UPCOMING WORKSHOPS. We've got some exciting new workshops happening in the next couple of months like cyanotype printing , as well as old favourites like lampshade screenprinting with Millie and book binding!

Follow the link to find out more or book on - ow.ly/hlrS50R8jP3

'We need to change the dialogue in the MSM so that mankind’s greatest achievements aren’t seen as elitist but as remarkable expressions of the human condition that we can all learn from'.

We are delighted to welcome Benjamin Appl and Sholto Kynoch to perform a recital that explores the silences between the notes. A perfect way to close the 20th anniversary of Leeds Lieder Festival!

📅 Sunday 21 April, 7:30pm

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What can we learn about the mysterious #textile manufacturing success of #Yorkshire from Daniel Defoe's famous account of his 18th century journey?
18:00 Tues 16 April
The Leeds Library Commercial Street
Accompanying exhibition in entrance hall.

Book here:
leedsphilandlit.org.uk/shop/defoes-ac…

Get creative tomorrow! 👇🌼🌳🍃

Join our artist-in-residence james brunt artist to see and create spectacular sculptures near our Paddy Train Station.

When? 11am-3pm, Wed 27 March

Discover what's on this Easter 👉 ncm.org.uk/whats-on/easte…

Don't miss a one-off special of our #Leeds ghost walk this Wednesday (27th March) at 6:45pm.

Shadowy figures! Strange creatures! Dastardly deeds!

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What can we learn about the mysterious textile manufacturing success of Yorkshire by reading Daniel Defoe's famous account of his 18th century journey?
18:00 Tues 16 April
The Leeds Library Commercial Street

Accompanying exhibition in entrance hall.
Book: leedsphilandlit.org.uk/shop/defoes-ac…

Left: Seal of LPLS – device adopted from a gem used to endorse the first certificates of membership in 1819 & later for sealing the Society's special envelopes.
'History of 100 years of the Phil & Lit', p.237

Right: current version of logo
Goddess Minerva still looking serious.

Leeds City Markets, End of the Day II, by Janine Denby. Bradford-based artist. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

#RadicalVictorians an exuberant reminder of a turning point in British visual art, as well as the breadth and brilliance of Birmingham's civic collection thoughtfully curated. Congrats Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Zak Mensah sara wajid

#Light , #Camera , #Optics !
Prof Gordon Love will talk about how vision works.
Largest to smallest scale; telescopes to microscopes.

18:00 Wed 20 March
The Liberty building, Western Campus University of Leeds
or on Zoom
🦉FREE 🦉

More info & booking here: leedsphilandlit.org.uk/shop/light-cam…

OTD 1771 engineer John Smeaton became a founder member of the ‘Society of Civil Engineers’, later the ‘Smeatonian Society’.
He had first referred to himself in print as a ‘Civil Engineer’ in 1768 - to distinguish himself from the military kind.
ICE Smeaton300

The Guardian view on Wikipedia’s female volunteers: a hive heroism that changes history | Editorial theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Got some waste plastic and its stretchy? Then it can be recycled. Things like frozen food bags, bread 🍞 bags, packaging from stuff you bought... or even old bags-for-life that are at the end of their life👜

13th March at 1pm, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminar; Dr. Rebecca Chandler-Bostock (University of Leeds), “Seeing into Viruses: Using X-Ray Footprinting to Determine Genome Structures in Infectious Virions”. Roger Stevens LT 20

Events, dear Leeds*, events:
leedsphilandlit.org.uk/events/
From March to June:
a birth & a visit of 1724, vision, colouration and links between science, art and printing.

*Those beyond Leeds or even Yorkshire can take advantage of some hybrid events with an online option.

A year ago today we launched #PlantAtlas2020 : the most in-depth survey ever undertaken of the British & Irish flora.
Website free to browse for info on 3,495 wild plant species: plantatlas2020.org
Book published by Princeton Nature
Find out more: bsbi.org/plant-atlas-20…

We take a look at some of the women around the world who have engineered navigation instruments, bridges, ironing boards, space suits and ventilation systems from the 10th Century to the present day. #internationalwomensday

smeaton300.co.uk/where-are-all-…

Melanie Windridge had a great evening on Friday at the Royal Institution at the UK Atomic Energy Authority's event on the latest developments in fusion.

Click here to find out more about this exciting, positive event - lnkd.in/eJP22PJS

#NuclearFusion #FusionEnergy #EnergyTransition

We have an annual Priestley Lecture.
2024:
Dr Catherine Walsh University of Leeds talking about the James Webb Telescope & implications for humanity.
Wed 6 Nov
(More info to follow)

Scientist Priestley was Minister Mill Hill Chapel 1767-1773 & first Secretary The Leeds Library