CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Started by Michael Faraday in 1825, and now broadcast on national television every year, the CHRISTMAS LECTURES are the UK's flagship science series.

Our 2020 Christmas Lecturers
Credit: Paul Wilkinson and John Allen
Hannah Fry, the 2019 Christmas Lecturer
Credit: Paul Wilkinson
Alice Roberts, the 2018 Christmas Lecturer
Credit: Paul Wilkinson
Saiful Islam, the 2016 Christmas Lecturer.
Credit: Paul Wilkinson
Kevin Fong, the 2015 Christmas Lecturer
Credit: Paul Wilkinson

About the 2020 Lectures

2020 Christmas Lecturers Chris Jackson, Helen Czerski and Tara Shine sitting in the Ri lecture theatre

About the CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Alice Roberts comparing the finger bones of human and chimpanzee skeletons, both also in picture

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Matt Parker and Hannah Fry at the 2019 Christmas Lectures

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