Explore online and in-person activities based in and around Bristol with the Global Lounge
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‘Scientific American offer you two great opportunities to stay informed and learn more about the world around you. (more…)
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‘Discover weekly scientific news podcasts on the New Scientist and keep up to date on the latest scientific discoveries and research! Topics include the issue of gaslighting explaining how it’s possible for people to manipulate and exploit our perception of reality, how AI can figure out what song you are listening to by studying your brainwaves, sun-harnessing structures known as Dyson spheres, and much, much more!
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‘Celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Ox with our interactive online festival. We’ll be marking the occasion with music, dance, talks, craft activities, storytelling, Chinese meditation, Chinese yoga, a panel discussion on being East Asian and South East Asian in the UK, and lots more. (more…)
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‘Saint Hilda of Whitby is a key figure in the history of Christianity in early Britain. (more…)
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‘From carved glass candlesticks to earthenware storage jars, silk gowns to finely painted porcelain, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery has one of the best regional collections of Chinese art in the UK. This talk will introduce some of the highlights of the collection and how the pieces came to be in Bristol through collectors such as Ferdinand and Max Schiller and Henry Burrows Abbey.’
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A survivor from a time when Bristol was a busy industrial port, Underfall Yard is a working boat yard and docks maintenance facility that has been in continual use since the 1880s. Join them for a free virtual tour of the site to explore the yard’s unique collection of Victorian buildings set in a stunning location on Bristol’s Harbourside. (more…)
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‘Women were barred from the original Olympic games, yet Rome had women gladiators. Down the centuries, the question of who can partake in sport has always been controversial and not least for the LGBTQ+ community. (more…)
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‘Bringing together an unusual mix of themes, including theatre, sport, masculinity and civic pride, this talk uses the wrestling encounter of 1905 between McInerney and Luffman to explore two questions. First, what was the significance of wrestling to the social and cultural life of the South West in the years leading up to this bout at the Bristol Empire? And second, how was the national “wrestling craze” during the first decade of the twentieth century realised at the local level.’
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‘Engaging with the museum collection through song. Singing is a joyful group activity, it does wonders for our wellbeing and has been used throughout history – to come together, to celebrate, and to tell stories. (more…)
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‘2021 marks the bicentenary of the execution of John Horwood of Hanham. At only 18 years old, he was the first person to be executed from the gallows on the gates of Bristol New Gaol. (more…)