Presenter Network Conference 2025
Find out about our 2025 Presenter Network Conference, taking place on 9 December
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What causes the Northern Lights? Aurora borealis explained
The aurora borealis, also known as the 'northern lights', is one of the most spectacular displays in the night sky. What is the science behind these colourful curtains of light?
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Night Sky Highlights - November 2025
Explore what you can see in the night sky this November, including the brightest star in the night sky and the brightest full Moon of the year!
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Open Waves sessions
Open Waves is a unique, free wellbeing session series, for participants aged 25-45 from African Caribbean communities, led by audiovisual artist and live looping specialist Jasmine Kahlia
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Salons in the Queen's House: Breadfruit and the Creolising of Caribbean Foodways
In this free lunchtime talk historian Jade Lindo explored the historical and cultural significance of breadfruit in the Caribbean
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Captain Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott was the first British explorer to reach the South Pole and explore Antarctica extensively by land in the early 1900s.
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Spot the pirate: power, perception and perspective
A new painting by Maïa Walcott seeks to reframe notions of piracy
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Henry Clifford, artist and engineer
Despite art being his first love, Henry Clifford went on to play a key role in the pioneering transatlantic cable-laying expeditions of the nineteenth century.
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How can shipping be more environmentally friendly?
From Cutty Sark to cutting edge technology, could a new era of wind power help global trade go green?