Tales from the Ri’s historic collections. Explore the intriguing, sometimes unexpected stories of past Ri scientists, iconic objects, and documents.
An unassuming painting in the Ri archive sets Laurence Scales on the trail of an 1841 voyage to the bottom of the world.
Read more...Ri historian Rupert Cole looks at the history of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES on television, 80 years after they were first broadcast.
Read more...Laurence Scales on the subtle intrigue, hidden beauty, and baffling complexity of a model of a farm gate: a personal favourite from the Ri collections.
Read more...Laurence Scales looks at the life of Joseph Henry Barcroft: physiologist, Quaker, and reckless self-experimenter.
Read more...Laurence Scales introduces seven doctors who cared for royalty, and were also members of Ri.
Read more...One story of Gallipoli told through letters home in memory of Anzac Day.
Read more...Laurence Scales investigates Ri member John Fletcher Moulton: lawyer, scientist, and Director of Explosive Supplies in WW1.
Read more...In the lead up to the launch of the first volume of Tyndall's correspondence, Ri historian Roland Jackson asks how many people really appreciate John Tyndall’s significance?
Join us on Wednesday 4 March 2015 for a series of expert talks on Tyndall’s early life, his relationship with the Ri and the future of collaborative humanities research.
Laurence Scales explores the life of an unorthodox character in the history of scientific theorists.
Read more...Charlotte New, our curator of collections, explores the history of the Ri and hacking ahead of our 2014 Sparks will Fly CHRISTMAS LECTURES.
Read more...Not in London? Don't worry - here's your chance to hear from experts around the world
Posted to Talking science on20th May 2014
Two years on from his time as CHRISTMAS LECTURES assistant, Dr Andrew Beale talks about his time working for TReND in Mozambique.
Posted to Talking science on11th November 2015
As the 'Modern Alchemist' tours the UK, one student from Manchester shares her experience of the explosive spectacle.
Posted to on1st August 2014
Ri Clothworkers’ Fellow in Mathematics Bob Cresswell gathers some memories of the late Sir Christopher Zeeman, Christmas Lecturer and founder of Ri Masterclasses.
Posted to Talking science on11th March 2016