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Browse our in-person and online events, including our Monday night lectures, regional events and teacher CPD sessions. You can also watch a selection of our past talks.
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Solo motorcycle touring and the geography of wellbeing
Solo motorcycle touring, remote environments and the geography of wellbeing. This talk by Dr Jason Wragg explores the intersection of solo adventure travel, remote landscapes and human health and wellbeing.
Summit Photo 2026
Join the Society over three fascinating days to hear presentations by world leading photographers, filmmakers, policy advisors, and NGOs on the power of visual media to inspire, inform and effect change.
RGS Presents: The Future of Exploration Live with Tim Marshall
Award-winning journalist and author Tim Marshall joins Matt Pycroft for a live recording of The Future of Exploration. Bringing a geopolitical lens, Tim explores how geography, power, and global changes are reshaping the meaning of exploration.
Routes, ruins and reconnaissance: private viewing
Hear presentations and be the first to view the new exhibition on the life and career of Gertrude Bell FRGS.
The making of the modern Middle East - Simon Sebag Montefiore
A spellbinding new history of how the Middle East of 1900 became the Middle East of today… and tomorrow.
Alexei Sayle: How I’ve tried to change the world
Alexei has spent a lifetime trying to solve the world’s problems by walking down the middle of the street, shouting.
School Member Lecture: the Slapton Sands gravel barrier system
Join our School Member lecture this autumn to explore the Slapton Sands barrier system in Start Bay, with Professor Gerd Masselink.
Gladys West "I've got to get this right": A life of achievements that underpin GPS
This year's EGR Taylor lecture seeks to do justice to Gladys West and the impact of her work.
EGR Taylor lecture supper 2026
Dinner following the 2026 EGR Taylor lecture by Philip Moore on the life and impact of Gladys West.
School Member Lecture: How can biogeomorphology contribute to a nature-positive future?
Our Autumn School Member Lecture with Professor Gemma Harvey on natural processes for support nature recovery and the delivery of ecosystem services.