📖 Genius or traitor? Can we separate the poet from the politics? Join Duncan McGibbon as he explores Ezra Pound, the man who reshaped modern poetry, then sided with Mussolini against the Allies. Does treachery erase artistic authority? https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/ezra-pound-is-dead/

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🎻The plaque at Bath's 11 Royal Crescent simply says Elizabeth Linley eloped with Richard Brinsley Sheridan on 18 March 1772. But behind those words is a much darker story... 📅 Wed 2 Sept, 7:30pm 📍 BRLSI www.brlsi.org/whatson/eliz...

Elizabeth Linley: the (troubled) Nightingale of Bath – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution

The plaque at Bath’s 11 Royal Crescent blandly says that from this house, Elizabeth Linley eloped with Richard Brinsley Sheridan on 18 March 1772 - but behind those words lies a much darker story.  El...

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For 14 years, sculptor and ceramicist Alma Boyes worked as an enlarger at the Morris Singer Foundry, turning original ideas into monumental bronzes for artists including Sir Eduardo Paolozzi. Join her for an inside look🏛️ 🎟️https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/enlarging-eduardo-paolozzi-other-projects/

☕ Tao, Zen & a Cup of Humanity with Julian Baggini Tue 1 Sept, 7:30pm, BRLSI ☕ #Baggini reimagines #Okakura's 1906 Book of Tea for the coffee age: #Coffeeism, a #philosophy of the here and now, no gods required. https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/tao-zen-a-cup-of-humanity/

🗳️ TONIGHT at BRLSI ! How did British & American ideas about democracy first diverge? Historian Joanna Innes traces the splitting of political paths... Tickets from £4, grab yours before doors open! 🔗 www.brlsi.org/whatson/how-... #DemocracyUnderThreat #Bath #History

How British & American ideas about democracy first diverged – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution

This talk will examine some of the ways in which British and American political paths diverged in the decades following American independence, with special reference to their development of differing ...

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Is Democracy under threat? Interesting panel discussion @brlsi.bsky.social examining how to bring political debate and decision making closer to voters, limit the power of big money, confront the public with political trade-offs and detoxify political dialogue to avoid polarisation.

The Unsettled Mind🧠✨ This BRLSI series continues with psychoanalysts, neuroscientists, authors, and thinkers exploring grief, politics, sexuality, Freud, Lacan, and the modern mind. Next up...July 28 : Meghan Riordan Jarvis Grief in an Age of Loss Find the full programme: brlsi.org

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🍷 Did you know Somerset is home to one of the UK's only biodynamic vineyards? Join us at BRLSI to discover the story of Limeburn Hill Vineyard and how they grow and make wine in harmony with nature. 📅 Thurs 9 July https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/growing-biodynamic-wines-in-somerset-talk-wine-tasting/

🤔 What happens when a small group of British insiders end up influencing the course of global history? Join Antonia Senior for Stalin’s Apostles: The Cambridge Five & the Making of the Soviet Empire, exploring one of the most infamous spy rings in history.

Neuroscience talk: can brain activity explain consciousness? Tue 7 July, 7:30–9:00 pm Professor Roger Orpwood explores the “Hard Problem of Consciousness” Centre for Pain Research, The University of Bath

World famous neuroscientist, psychoanalyst and best-selling author Professor Mark Solms will be at BRLSI 6:30 pm on Sat July 4 as part of BRLSI’s series The Unsettled Mind – Psychoanalysis in an Age of Anxiety. https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/the-only-cure-freud-revisited/

🎙️ Is politics becoming theatre... or has it always been? Join theatre historian David Wiles for an exploration of democracy, performance, populism, and the art of winning an audience. 📅 Wednesday 1 July, 7.30pm https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/democracy-the-ancient-art-of-working-an-audience/

Join Joey Salmon from Pesticide Action Network UK for a discussion of new findings from PAN's mobile app monitoring acute pesticide poisoning, and explore solutions to safeguard 📅 Thursday 2 July, 7.30–9.00pm @BRLSI https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/pesticides-the-smallholders-hidden-burden/

🧠In an age of anxiety, instant answers, AI therapy, and pharmaceutical quick fixes, what can psychoanalysis still teach us about grief, desire, truth, identity, and change? https://www.brlsi.org/the-unsettled-mind/

The Unsettled Mind: Psychoanalysis in an Age of Anxiety – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution

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Co-editor of The Poems of Sylvia Plath (Faber, 2026) Amanda Golden joins Plath scholar, Nicola Presley in a conversation about Plath’s poetry on Monday. Followed by a live Q&A Mon 29 June at 7:30 pm @BRLSI 📷Smith College. Sylvia Plath sitting on stone wall with typewriter, 1956 September.

