York Festival of Ideas 2025 has a wide range of inspiring events to attend and engage with, both in person and online – most of them free. The Festival is led by the University of York,…
Talk by Isobel Grimley. She is a PhD candidate in Archaeology at the University of Bradford and will be giving a talk as part of Pint of Science Bradford next Wednesday (21st May) at Theatre…
Information from Calderdale Industrial Museum Halifax: The talk on 19th March will be by one of our volunteers talking about her life and work at Crossleys, and her current job in the same field of…
Information from Wakefield Museums and Castles: Volunteer Talk: Thomas of Lancaster – saint or sinner? (16+) Pontefract Castle, Pontefract, WF8 1QH Sunday 23rd March 2025 Thomas of Lancaster has often been viewed as a venerated…
Centenary celebration at the Town Hall on 14th December The final meeting of our Centenary year was held at the Town Hall on Saturday which was where the founding meeting of our Society was held…
Information from Wakefield Socialist History Group: REMEMBERING THE MINERS’ STRIKE 1pm to 4pm, Satruday 7 December at the Red Shed, 18 Vicarage St S, Wakefield WF1 1QX Forty years on, we have three speakers who…
The exhibition showcases outstanding new art works by local Halifax-based artist Marcus Jack, and tells the story about the importance of radical politics in a northern town. The exhibition is taking place as part of…
Joseph Aspdin’s patent of Portland Cement. Our second meeting in October is on the 23rd celebrating the bicentenary of the patent of Portland cement by Joseph Aspdin. This will be in the Kingswood Suite at…
Gosling Press is engaged in running a “Not the Western Front Conference” on Saturday 2nd November at The Cluntergate Centre, Cluntergate, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5DA There are 4 speakers and the cost is £29 including…
The group continues to meet on Thursdays at Sandal Methodist Church at 2p.m. Their programme for the next three months: September 19th: ‘Let the lights go out’ by Morray Bissett October 17th: ‘The execution of…