Tag: Talks

An evening with Juno Dawson, Samantha Shannon, Tash Suri and TJ Klune. Thursday 30 October 7 – 8:30pm Hull Central Library Following the acclaimed recent British Library exhibition Fantasy; Realms of Imagination, we return to glorious, mysterious and fantastical worlds through a queer lens at this evening with some of our most exceptional authors. On a […]

🎃 What better way to spend your Halloween than by hearing stories of the resting places of the dead? 🎃 Pete Lowden returns for another Heritage Talk at Hull Minster, this time recounting the history of Hull General Cemetery, its practices, its inhabitants, and why a cemetery might even have a ‘rise and a fall’. […]

Tales of the Weird: An Autumnal Festival Livestream from the British Library Saturday 1 November 1:30 – 8:30pm Hull Central Library 1:45 – 3:00pm WEIRD GATHERINGS with M John Harrison, Leon Craig and Sam Leith M John Harrison’s writing has always defied genres, and his recently re-published tale of three students and a dark ritual, The […]

Steve Backshall’s Deadly Live! The Ultimate Wildlife Adventure Get ready, UK! This Autumn half-term, legendary wildlife presenter Steve Backshall is bringing Deadly Live! to arenas nationwide—an action-packed, edge-of-your-seat experience like no other. Join Steve as he embarks on heart-pounding adventures, tackling daring stunts, mind-blowing experiments, and cutting-edge science. Brace yourself as he tracks down some […]

Title: The Future of Education in Humanity in the Age of AI: What’s the Point of Us? Synopsis: In a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, what remains uniquely human? In this Inaugural Lecture, Professor Neil Gordon draws on decades of experience in computing, education, and ethical leadership to explore how AI is transforming learning, […]

The title is still under-wraps but Hollie is back with a brand-new book tour in Autumn 2025. A Sunday Times bestselling author, chatter and poetry lover, expect strong language and adult content, gift-wrapped in her much-loved poetry as she reads from this brand-new collection about love, loss, wolves and warm morning croissants. Here, she will […]

Free, all welcome Travel back to 1969 to find out why a high-tech crossing that joined Hull to Grimsby only lasted a year. This talk will explore the origins of the two companies running the services and why it inevitably fell into decline after such a short period of time.

Wild About Jane Austen An energetic exploration of a writer of our times. Thursday 13 November 7 – 8:30pm Hull Central Library We know Austen’s novels, but how well do we know their author? Presented for generations as a quiet spinster, this session introduces Jane Austen the ambitious writer, with insights into her relationship to […]

An evening of sound and performance exploring echoes of our industrial city, of domestic weight and collective resilience. You are invited to collaborate, in silence or in sound. To be co-held, to speak, to talk, to touch. Opening space for your words and energies to be transformed into live soundscapes. If no one shows up, […]

Born and raised in Hull, living through the Second World War, Joan, aged 87, is one of the Open 2025’s oldest exhibitors. Her work is an acrylic of a photograph captured in 1910 of men queuing for food as part of The Bowery Mission, a nonprofit that has provided food, shelter and faith-based programs for […]

In August 1984 Philip Larkin wrote to his friend, Hull musician, artist and publisher, Ted Tarling, to thank him for the gift of one of his paintings. Larkin described Tarling’s style as a ‘meticulous melancholy’ which captured life as he himself saw it. Inspired by their friendship, Hull History Centre and The Philip Larkin Society […]

➳ 7:30pm doors // 14+ Can you remember the days of the Welly Club? Come along and relive the best days of your life at a seated event with Q&As from those who were there and made it happen Speakers include Caraline Brown Welly Club promoter and author of Mrs Wilson’s Children Lou Howard Musician Lou […]

Hull Noir and Hull Libraries present… The Protocols of Spying by Merle Nygate Wednesday 19 November 7 – 9pm Hull Central Library + livestreamed to an online audience In the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7th attack on Israel, Mossad’s London station chief Eli Amiram is fighting battles on all fronts. When his ambitious rival plans an […]

What happens when a psychopath is in power? Could you learn to spot a psychopath? Are you working for a psychopath? Is there a little bit of psychopath in all us? Following a box-office busting, sell-out tour in 2024, Jon Ronson’s Psychopath Night returns for 15 brand-new live dates. Sixteen years have passed since Jon […]

Hull Noir and Hull Libraries present… The Christmas Clue by Nicola Upson Wednesday 10 December 7 – 9pm Hull Central Library + livestreamed to an online audience A Christmas murder mystery featuring the real-life couple who invented Cluedo. Christmas Eve, 1943. Anthony and Elva Platt arrive in a snowy English village to run a murder mystery […]

Wayne is a full-time carer for his wife who has Alzheimer’s. The focus for Wayne’s biographical photography is that for a carer of someone with dementia, their life is no longer their own. Takes place: 2pm – 2:10pm