What's on
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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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.
Finding of Shackleton's Endurance
Polar lecture in support of Friends of Scott Polar Research Institute on the expedition that found the wreck of Endurance in Antarctica.
Britain and beyond: discovering Islamic heritage
Experts will discuss the geographical and historical threads linking Britain to Islamic worlds in this panel discussion.
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.
Adventures in maps
Maps and journeys intersect in many ways, and Debbie Hall’s recent book Adventures in Maps tells of these routes and adventures.
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.
Carbon colonialism: how rich countries export climate breakdown
Dr Laurie Parsons explores the murky practices of outsourcing environmental impact, when emissions and waste are exported from rich to poor countries.
The Guardian’s environment forum 2026
Join our panel of experts and activists for a hopeful and solutions-focused evening on how we can all work together to fight for the planet and our shared future.
The Battle of Isandlwana (The day of the dead moon)
Douglas Rattray presents a powerful and immersive account of the Battle of Isandlwana – one of the most dramatic and devastating encounters of the Anglo-Zulu War.