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Attend our events this spring, watch our series of free online conversations and explore our library of essays and background material.

What’s New

Referendum 2022

Tue 24 May 2022

Why We Need a Bristol Governance Commission David Sweeting, Robin Hambleton and Thom Oliver
Bristol City Poet

Mon 9 May 2022

We’re looking for the new Bristol City Poet

Poets and spoken word performers in Bristol are invited to apply to become the new City Poet.
Bristol City Poet

Tue 3 May 2022

Not Another One? Referendum 2022

Attend: Conversations and Discussions

Modernism1922

Sun 5 Jun 2022, 14:00 — 16:00

Arnolfini | £9 / £6

When Knighthood Was In Flower (1922) Film screening
Festival of Ideas

Thu 9 Jun 2022, 19:00 — 20:00

St George’s Bristol | £10 / £8

Bob Stanley and Pete Paphides Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop
Working-Class Writers Festival

Thu 16 Jun 2022, 13:00 — 14:00

Watershed | Free, booking essential

Reclaiming the Wild Smashing the Middle-Class Norms and Conventions in Nature Writing

See our full programme

Watch: Free Online Series

Festival of Ideas

Mon 21 Feb 2022

Can We Solve the Poverty Crisis? Andrea Elliott
Festival of Ideas

Thu 28 Apr 2022

How Can We Build Solidarity With the ‘More-Than-Human’ World? James Bridle
Festival of Ideas

Mon 25 Apr 2022

What Is the Unmodified Body and Why Does It Matter? Clare Chambers

View more in this series

Read: Specially Commissioned Essays

Referendum 2022

Tue 3 May 2022

Why We Need Strong Decisions, Not Strong Leaders Heather Mack
Film2021

Thu 5 May 2022

Peter Domankiewicz Still Crazy After All These Years Reflections on Film2021 and Friese-Greene
Modernism1922

Thu 31 Mar 2022

The Films of 1922 and Kevin Jackson James Harrison

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HEADER PHOTO CREDIT: CITY POET-handover 2020, The Panel – image Evan Dawson