Before 5pm, Books, free events

A discussion surrounding the museum collection. Places are limited so booking is essential.

Helen Jacobsen discusses the rare cup and saucer depicting an image of Benjamin Franklin and a trophy symbolic of relations between America and France.

Research Assistant Francesca Levey gives a short talk about the weapon.

Curator Jeremy Warren talks about objects from the gallery.

A gallery talk by Ian Leins, British Museum.

Take part in this new family friendly story-telling session about Bumpty Bear and his adventures around The Quays. Learn how friendship and first aid keep this clumsy character smiling.

A talk on the four pivotal points in the Church's history; the Council of Chalcedon, the Great Schism, the Council of Trent and the debate over gender.

Canon Professor Lionel Tarassenko discusses how artificial consciousness could be the next step in an evolutionary chain of more and more powerful computers.

A talk on how the contrast between spirit and letter has been reversed and how the letter takes priority over spirit in giving life.

Abstract sculpture and poems from the 1960s and 70s, providing an insight into the ideas of the influential 20th-century artist.

The award-winning author reads from her young adult thriller novel Hold Your Breath. She will also provide a short talk about her books.

John Holmes takes a virtual tour of the original Natural History Museum building and explains how Richard Owen and architect Alfred Waterhouse designed such an extraordinary showcase for natural history specimens.

The children's author signs copies of her book Coco Caramel, part of her Chocolate Box Girls series aimed at teenagers.

The author and Queen's Guide to the Sands signs copies of his book Time And Tide.

Meet the author of Between The Tides: The Perilous Beauty Of Morecambe Bay.

Curator Jody Joy and conservator Alexandra Baldwin give a gallery talk about the objects and the uses people had for them.

Independent speaker Diana Driscoll talks about the trade merchants from the region and what goods they traded in.

Molly Clery talks about why whales, dolphins and porpoises strand themselves, and the facts discovered through 100 years of research into the phenomenon.

The author behind Sookie Stackhouse and her sexy vampire friends introduces the thirteenth and final novel in the serise, Dead Ever After.