Past events
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Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks
10:00 - 11:30 27 November 2025
Are you wanting to understand how the world works? Have an interest in climate science, economy, trade, demographics, health or international development? Want to know about and how to access data from the IMF, World Bank, UN or OECD? This free 90-minute online workshop will introduce you to the international...
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Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks
10:00 - 11:30 27 November 2025
Are you wanting to understand how the world works? Have an interest in climate science, economy, trade, demographics, health or international development? Want to know about and how to access data from the IMF, World Bank, UN or OECD? This free 90-minute online workshop will introduce you to the international...
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Bookwork: Extra-Illustration in the John Rylands Library (The Rylands Lunchtime Seminar Series)
13:00 - 13:45 27 November 2025
This seminar provides an introduction to the rich holdings of extra-illustrated books in the John Rylands Library. It begins with a short exploration of extra-illustration (or ‘grangerization’) before going on to focus on a selection of examples of extra-illustrated books within the Rylands collections,...
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WCLC: Nishla Smith
13:10 - 13:50 27 November 2025
Nishla Smith is a jazz singer songwriter driven by a desire to tell stories. Her unique musical sensibility, along with this preoccupation with narrative, is recurrent throughout her diverse array of musical projects. Smith’s recent performances have seen her collaborate with a range of classical and...
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The Last Pomegranate Tree (by Bachtyar Ali)
16:45 - 18:00 27 November 2025
Book launch and cultural event about Kurdish storytelling and history, which asks: why the UK? why now? Featuring award-winning writer Bachtyar Ali, translator Kareem Abdulrahman and Coran Babe Ali from @afsana-press. Readings and Q&A in Kurdish and English, accompanied music of harpist Tara Jaff. Discussants:...
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