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Art, Architecture & Design

Smoke and Mirrors: Artist Tour with Seamus Murphy

Lunch Bite: Inspired by Hockney with Samuel Sharp

Dilara Karaagac

Paper Marbling Workshop

Gülsüm Edibe Altınbaş

Iznik Tile Talk

Abdul Rahman Azzam, Rizwan Ahmad

Beyond the Biennale: Islamic Art and its Contemporary Resonance

Bound in Beauty: Create Your Own Collector’s Edition

David Kennedy, Suzanne Rennie

Do the Arts Contribute to Social Cohesion?

Book Binding Workshop

Austentatious

Lottie Adcock – Dance The Past

A Turn Around the Room: Regency Dance Workshop

Being Mr Wickham

Bound in Beauty: Create Your Own Collector’s Edition

But Indeed I Would Rather Have Nothing But Tea!

Bradford Film Festival

Ocean: Screening

How to Build a Library: Screening

The Swimming Diaries: Screening

Seamus Murphy, Remona Aly

Paradise Now: Screening + Q&A

Loïe Fuller: Obsessed With Light: UK Premiere

The Old Dark House: Screening

Bill Lawrence, Jez Stewart, Vivien Halas

Animal Farm: Screening + Q&A

Brontë

The Invention of Charlotte Brontë

Dr Michael Stewart

In the Footsteps of the Brontës Heritage Walking Tour

Christa Ackroyd

Brontë Heritage Tour

Escaping Wildfell Hall: Coercion, Control, and Female Freedom

Reeta Chakrabarti, Martina Devlin

Finding Belle and Finding Charlotte

Irene Lofthouse

Frances Currer: The Brontës’ Hidden Influence?

Ann Dinsdale, Sharon Wright

Let Me In: The Brontës in Bricks and Mortar

Contemporary Culture

John Cooper Clarke, Nihal Arthanayake

John Cooper Clarke in Conversation

Griff Rhys Jones, Saeed Khan

An Evening with Griff Rhys Jones

Gary Cavanagh, Dr. Mark Goodall, Matt Webster

Bradford’s Noise of the Valleys

Dr Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor: A Wonderland of Words

Elizabeth Dearnley, Dr. John Miller, Jeremy Dyson, Nick Jubber

Tales of the Weird

Crime

Liz Mistry, JM Hall

Book Launch: Liz Mistry – Deadly Reckoning

Deadline with Steph McGovern

Kia Abdullah, Nadine Matheson, Saima Mir, John Siddique

WritersMosaic Presents: Global Crime Queens

Faith, Mysticism & Philosophy

Lamorna Ash, Chine McDonald, Dr. Belle Tindall

Seen & Unseen Live Podcast: Belief in the Age of Crisis

Shaykh Burhaan Khandia

Reflections on Surah Qaf

The Heart of Design

Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, Dr Alexander Wain, Dr Brendan Wolfe

