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Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution
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Welcome to Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution. Promoting science, arts, and culture since 1824
16 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset BA1 2HN
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Who first observed the Moon through a telescope in England - before Galileo? 🌙🔭

Join Tony Symes on 5 Dec to learn more about this often-forgotten genius- Thomas Harriot.

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#ThomasHarriot #RenaissanceJourney #BRLSI
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🎄✨ BRLSI Christmas Market is back tomorrow!✨🎄
🗓️ Thu 27 Nov – Sun 14 Dec

💝 BRLSI Members receive 10% off bauble-making sessions!
👉www.brlsi.org/xmas/

#BRLSI #BRLSIChristmasMarket #BathChristmasMarket #BathEvents
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Step back 500 years for A Tudor Christmas 🎄👑 Carol singing, mince pies, mulled wine & twelve days of feasts and pageants. Historians Alison Weir & Siobhan Clarke bring Yuletide history to life.

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#TudorChristmas #BRLSI #HistoryLovers #YuletideHistory
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🌍 COP30 Demystified: Is the World Any Further Forward?

Your questions are welcomed in this panel & audience discussion unpacking the outcomes of COP30 in Belém.

🔗 www.brlsi.org/whatso...

#BRLSI #COP30 #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #Sustainability
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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✒️In 1501#AldusManutius commissioned a new italic typeface. A change that made big waves in Renaissance reading.

Discover more about the printing revolution that transformed Europe with #DrKristianJensen on Mon 1st Dec

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📸 BRLSI Collection

#BRLSI #Renaissance
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🎨✨ How did the #Beatles’ iconic Sgt. Pepper album cover come to life and why isn’t its co-creator better known?

Join a livestream with #popartist #JannHaworth as she shares stories from the 1960s art scene, #PeterBlake, women in art + more!

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#SgtPepper #Albumart
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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📣 Learning the Lessons of Britain’s Multicultural History

Ahead of his talk on Tues 25 November, historian Dr Kieran Connell reflects on the long arcs of migration, identity and everyday life that have shaped modern Britain.

👉 Read the full Q&A and book tickets here: www.brlsi.org/learning-the...
Learning the Lessons of Britain’s Multicultural History – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
https://www.brlsi.org/learning-the-lessons-of-britains-multicultural-history/"
November 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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From diamond profits and land speculation to sugar plantations and enslaved labour. Join historian Dr Colin Fisher as he uncovers how the glamour of Bath’s social scene was funded.

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#Georgian #Bath #BRLSI #Lecture #History
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🧪✨ Bath Taps into Science is back!

🎥 Chris Budd OBE introduces Bath Taps - Open to all this Saturday!
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Square bubbles
Pipe-cleaner neurons
Gravity-defying Ping-Pong
Bacterial Bingo
…and more!

📅 Saturday 22nd Nov10am–4pm
📍 BRLSI

👉www.brlsi.org/bathtaps

#STEM #BathEvents
🎉 Bath Taps into Science 2025 – Hands-On Fun for All Ages! 🚀
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November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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What does it mean to lose the self?
Philosopher Dan Zahavi, #universityofcopenhagen- looks at different senses of self, and asks whether psychedelic experiences can ever lead to a completely selfless state.
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#philosophy #DanZahavi #consciousness #ego #psychedelics
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Delighted Dr Victoria Scowcroft will be Mapping the Universe for visitors to @brlsi.bsky.social on evening of Wednesday 26th Nov.

Following in the footsteps of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, the galactic tape measure is ever more precise.

