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ExhibitionAnimals: Art, Science and Sound
-Animals amaze, fascinate and delight us.
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Animals: Art, Science and Sound events
-Join us in an exploration of the animal kingdom and marvel the wonders of the natural world.
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HistFest 2023
-HistFest, the dynamic history festival celebrating the brightest and the best in the world of history returns.
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At the Library and online
The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour: W B Yeats
A celebration of Irish poet, playwright, and Nobel Laureate, William Butler Yeats.
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The W.G.Sebald Lecture 2023: Alberto Manguel
The annual lecture on literary translation.
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At the Library
How to make a story work
An evening of literary exploration with the Rathbones Folio Prize Judges: Ali Smith, Jackie Kay and Guy Gunaratne, ...
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At the Library
Carole Boyce Davies in conversation
The leadership styles of Black women.
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The Three Body Problem: Cixin Liu in conversation with Jim Al-Khalili
For this exclusive online event, Cixin Liu talks to British physicist, author, broadcaster and science communicator ...
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Speech-to-Text and BSL Tour: Chinese and British
Join us as we take you on a speech-to-text and BSL tour of our latest exhibition.
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At the Library and online
Radical: Xiaolu Guo in conversation
The prize-winning writer launches her new memoir.
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At the Library and online
Hand to Mouth: The Multiple Lives of the Sandwich
With Rebecca May Johnson, Nigella Lawson and Jonathan Nunn.
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At the Library and online
Chinese and British: Food Stories
With Ken Hom, Angela Hui, Jeremy Pang, Helen Tse and Andrew Wong.
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At the Library and online
Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells: Sarah Churchwell in conversation
How Gone with the Wind has divided a country.
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At the Library
The Austrian Riveter: Riveting Writing from Austria
Who are Vienna and Austria's most riveting writers to read, and what are they writing about?
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