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Architecture as an Earth practice
Join the curators of the British Pavilion for the 2025 Venice Biennale as they present a compelling lecture-performance that expands on the exhibition’s central themes of repair, reparation, and resistance.
Through Siam with a camera - John Thomson
In 1865 John Thomson travelled to Siam and photographed the King and his subjects creating a unique record of the country. This talk revisits the original negatives to see Siam as recorded by Thomson’s lens in 1865.
Expanding our understanding of racism and anti-racist politics
This exchange brings together the authors of three books which endeavour to expand our comprehension of what racism is.
Overnight adventures
Our speaker, Dan Richards, 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.
The hole in the ozone layer
Join us to mark the 40th anniversary of one of the most significant environmental discoveries of our time, the ozone hole.
Digital twins for climate resilience
The Society and Ordnance Survey are collaborating on a lunchtime webinar series focusing on digital twins. This session will be focussed on digital twins for climate resilience.
Digital twins in the transport sector #2 - 16 April
The Society and Ordnance Survey are collaborating on a lunchtime webinar series focusing on digital twins. This webinar will look at digital twins in the transport sector.
Integrating maps and instruments in art
Kristina Chan will discuss her current art exhibition, Habitable Climes, which includes images of instruments in our Collections. Attendees will be able to see the instruments following the talk.
Called by the Carpathians
Twenty years after first connecting with these mountains, Jeffrey Hartman returns to launch a rehabilitation program teaching snow sports to Ukrainian war veterans.
Blue-eyed Sevan: struggles above and below the surface
As Tenny Adamian attempts a paddleboard circumnavigation of the largest lake in the Caucasus, its environmental challenge is revealed.
Across Armenia
Katya Guryeva runs the Transcaucasian Trail, supported by her partner Jonas Wilcks as crew captain. Over 22 days, they learn what it really takes to complete a dream adventure as ambitious amateurs.
Through Britain by thumb
Nico Lethbridge proves the forgotten art of hitchhiking is not dead, and that people-led travel uncovers remarkable things about a country and those who live in it.