What’s on
Featured exhibitions
Fairy Tales
A family adventure through magical worlds and enchanted stories.
Story Explorers in Leeds
Our Story Explorers exhibition is launching off to Leeds! Play your way around this family exhibition co-produced with Leeds Libraries.
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List of Events
Bourdain and the Myth of the Kitchen Hero
Jay Rayner, Sally Abé, Andrew Clarke and Zoe Williams on influence, masculinity and the pressures of chef culture.
Multispectral Gaze: New Approaches to the Cotton Genesis
In memory of John Lowden.
Food Matters for Food Lovers
This two-day course will inspire, inform, and equip you with the knowledge and skills to think, eat and write about food in a more meaningful way.
A Midsummer Night’s Fairy Tale, with Mermaid Chunky
Late at the Library.
How to Party in Pompeii, with Mary Beard and Charlotte Higgins
The celebrated classicists dig into the food of the Romans, at this Instant Classics live recording.
Paths Through Britain
Nicholas Crane, Phoebe Smith and Chris Butterfield explore ancient routes, the enduring power of walking, and the landscapes that shape us.
Neneh & Andi: 45 years of Friendship, Family and Food
With Neneh Cherry and Andi Oliver.
Celebrate the Summer Reading Challenge
Save the date for this joyous jamboree of Key Stage 1 reading.
Writer's Summer School: Revitalise Your Writing
Refresh your writing process at our week-long summer school for writers.