📷Lydia Fay and her school, Shanghai, 1859. Photo by William Nassau Jocelyn (1832-1892) Jocelyn travelled with Lord Elgin’s mission to China in 1858 during the Second Opium War. Part of Worlds Apart: Rare Early Photographs of China & Bath at BRLSI- Free exhibition Open Now- Sept. Mon-Sat 9am-4pm

Pesticides: The Smallholder’s Hidden Burden Thu 2 July at 7:30 pm Joey Salmon, Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) will be at BRLSI to share findings and solutions surrounding pesticide poisoning https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/pesticides-the-smallholders-hidden-burden/

Anyone glued to the Makerfield by-election coverage today may be interested to know that #JohnCurtice appears at BRLSI on June 24th as part of our upcoming #DemocracyUnderThreat talks series. Online tickets still available. www.brlsi.org www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sir John Curtice: Burnham's win represents remarkable personal success for him

Andy Burnham not only retained the share of the vote Labour won in the seat in 2024 but increased it.

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🌍@jeremyrlent @BRLSI & online 📅 Friday 26 June 7:30pm! https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/ecocivilization-making-a-world-that-works-for-all/ Join us with acclaimed author and thinker Jeremy Lent speaking about his latest book "Ecocivilization": Making a World that Works for All

Founder of the Jhalak Prize, Sunny Singh, in Conversation with @lucyenglish.bsky.social Thurs 18 June 7pm @brlsi.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉❤️❤️❤️

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IN CONVERSATION WITH SUNNY SINGH Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute, Bath, BA1 2HN Thursday 18th June 2026 7pm £5 www.ticketsource.com/bathspalive/...

Thursday 18 7.00 pm @brlsi.bsky.social ♥️♥️👇👇Sunny Singh founder of the Jhalak Prize in conversation with @lucyenglish.bsky.social 👇👇👇

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IN CONVERSATION WITH SUNNY SINGH Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute, Bath, BA1 2HN Thursday 18th June 2026 7pm £5 www.ticketsource.com/bathspalive/...

🧊 What if glaciers were teeming with life? Dr Chris Williamson, Professor in Polar Microbiology @bristoluni.bsky.social uncovers the hidden world of microbes living in snow and ice. 📅 Thu 25 June ⏰ 7:30 PM – 9:00 Watch in person or online❄️ https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/the-secret-life-of-glaciers/

Can Britain’s Two-Party System Survive? Wed 24 June at 7:30 pm John Curtice will analyse the reasons behind the changes in support of Conservative and Labour parties, and assess the prospects for the future of British politics. https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/can-britains-two-party-system-survive/

Daniel Jeffreys and Sayuri Higashi our new conveners for Psychology talks introduce an upcoming talk by Mark Solms -The Only Cure: Freud Revisited. Mark Solms will be at BRLSI on Saturday 4th July 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm #Freud #talkingtherapies #theonlycure #neuroscience #thetalkingcure

🧠The Unsettled Mind: Psychoanalysis in An Age of Anxiety. A new BRLSI talks series explores how modern life is reshaping anxiety, grief, identity, sexuality, and the way we understand ourselves. Starts 4 July at BRLSI. Book at brlsi.org

Join Amanda Golden and Nicola Presley for an evening exploring The Poems of Sylvia Plath (Faber, 2026) a new edition featuring previously unpublished juvenilia, and extensive notes. +Live audience Q&A🌟 🗓 Mon 29 June ⏰ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm 🎟 https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/the-poems-of-sylvia-plath/

What does it mean when democratic societies begin to adopt the language, structures, and values of militarisation? Join Professor Paul Dixon for a discussion on The Militarisation of British Democracy https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/the-militarisation-of-british-democracy/

🎭✨ A Queer Aesthetic? Oliver Messel & Bath Assembly Rooms ✨🎭 Join @nationaltrust curator Dr Emily Roy for an exploration of the life and work of Oliver Messel - one of the most influential figures in 20th-century British design. https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/oliver-messel-at-bath-assembly-rooms/