Join us at Exeter Library for a screening live from the British Library. A recipe is so much more than a set of instructions: it is a story, an experience waiting to happen. Explore the role of voice, narrative and storytelling in cookery books with three fantastic food writers. Free event just drop in. Audience: All […]
Join us at Exeter Library for a screening live from the British Library. A recipe is so much more than a set of instructions: it is a story, an experience waiting to happen. Explore the role of voice, narrative and storytelling in cookery books with three fantastic food writers. Free event just drop in. Audience: All […]
Laurence Beckford’s talk will give us a fascinating insight into the rigorously detailed work involved in the restoration of fire, weather and vandal-damaged carvings. He will also talk about his passion for traditional ‘hand cut’ lettering in slate and stone. Laurence’s talk will include his recent carving of the fretted organ case panels of Exeter […]
Can our economic, social, and environmental systems work so that the most responsible choices we make are also the easiest, cheapest, and most obvious? Often when we are faced with environmental or social problems, we find that changing our own actions can initially feel satisfying, but this can sometimes lead to a feeling that the […]
Join us for a British Library livestream of their Inspiring Entrepreneurs event. Emerging technologies are redefining the ways in which we interact, work and do business. Hear how our panel built their businesses around bold ideas using digital innovation to transform our daily lives. Moderated by Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, founder of STEMettes and panel […]
World famous anthropologist Maurice Bloch will ask a question: why is it so easy, when we go to somewhere which the tourist industry would describe as very exotic, to get on with people? Part of the answer is that remote people are much less different than we might, at first, believe and that modern society […]
On the remote Siula Grande in Peru in June 1985, mountaineer Simon Yates found himself in a desperately unenviable position. He was slowly being pulled off the mountain face by his injured partner, Joe Simpson, dangling on the rope 50 metres below. His decision to cut the rope saved both their lives in the epic […]
The Vintage Hour Presents ‘The Influence of Asia on Vintage Fashion’ Tuesday 20th November, 7pm-8pm After last months success of our first ever fashion talk, we are delighted to announce next exposé, ‘The Influence of Asia on Vintage Fashion’. Having grown up in South East Asia, Willow has accumulated a wealth of knowledge on the […]
Thur 22 November £18, £16 Early Bird (Before 5th Nov) Doors and bar open at 6.30, Talk starts at 7.00 Gallery 20 Since an unexpected wedding invitation led her to move to Peshawar 30 years ago, Christina Lamb OBE has become one of Britain’s best known foreign correspondents, as well as a bestselling author. As […]
Mon 17 Sep Bar 6.30pm, Talk 7pm to 8pm £18 (early bird £16 until 26 Aug) Bestselling author and award-winning former BBC Chief News Correspondent Kate Adie reveals the ways in which women’s lives were transformed during World War One. With a generation of men heading off to fight, Kate will bring to light how […]