (2021) and The Chinese Conundrum (2022).

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Newbie Night (Open Mic)
2025-09-17 19:30 - 22:00 | The Jesters, 17 Alfred St, Bath, BANES, BA1 2QU, United Kingdom
Every Wednesday, The Jesters opens the stage to 12 brand-new or developing acts, each with 5 minutes to make some noise, test some material, and maybe even bring the house down. No need to be ‘in the scene’ just turn up, sign up, and give it a go. Sign-up runs from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the club. Names are drawn at 7:30pm sharp, with the show starting shortly after. Come to perform, or come to support comedy’s newest fools—all for just £1. In partnership with Big Squash Comedy at The Saracen’s Head, performers can double up and do two open mics in one night meaning more stage time, more fun, more jester energy.Doors: 7:30 PM | Show: 8:00 PM | Tickets: £1

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Big Squash Comedy
2025-09-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Saracen’s Head, 42 Broad Street, Bath, BANES, BA1 5LP, United Kingdom
A weekly new material comedy night located in Bath’s oldest pub. Free of charge with a new lineup of excellent acts each week

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Hump Wednesdays - FRESHERS x LAUNCH PARTY! Bath's Number One Wednesday Night
2025-09-17 22:00 - 2025-09-18 03:00 | Labyrinth, 8 North Parade, Bath, BA1 6BY
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Murder most Austen
2025-09-18 12:30 - 13:30 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
The past decade has seen a significant rise in Jane Austen detective fiction retellings. But what is it about Austen’s work that lends itself to the detective genre? What makes the Austen heroine qualified to solve a murder?

Join crime writer and crime fiction scholar Dr Lucy Andrew for a talk exploring the influence of Austen’s work on the development of detective fiction and the motives behind the current Austen crime wave.

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Dormouse to Donkey Carts: carriages of Jane Austen's era
2025-09-18 14:00 - 15:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
Amy Bracey has been driving horse-drawn carriages since she was knee high to a grasshopper and her love for them became a career when working for the National Trust, cataloguing their carriage collection. She is Project Curator for The Carriage Foundation, an educational charity, and advises museums and individuals across the globe on the care, conservation, history and research of horse-drawn carriages.

This illustrated presentation will explore the modes of transport mentioned in Austen’s novels and what they represented in the subtle language of her writings.

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After Hours; Premiere of Kate Evans' graphic novel 'Patchwork' - a pictorial story of Jane Austen
2025-09-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Beckford’s Tower, Lansdown Road, Bath, BANES, BA1 9BH, United Kingdom
Enjoy a presentation from author Kate Evans, a chance for questions and book signings, and time to explore the museum and Tower.

In the later years of her life, Jane Austen created a quilt. Acclaimed graphic novelist Kate Evans takes the fabrics of this patchwork coverlet and uses them to illustrate a beautiful, brilliantly immersive and compelling comic-book retelling of Jane Austen’s life. Evans patchworks together the narrative from Austen’s own words, seamlessly interweaving snippets from her letters and her stories, and tells her life story from the cradle to the grave, including riotously joyous comic excerpts of her novels.

Kate has immersed herself thoroughly in Austen’s life and work, and produced something groundbreaking. Bath Preservation Trust and Beckford’s Tower are proud to host the launch of Patchwork, which will surely go on to be an immensely popular work.

Kate Evans is an award-winning writer, cartoonist, multimedia artist and public speaker. Her previous work includes the internationally acclaimed historical biography Red Rosa and graphic reportage Threads from the Refugee Crisis. Patchwork is her eighth work of graphic non-fiction.

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