Our speaker focuses on nocturnal stories past and present, beginning with the time he got benighted in the Swiss Alps, on the trail of his great grand aunt Dorothy Pilley’s mountaineering legacy, before going on to discuss the various adventures and journeys after dark which feature in his new book, Overnight.
- Exhibition
Earth Photo 2025 exhibition
Earth Photo 2025 - visit the Society to see a stunning selection of the selected and winning images from this years competition.
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)Open to all17 Jun 2025 - 20 Aug 2025 - Exhibition
Views in the interior of Guyana 2021
Inspired by the Schomburgk Archive housed at the Society, Ann Gollifer presents a new exhibition displayed in the Director's Gallery.
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)Open to all27 Jun 2025 - 31 Aug 2025 - Workshop
Gentrification and complexity – field-based workshop for A Level teachers
This one-day workshop is designed to introduce A-Level teachers to new ways of explaining changing places with a particular focus on connections between people, the economy, and the ways that infrastructure(s) link the local, national, and international scales.
Open to allWednesday 2 July 2025