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Join Oliver Cronk as he uncovers the hidden geography of the digital age - from the carbon footprint of data centres to how technology can become a powerful force for environmental good.

📅 Mon 20 October 7:30 – 9:00 pm
📍 BRLSI, Bath
🎟️ www.brlsi.org/whatso...

#ClimateAction
Three powerful climate conversations 🌍

💬 Net Zero
⚖️ Lifestyle change vs regulation
🔥 The global wildfire crisis

Join leading voices in sustainability this autumn at #BRLSI to explore the biggest questions shaping our planet’s future.
www.brlsi.org/whats-on/

#ClimateAction #NetZero
Join Dr Tim Moore, @nationaltrust.org.uk curator, to hear the vibrant, often overlooked histories of people of colour in Georgian-era Bath

🎟️ www.brlsi.org/whatson/peop...

💡 Ahead of the talk, read our “Five Questions With…” interview: www.brlsi.org/dr-tim-moore...

#BlackHistoryMonth #GeorgianBath
Coming up at BRLSI-Six artists share their unique visions in paint, paper, clay & textiles.🗓️ 17–25 Oct 2025
🕙 Mon–Sat, 10am–4pm
✨ Private View: Fri 17 Oct, 6–8pm

www.brlsi.org/whatson/a-pe...

#Bath #Exhibition #BRLSI #Art
A Personal View – works in paint, paper, clay & textiles – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
A free exhibition with works by various local artists
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📷A dolphin wrapped around an anchor - the logo by #Renaissance scholar #AldusManuitius, #BRLSIarchive.

This spirit of invention links Manutius to Gutenberg, whose revolutionary press is explored by Dr Kristian Jensen in Gutenberg & the European Invention of Printing

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👻 Explore Halloween with a twist at #BRLSI with free drop-in activities!
Academy of Imagination: Bones, Beasts and Broomsticks brings two days of free, hands-on fun for children 🍂 from broomstick design to ghost stories and autumn leaf art.

Free drop-in activities
🌍 Faultlines 3: The Path to Net Zero – Are We Doing Enough?
Join experts at BRLSI Fri 17 Oct, 10–4, for debate on carbon capture, renewables, nuclear & more. Lunch included!

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#NetZero #ClimateAction #Sustainability #UKEvents
Professor Jerry Brotton explores how the Tudors positioned England within the wider 16th-century world.

Part of BRLSI’s Renaissance: Journeys of Discovery series, this event explores the people, ideas, and discoveries that still shape our world today.

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Sir Robert Dudley explorer cartographer inventor bigamist

Discover Dudley 1574–1649 with Marie-Louise Luxemburg. His Alcano del mare atlas belongs to the same Renaissance mapmaking tradition as the BRLSI’s 1513 hand-coloured map of Europe

Mon 13 Oct 7:30–9 pm £4–£8 brlsi.org/renaissance
🌿✨ Celebrate #NationalPoetryDay with Stanza 25! ✨🌿
Join poet Sue Boyle for a collaborative Poetry Workshop on Sat 11 Oct, 2–4pm. All poetry lovers welcome!

👉 www.brlsi.org/whatson/stan...
Stanza 25: poetry workshop – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
A series of poetry workshops throughout 2025
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Black History Month at BRLSI ✊🏽

📅 6 Oct - Roger Griffith MBE: How the 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott Changed Britain
📅 20 Oct -Dr Tim Moore @nationaltrust.org.uk, People of Colour in Georgian Bath

👉 More talks & events: www.brlsi.org/whatso...

#BlackHistoryMonth2025 #BHM
Two BRLSI speakers have been nominated for the Wolfson History Prize! 🏆

📖 Dr Eleanor Barraclough – past talk on hidden lives of Viking Age women
🌍 Kieran Connell – upcoming talk on Britain’s multicultural history

#WolfsonPrize #HistoryMatters
Five Questions With… Dr Emma Perkins on Tycho Brahe and the Restoration of Astronomy 🔭

Ahead of her talk on Fri 3 Oct, Dr Perkins shares insights on Tycho, his classical influences, and his role in shaping Renaissance astronomy.

🎟️ www.brlsi.org/76422-2/

#Renaissance #Astronomy #BRLSI #tycho
Dr Emma Perkins on Tycho Brahe and the restoration of Astronomy – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
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From the BRLSI collection
In 1501 Aldus Manutius pioneered the pocket book. Small, light & affordable, perfect for a scholar’s saddlebag. Explore more: www.brlsi.org/exhibi...

Plus!
📅 Mon Dec 1: Gutenberg & the European Invention of Printing
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Black History Month at BRLSI ✊🏽

📅 6 Oct - Roger Griffith MBE: How the 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott Changed Britain
📅 20 Oct -Dr Tim Moore @nationaltrust.org.uk, People of Colour in Georgian Bath

👉 More talks & events: www.brlsi.org/whatso...

#BlackHistoryMonth2025 #BHM
🌍 BRLSI Sustainability Programme continues with two talks in our Faultlines series
youtu.be/qxuUiiX0S1E?...

📅 17 Oct: Path to Net Zero – renewables vs nuclear and geoengineering
📅 31 Oct: Lifestyle Change & Regulation – do individuals or governments hold the key?

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Bath History Festival 2025 arrives at #BRLSI on Saturday 1 November for a full day of stories from the past.

From a Leicester car park that revealed Richard III to 1000 years of burials beneath Bath Abbey, and the secrets uncovered in Tudor royal portraits.

www.brlsi.org/bathhi...
Were Machiavelli’s views on war misguided, as some 20th-century scholars argued, or do they reflect a deeper connection to his political thought? Dr Christopher Lynch, author of Machiavelli on War, will explore this question on Monday night at BRLSI

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#BRLSI are delighted to be taking part in the #norland #nannies #volunteer fair in #Bath today. If you are there do be sure to come and meet our learning and engagement officer Becky Thoburn and learn about some of the amazing opportunities with #academyofimagination that we have coming up!
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I’m ready for my ‘Murder Most Austen talk at @brlsi.bsky.social today at 12.30pm at the #janeaustenfestival. Tickets still available on the door or here for the livestream: janeausten.co.uk/pages/jane-a...
Dr Peter Ford will give a talk this evening using an old-school 35mm slide projector.
His talk will guide us through Faraday’s work on electromagnetism, chemistry and optics that changed the way we live.

🔗https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/the-life-science-of-michael-faraday/

#MichaelFaraday
What was the Renaissance, and how should we understand it today? Jonathan Jones, @theguardian.com art critic, examines the artists, ideas, and cultural changes that shaped Europe between the 15th and 16th centuries.
🗓 Tue 23 September, 7:30–9:00 pm BST
📍 BRLSI (@brlsi)