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Switch to a Renewable Future – Seminar
Posted on February 3, 2016
Architecture Club presents…The Housing Crisis & Greed Control with Danny Dorling
Posted on January 13, 2016
January 13, 2016
Tracing how we got to our current crisis and how housing has come to reflect class and wealth in Britain, Danny Dorling shows that the solution to our problems – rising homelessness, a generation priced out of home ownership – is not, as is widely assumed, building more homes. Inequality, he argues, is what we really need to overcome.
Architecture Club presents…Why Buildings Don’t Fall Down with Ruth Haynes
Posted on January 13, 2016
January 13, 2016
Following the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2013, killing almost 1200 people, Engineer Ruth Haynes of Build Collective worked for Tim Khan in Dhaka to survey factories that supplied clothing to two major British retailers. Find out what she discovered and why we need to push for good governance, transparency and professional Engineering.
Architecture Club presents…Civic Leadership with Robin Hambleton
Posted on January 8, 2016
Walking towards conflict: One Day Overview of Restorative Circles with Dominic Barter
Posted on January 4, 2016
January 4, 2016
Dominic Barter will share his groundbreaking work re-visioning how we respond to conflict in our lives. He will present the key elements of a restorative system, focusing on the evolution and practice of Restorative Circles, and their application to diverse areas of our personal and collective lives.
Hunting Raven Books presents Alexander McCall Smith
Posted on September 21, 2015
September 21, 2015
Join best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith for an evening of sheer delight at Rook Lane Chapel.
Shirley Collins: America over the Water
Posted on April 30, 2015
Frome Society for Local Study presents…. They came to Frome: WW2 Evacuees
Posted on April 30, 2015
Storywalk in a Day
Posted on April 30, 2015
Architecture Club Presents… “Outraged – Ian Nairn arrives on the scene” by Gillian Darley
Posted on April 21, 2015
April 21, 2015
Writer, biographer and broadcaster Gillian Darley discusses Ian Nairn’s journey from the RAF to the Architectural Review in this month’s Architecture Club.