Week of Events
Monday, July 20, 2026
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Tuesday, July 21, 2026
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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
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July 22, 2026 -Social Life in Leeds 1660-1799 by Steve Burt
Social Life in Leeds 1660-1799 by Steve Burt
Leeds was a lively place in this period with regular dances for the elite at the Assembly Rooms, horse racing meetings on Chapeltown Moor, cricket matches, athletics, gambling and boxing matches all being a feature of the social calendar. This lecture illustrates the extraordinary lengths the middling sort went to in order to enjoy themselves. […]
Thursday, July 23, 2026
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Friday, July 24, 2026
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Saturday, July 25, 2026
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July 25, 2026 -Atoms, Ambitions and Anxiety talk by Becky Alexis-Martin
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July 25, 2026 -Books and Bubbles Tour
Atoms, Ambitions and Anxiety talk by Becky Alexis-Martin
Atoms, Ambitions, and Anxiety: How Iran Became the World’s Nuclear Question. Iran’s nuclear programme is the product of a long and contested history. It began in the 1950s under the Shah with Western assistance and was framed as a civilian energy project. After the 1979 revolution, however, mistrust deepened between Iran and the West. Undeclared […]
Books and Bubbles Tour
Books and Bubbles Librarian's tour of The Leeds Library: Exclusive, in-depth tours of the library and its treasures with one of our librarians and a glass of fizz* Take the opportunity for a behind-the-scenes tour of the oldest surviving subscription library in the country. You’ll be guided by one of our librarians, and invited to […]
Sunday, July 26, 2026
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