Past events

Our events are now taking place online. Choose from an inspiring range of free talks, discussions and more.

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Photograph of a laptop on a desk. On the laptop screen is a live event showing the speaker, Sara Masinelli with a red telephone icon in the top left-hand corner of the screen. She has dark brown hair with a fringe and her hair is tied up. She is wearing a bright red cardigan with a floral top. She is sitting in a living room with a dark sofa behind her. Around the laptop there is a teapot, jam jars, and an empty glass vase with some green leaves from a houseplant coming into view at the left-hand edge of the desk.
  • Discussion

Faith-based Responses to Epidemics

Available to watch

Part of Library Insights

  • Speech-to-text
Photograph of a smartphone propped up on an open book displaying a map. On the screen is a video call with Alain ‘Fusion’ Clapham who is seated in a red t-shirt next to a colourful painting of a face. There is a red phone icon at the bottom of the screen. Plugged into the phone is a pair of black earbud headphones. The phone is surrounded by other books and notebooks on a carpeted floor.
  • Discussion
  • 14 to 19-year-olds

Young People on Education and What We Learned From Lockdown

Available to watch

Part of What Does It Mean To Be Young, Now?

  • Speech-to-text
Photograph looking vertically down onto a wooden tabletop. In the centre of the image is a tablet device displaying a group photograph of 6 individuals pictured in a gallery setting. Three individuals are standing and two are seated, one in a wheelchair. The sixth person is superimposed on top of the image, her head appearing from a hand drawn rocket, which extends outside of the screen. Surrounding the tablet device are two artworks. Top left is a painting with a brightly coloured yellow, orange and red graduated background with a collections of blue brush strokes on top. Top right is an artwork on a black background made up of bright neon blue streaks of light with pink and green flecks. To the right of the device is a colourful newspaper cover bearing the title 'Inclusive Futures'. Below the device is a collection of colourful hand drawn playing cards including the queen of diamonds showing a wheelchair. Dotted around the table are hints of house plants and a tea mug.
  • Discussion
  • Relaxed

A Different Kind of Future with Heart n Soul

Available to watch
  • Speech-to-text
  • British Sign Language
A photograph of a tablet propped up in a red stand on a wooden cabinet. On the tablet screen is a live online event with Gavin Francis who has short hair and is wearing a white shirt. Next to the tablet is a book by Gavin Francis with the title Intensive Care: A GP, a Community & COVID-19.
  • Discussion

Intensive Care with Dr Gavin Francis

Available to watch
  • Speech-to-text
A photograph of a laptop on a wooden coffee table in a colourful blue living room. On the laptop screen is a live online event with Anna Feigenbaum who is sitting in a chair with tied-up curly brown hair. Next to her in an armchair is her French Bulldog.
  • Seminar

Is Tear Gas as British as Tea?

Available to watch

Part of Exploring Research

  • Auto-captioned
Photograph of a laptop on a desk surrounded by two more tablets. On the laptop screen is a live event showing the speaker, Amanda Couch. She has light brown hair which is tied up. She is wearing a bright red jumper with a green floral collared shirt underneath. Behind her on the wall are postcards and photographs and an artwork piece Apron Aegis (After Bartholin, Anatomia Reformata) 2019. On the tablet screens are film stills showing skin with a needle and thread. Around the screens on the desk are house plants, two cacti, notebooks, headphones and a pot of colouring pencils and paintbrushes.
  • Discussion

The Surfaces of Skin and Screens

Available to watch

Part of Library Insights

  • Speech-to-text
Photographic portrait of Jamie Hale appearing on a video call on a laptop. They are wearing a blue checked shirt, red glasses and sitting in an electric wheelchair. The laptop is on a table next to a house plant and a wooden dog ornament. Part of a portrait is on the wall behind the laptop in an orange frame.
  • Event

D/deaf and Disabled Artists on Making Work Now

Available to watch
  • British Sign Language
  • Speech-to-text
Photograph of a smartphone propped up on a duvet and notebook. Plugged into the phone is a pair of black earbud headphones. On the screen of the phone is a video call with Alain 'Fusion' Clapham who's standing infront of a colourful artwork. Next to the phone are books and a pencil.
  • Event
  • 14 to 19-year-olds

Young People, Mental Health and Recipes for Self-care

Available to watch

Part of What Does It Mean To Be Young, Now?

  • Speech-to-text
Photograph of a laptop on a glass coffee table. The laptop screen shows split-screen portraits of two young women, Daze Aghaji and Natasha Lipman. The laptop is in a yellow living room by houseplants and an orange sofa.
  • Event
  • Relaxed

Supporting Ourselves While Supporting Our Communities

Available to watch

Part of Supporting Ourselves

  • Speech-to-text
  • Audio described
Photographic portrait of Emily Sargent and Shamita Sharmacharja appearing on a video call on a laptop. Emily is wearing glasses with blonde shoulder-length hair and Shamita is wearing a green striped dress with brown shoulder-length hair. The laptop is on a wooden table, a chair and bookshelves are nearby against a yellow wall.
  • Discussion

Curators Introduce Art by Kerry Tribe and Sop

Available to watch
  • Captioned
Jessica Borge appearing on a video call on a tablet device. Her brown hair is tied up, she is wearing gold earrings and a bright green patterned top, behind her is blue patterned wallpaper. The tablet is sitting on a kitchen counter next to a gas hob with wooden chopping boards in the background and a glass tub containing pasta.
  • Discussion

Condoms in the Kitchen

Available to watch

Part of Library Insights

  • Speech-to-text
Janet Tyson appearing on a video call on a laptop, she has short shoulder-length hair and is wearing a yellow top with three pictures and a green plate hanging on a white wall behind her. On the table around the laptop is a succulent plant and a pot of colouring pencils against a green wall.
  • Online event

Considering the Source of Elizabeth Blackwell’s ‘A Curious Herbal’

Available to watch

Part of Exploring Research

Tim Wingard appearing on a video call on a laptop screen. Tim is sitting in a chair in a light-coloured knitted jumper with tied up hair. Tim is in a living room, sitting next to bookshelves with a fireplace in the background. Around the laptop on the desk are some old books and a wireless laptop mouse.
  • Online event

Monstrous Births in the Middle Ages

Available to watch

Part of Exploring Research

Photograph of a tablet in a stand on a glass coffee table with plants and a sofa behind it. On the tablet screen is a live online event of Cheryl Martin and Rianna Walcott in conversation. The words Wellcome Collection are at the top centre of the screen.
  • Discussion

Supporting Ourselves in Changing Times

Available to watch

Part of Supporting Ourselves

  • Speech-to-text
  • British Sign Language
Portrait of Elif Shafak on a video call on a laptop. Elif appears on the laptop screen. On the desk around the laptop, there is a plant and a small wooden figurine of a dog.
  • Discussion

Empathy in an Age of Division

Available to watch
  • Audio described
  • Speech-to-text
Portrait of Angela Chan who is on a video call on an iPad. The iPad is propped up on a desk next to some art materials, paintbrushes, a half-finished painting of plants, and a pair of headphones.
  • Discussion
  • 14 to 19-year-olds

Changing Our Planet, Changing Our Minds

Available to watch
  • Captioned