Reserve seats via www.ticketsource.co.uk/bath-astrono...
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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🔎✨ Exploring Renaissance curiosity at BRLSI!
📷 Sir Francis Bacon’s Sylva Sylvarum (1627), BRLSI Collection, inspires our next talk:
📅 Thomas Harriot: Renaissance Astronomer, Navigator & Mathematician
🎙️ Tony Symes, 5 Dec, 7:30pm
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November 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🎄✨ BRLSI Christmas Market 2025! ✨🎄
📍16–18 Queen Sq, Bath
🗓️ 27 Nov–14 Dec / 🕒 Mon–Wed 10–4 / Thu–Sun 10–6

Discover unique gifts from rotating local makers in BRLSI’s beautiful Georgian building 🎁 Plus, craft your own Christmas bauble with @lovemakerscafe! 💫
👉 brlsi.org/xmas/
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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With #ZohranMamdani elected as NYC’s first Muslim mayor, what do shifting public moods mean for democracy?

Join Dr David Lewis-Baker for The Politics of Failure & Despair – Tues 18 Nov, 7:30pm.

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#PoliticsOfFailure #SocialChange
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Interested in #books and the history of #printing? Looking for something great to do this week? Explore historical objects –including the oldest letterpress book in #BRLSI collections in an #exhibition curated by #students from #BathSpaUni #MakingYourMark. #Bath #Somerset
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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🔬 Bath Taps Into Science 2025 🧪
Sat 22 Nov, 10am–4pm @ BRLSI
Free family fun! Try experiments, explore STEM, and discover code-breaking, microscopes, AI, astronomy & more. No booking needed – just turn up!

#FamilyFun #STEM #BathEvents #Bath #science #fun
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🧬How can cell shape transform medicine? Professor Chris Bakal explores links between cell shape and cancer spread in The Shape of Things to Come. Thu 13 Nov, 7:30–9pm
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#CellBiology #CancerResearch #Science #Medicine #BRLSI
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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From post-war migration to identity politics, modern Britain was built by everyday people and their struggles. Join #KieranConnell & #SureshAriaratnam on 25 Nov, 7:30 pm. 🎟 www.brlsi.org/whatso... #MulticulturalBritain #BRLSI
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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After #ZohranMamdani became #NewYorkCity’s first Muslim mayor, Dr David Lewis-Baker holds a timely lecture exploring how economic change and inequality shape voter frustration and political responses.
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#PoliticsOfFailure #Neoliberalism #EconomicInequality #SocialJustice
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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💣 WW2 had a Mafia twist. The Sicilian Mafia teamed up with the US against Mussolini, shaping the post-war world in unexpected ways. Historian #TimNewark chats with #FrancisPike.
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#LuckyLuciano #TheMafiaAtWar #EmpireOfCrime #OrganisedCrimeHistory #HirohitosWar #EmpiresAtWar
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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🎨👕BRLSI’s Academy of Imagination Becky is thrilled to share the two winning designs of our T-shirt design competition.
A huge thank you to all participants! Keep an eye on the Academy of Imagination page for upcoming events! www.brlsi.org/aoi/
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Bath resident Paul Browne is exploring the vicissitudes of life through the mundane, everyday act of washing up for his MA in Fine Art and visited my office today to do our dishes.

As a former artist. I’m always keen to support the creativity of Bathonians! 🎨

paulmichaelbrowne.com/these-things...
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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🗝️ Orlando Furioso: The Poem That Shaped the World ✨
Explore Ariosto’s epic, from playful courtiers to hidden stories, in the stunning Elwin Room at BRLSI or via Zoom.
📅 Wed 12 Nov, 7:30PM
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November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🎨 Making Your Mark: An Open Invitation to Engage with the World
🗓 11–17 Nov 10 AM–4 PM
📍 Free
@bathspauni.bsky.social exhibition at BRLSI, Bath
Explore artefacts, heritage & student work & make your own mark!
www.brlsi.org/whatso...
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🌟What did it mean to be a scientist in Victorian times? Learn how John Herschel shaped “doing science”!
🗣️ Stephen Case, PhD – historian & author of #CreaturesofReason
Attend in person or via Zoom: www.brlsi.org/whatso...

#JohnHerschel #HistoryOfScience #ScienceTalk #BRLSI
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM