Before 5pm, Books

Curator Dinah Winch and volunteers explore this display, including objects to handle.

The author talks about her book Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure, a biography of the travel writer, including his adventures during the Second World War.

Dr John Kenyon introduces the works in the collection and discusses the history of the buildings.

Conceptual text-based work from the New York-based artist, concentrating on the relationship between the artwork and the viewer, and exploring the notion of language as sculpture.

Tony Davey, Learning Officer from the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office and coordinator of the 'The Making of a Modern City' exhibition, presents an insight into the artworks he has selected for display.

No question is too big (or too small) for philosophy teacher, psychotherapist and ex-priest Dr Mark Vernon. Like a modern day Socrates, he will be ready and waiting to chat through any questions you might care to ask. Suitable for ages 18+.

Ask Me Anything invites you to come face to face with people from all walks of life. Including 'Moneyless Man' Mark Boyle, performance poet Raymond Antrobus, food forager Fergus Drennan, vintage girl Fleur McGerr, practical philosopher William Wray, non-technology user Paul Pulford, and bee keeper Simon Adams. Come and…

The Michelin-starred chef talks about curries of the world, including India, Asia, Africa, the Americas, Continental Europe and the UK.

Discover how people lived in the past, looking back at the history of food, encampments, the role of horses, battle tactics and dance from the 12th century to now.

An afternoon with respected author Bali Rai, who gives advice on how to find confidence, how to find a voice and how to use personal experiences to create vibrant settings and great characters for any story.

Independent curator Roscoe explores the Wonderful World Of Rodney Pepp.

A short insight into a painting by Batoni.

The 14 Livingstone fruit bats live together in a custom built enclosure with a large walk-through, free-flight aviary. Supported by Airbus.

A discussion of Stravinsky's The Rite Of Spring, one of several events commemorating the 100th anniversary of its riotous premiere

A programme of talks and discussions aimed at Consultant or Trainee Cardiologists.

A gallery talk by curator Frances Willis about the exhibition of the writer's illustrations and the clothes that inspired her.

Peter Tasker gives an insight into the Hill Top area. Tour the Tatton Park gardens and take afternoon tea.

John Burnside reads from Melissographia - a sequence of poems scattered with embossed, hand-painted, pollen maps. This is his long-standing collaboration with artist Amy Shelton. He also reads Bee Myths, a new work which reflects on the role of bees in the evolution of myth, husbandry, cultivation and healing. Sean…

Learn about flowers from the gardens, take part in the interactive story of a bee, create your own musical bee instrument and enjoy stories, sound and music from the flower garden.

A neuroscientist and a designer describe the many ways that bees inspire them in their work and everyday lives. Richard Clarke is director of Beautiful Mind at Lottolab, a hybrid Neuroscience/design studio. Clarke has developed a model system for visual processing. He has published work on how brains create meaning…

The phenomenon of urban beekeeping is hooking city dwellers from London to New York and Melbourne. Alison Benjamin and Brian McCallum's book Bees in the City - The Urban Beekepeers' Handbook introduces us to this new breed of apiarists, the places they keep bees and their motivations for having hives. Get handy tips…

Storytelling performance and backstage tour. Explore the history of the theatre and learn how productions are made.

Meet the museum scientists and learn how the insect, plant, mollusk, vertebrate and marine life specimens are documented and conserved.