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Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI)

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BRLSI, founded in 1824, exists to promote science, literature and the arts to the people of Bath and beyond. We offer talks, exhibitions, community events and meeting room hire and we’re open to everyone, Monday to Saturday, 10am - 4pm. You can become a member of BRLSI and get half price tickets for our talks - we have more than 100 talks a year, on every subject under the sun, with tickets from as little as £3 (and sometimes free). Come along and see what we’re all about!


Upcoming Events at BRLSI

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Brilliantly Engineered - BRLSI’s free “how things work” fest...

28 Feb - 3 Mar

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What is evolutionary psychology?

3 Mar, 7:30 - 9pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

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Microscopy for everyone - 3D-printed microscopes

5 Mar, 7:30 - 9pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

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Sighting the sun and the moon at Stonehenge

10 Mar, 7:30 - 9pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

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Songs From Beyond - The Guitar Genius of John Duarte

13 Mar, 7:30 - 9pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

How Can We Raise Resilient Teens in a Digital World_ with Nicola Macdonald

How Can We Raise Resilient Teens in a Digital World? with Ni...

14 Mar, 11am - 12pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

The Unfragile Mind_ What Does it Mean to be Well with Dr Gavin Francis _sponsored by BIRD

The Unfragile Mind: What Does it Mean to be Well with Dr Gav...

14 Mar, 1 - 2pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

Who Belongs_ Britain and the Small Boats Debate with Horatio Clare and Nicola Kelly

Who Belongs? Britain and the Small Boats Debate with Horatio...

14 Mar, 3 - 4pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

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Soft Power & Economic Growth: the UK in a changing world

17 Mar, 7:30 - 9pm

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Curious Minds: What Happens When Local News Disappears

21 Mar - 21 Mar

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

What happens when local news disappears_ with journalists Anu Anand, Lynne Fernquest and Priyanka Raval and historian Dr Kevin Grieves

What happens when local news disappears

21 Mar, 11am - 12pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

Festival Read_ Nussiabah Younis

Festival Read: Nussaibah Younis with Fundamentally

21 Mar, 1 - 2pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains with John Grindrod

LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains with John Grindrod

21 Mar, 3 - 4pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

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Jutland 1916: Archaeology of a naval battlefield

23 Mar, 7:30 - 9pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

How To Talk To AI (And How Not To) with Jamie Bartlett

How To Talk To AI (And How Not To) with Jamie Bartlett

24 Mar, 5:30 - 6:30pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

How to Stop Hating the People We Disagree With with Professor Paul Dolan

How To Stop Hating the People We Disagree With? with Paul Do...

24 Mar, 7:30 - 8:30pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

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Beyond the limits of our intelligence: an introduction to Ar...

25 Mar, 7:30 - 9pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

Why Does Modern Life Often Feel Too Much_ with Claudia Hammond

Why Does Modern Life Often Feel Too Much? with Claudia Hammo...

28 Mar, 1 - 2pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath

Small Presses. Big Impact with Burning Eye Books, Bad Betty Press, & Broken Sleep

Small Presses. Big Impact: with Burning Eye Books, Bad Betty...

28 Mar, 3 - 4pm

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Paper Dreams: Bath & Cambridge unrealised

1 Apr, 7:30 - 9pm

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Plastics: are they fantastic?

2 Apr, 7:30 - 9pm

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Why panpsychism isn’t reality

7 Apr, 7:30 - 9pm

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SAVE at 50 - and why Heritage matters

6 May, 7:30 - 9pm

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After Alexander the Great - what came next?

27 Jul, 7:30 - 9pm

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI), Bath


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