We know about the cobwebbed coffins in the castle, the shape-shifting bat, and the be-fanged and blood-thirsty vampire. These have all become cliched tropes of the Gothic imagination. Helena Habibi returns to explore the Gothic anxieties lurking within the mass of typewritten documents that comprise...

The event will feature an in-person conversation about the Magadh, the art of literary  translation and the legacy of Shrikant Verma's poetry

Awardwinning cheesemonger Moz will share the secrets of cheesemaking, her story in becoming an independent cheesemonger during the dark times of COVID, and how to create the perfect Christmas cheeseboard.  There will be the opportunity to taste some of her favourite British and Irish cheeses,...

A history of the Quakers in Newcastle from 1654 to the present day - their places of worship, their business activities, campaigns and public life, and key individuals and families, such as the Tyzackes, Titterys, Richardsons, Pumphreys and Hodgkins.  The talk will also look at...

In 1940 Britain stood alone. The BEF had been rescued from the beaches but an invasion seemed inevitable. Eden had called for volunteers who would become immortalised as Dad's Army but there was another force, an army of the shadows, a secret militia dedicated to...

Lord Shipley will talk about the history of attempts to reform the House of Lords and current proposals. There will be an opportunity for discussion of options for reform and, with a fair wind, an agreed conclusion.