TALKS

Pubs are an essential part of British culture in all its forms - they grow the social roots for communities and provide safe spaces for groups and gatherings. Join sociologist Amit Singh and pub artist Lydia Wood as they discuss the need to recognise the importance of our pubs and what we can do to preserve them.

Brockway Room | Virtual event

This year, The Haunted Landscape, our annual folklore all-dayer, delves into the realms of magic fairies and old gods. We will entertain the Great God Pan with Professor Ronald Hutton and Sara Hannant, discover witch trials with Marion Gibson and walk Britain's haunted lands with Jeremy Harte and Fiona Robertson.

In person | Virtual event

Neurodivergent people create and perform. It could be our over-active minds, a need to carve out our own niche in the world, or a need to express ourselves in a world that doesn’t get us. Join multidisciplinary artist The Mollusc Dimension discussing his creative practice.

Brockway Room | Virtual event

Our social media feeds have been increasingly cannibalised by slop: low-quality content generated using AI text, image and video tools. Reporter Niamh McIntyre explores what it means when online political debate is manufactured for profit by people with zero commitment to the ideas they are promoting.

Brockway Room | Virtual event

There would be no alternative music without Black artists. Journalist and feminist punk musician Stephanie Phillips reclaims the past and future of rock ’n’ roll for the Black artists who tore up and re-wrote its rules.

Brockway Room | Virtual event