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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A history of polar exploration in 50 objects - Exeter
Writer, biographer and researcher Anne Strathie shares stories of objects from key periods in polar exploration history, from Cook’s circumnavigations in the 1770s to the aviation age of the early 1930s.
Public space for all - Pippa Catterall
Have you ever entered a space, a room, a building and felt that you do not belong there, or you do not feel safe? Too much public space marginalises rather than includes, whilst safety features are often designed more to protect property than people.
Fabricating futures: textiles, sustainability, and the cultural fabric of tomorrow
Inspired by Lisa Roet’s dramatic 13m great ape installation on the Society’s building, this series of talks will explore how fabric, one of humanity’s oldest technologies, is being reimagined through art, fashion and design for regenerative futures.
A history of polar exploration in 50 objects - Falmouth
Writer, biographer and researcher Anne Strathie shares stories of objects from key periods in polar exploration history, from Cook’s circumnavigations in the 1770s to the aviation age of the early 1930s.
A year in the woods: Montalto through the seasons
Author and broadcaster Paul Clements discusses his time living at one of Northern Ireland’s most historic estates, and how its landscape, wildlife and gardens change over the seasons.
How British imperialism has shaped the globe
Sathnam Sanghera's ground-breaking 'Empireland' revealed how Empire continues to shape life in Britain today. Now he joins us to explore its lasting impact on the rest of the globe.
A night on the extinction express
Join award-winning conservationist Sacha Dench on a journey flying alongside Bewick’s swans from Russia to the UK by paramotor. Find out why we need conservation efforts without borders and, as Sacha calls it, an MI5 for nature.
Monday night lecture supper – 22 September
Stay for supper at the Society on 22 September after our Monday night lecture and meet other members and their guests.
Walking the mountains of Spain
Phil Lawler talks about walks he has discovered, or created, in three Spanish regions.
Summit Photo evening lecture: Chris Packham
Join us for an evening lecture with TV presenter and environmental activist Chris Packham at this year's Summit Photo.
The power of story: Frans Lanting
One of our greatest living biosphere photographers, Frans Lanting will present our inaugural Summit keynote presentation.
An elephant never forgets
A behind-the-scenes, illustrated talk from Sophy Roberts about her new Sunday Times bestseller, A Training School for Elephants, which weaves past and present in travels that take her from Iraq to India, the DRC and Tanzania, finishing up at a convent with an elephant on Lake Tanganyika.