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology

Prof. Bilal Kuspinar

Re:Imagine Faith Conversations with Baroness Sayeeda Warsi

Zimarina Sarwar

Konya Metropolitan Municipality Semazen Ensemble

Whirling Dervishes

Shaykh Dr Ahmed Saad

Qur’anic Themes and Parables

Shahid Bukhari, Professor Rasjid Skinner

The Foundations of Unani Medicine

Family Days Out

Flash Fiction: Improvised Stories

Meet the Author: Nandana Sen

Meet the Author: Pauline Brown

Storytelling with Jumana Moon

Treasure Planet: Screening

Kanika Simpson-Davis

Storytelling with Kanika Simpson-Davis

Family Fun Day – Saturday 5 July

Storytelling with Gav Cross: Space

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Screening

Feminism

Escaping Wildfell Hall: Coercion, Control, and Female Freedom

Samia Rahman, Shahed Ezaydi, Sabbiyah Pervez, Remona Aly

Muslim Women in Media

Reeta Chakrabarti, Martina Devlin

Finding Belle and Finding Charlotte

Shahed Ezaydi, Minna Salami

Reclaiming Feminism

Ann Dinsdale, Sharon Wright

Let Me In: The Brontës in Bricks and Mortar

Food & Drink

Kitty Tait, Al Tait, Samia Rahman

Breaking Bread with Kitty & Al Tait

Habiba Desai, Shahnaz Ahsan, Radhika Howarth

Bradford, Food & Writing: A Taste from Home

Radhika Howarth

The Food Our Grandmothers Knew

Professor Daniel Newman, Fiona Dunlop, Adela Suliman

A Culinary Journey through al-Andalus

Samantha Ellis, Bee Wilson, Peg Alexander

Preserving Culture & Memory with Food

Annabel Abbs, Peg Alexander

A Recipe for Fiction: Annabel Abbs on The Language of Food

Health & Wellbeing

Kitty Tait, Al Tait, Samia Rahman

Breaking Bread with Kitty & Al Tait

Lottie Adcock – Dance The Past

A Turn Around the Room: Regency Dance Workshop

Shahid Bukhari, Professor Rasjid Skinner

The Foundations of Unani Medicine

Lunch Bite: A Wilding Year

Heritage Walks & Talks

Irene Lofthouse

The Medieval Streets of Broad Ford

Nigel Grizzard, Rabbi Dr. Walter L. Rothschild

Tales from the Rabbi’s Desk: Growing Up in Jewish Bradford

Valerie Waterhouse

Bradford’s Literary Connections: Malachi Whitaker & J.B. Priestley

The Bradford Suffragettes

A Beginners Guide to Bradford: Walking Tour

Bradford’s First Muslim Burial

History

Emily P. Webber, Craig Oldham, Samia Rahman

40 Years On: The Lasting Legacy of the Miner’s Strike

Madeline Potter, Damian Le Bas

The Roma: A Travelling History

The Shortest History of Japan with Lesley Downer

Sam Dalrymple, Saeed Khan

Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia

Dr Michael Stewart

In the Footsteps of the Brontës Heritage Walking Tour

William Dalrymple

In Conversation with William Dalrymple: The Golden Road

Sinclair McKay, Iain MacGregor

Aftermath: How WWII Still Governs Global Affairs

Lunch Bites

Lunch Bite: Inspired by Hockney with Samuel Sharp

Ralph Dartford, Zara Sehar, Kate Fox

Lunch Bite: Poetry

Lunch Bite: A Wilding Year

Memoir

Griff Rhys Jones, Saeed Khan

An Evening with Griff Rhys Jones

Madeline Potter, Damian Le Bas

The Roma: A Travelling History

Broken Threads: My Family from Empire to Independence in Conversation Mishal Husain

Samantha Ellis, Bee Wilson, Peg Alexander

Preserving Culture & Memory with Food

Nature & The Outdoors

Griff Rhys Jones, Saeed Khan

An Evening with Griff Rhys Jones

Eelco Hooftman, Anna Liu, Peg Alexander

The Future of Gardening

Poetry

John Cooper Clarke, Nihal Arthanayake

John Cooper Clarke in Conversation

Dr Anthony Joseph

Antony Joseph & the Beehive Poets

Ralph Dartford, Zara Sehar, Kate Fox

Lunch Bite: Poetry

Joelle Taylor, Jack Flash, PA Bitez, Theresa Lola, Bradley Taylor, Akeim Toussaint Buck, Kate Fox

Poetry with a Punch

Nandana Dev Sen, Lemn Sissay, Remona Aly

Lives in Verse: Poetry as Biography

Prof. Bilal Kuspinar

Fiona Keating, Paul Burston, Jason Okundaye, Paul McVeigh, VG Lee

Polari Literary Salon

Nabeela Ahmed, Imran Hafeez

From Kashmir to Yorkshire

Loud Poets Slam Heat

Jeremy Corbyn, Len McCluskey

Poetry for the Many: Jeremy Corbyn & Len McCluskey

Race & Identity

Madeline Potter, Damian Le Bas

The Roma: A Travelling History

Broken Threads: My Family from Empire to Independence in Conversation Mishal Husain

Samantha Ellis, Bee Wilson, Peg Alexander

Preserving Culture & Memory with Food

Shahed Ezaydi, Minna Salami

Reclaiming Feminism

Society & Citizenship

Emily P. Webber, Craig Oldham, Samia Rahman

40 Years On: The Lasting Legacy of the Miner’s Strike

The Art of Global Peacebuilding and Excellence in Education

Ash Sarkar, Michael Chessum

Culture Wars & Cancel Culture

Lunch Bite: A Wilding Year

Free Word Lecture

Theatre, Gigs & Concerts

Being Mr Wickham

The Salvation Army Yorkshire Divisional Youth Band & Youth Chorus, Chuks Ukor, Vijay Venkat, Satnam Galsian

Travel & Adventure

Shitty Breaks: A Celebration of Unsung UK Cities

The Drowned Places: Diving in Search of Atlantis

Christopher Wilton-Steer

The Silk Road: A Visual Journey from London to Beijing

World Affairs & Politics

Smoke and Mirrors: Artist Tour with Seamus Murphy

Naz Shah, Tasneem Chopra, Miqdaad Versi, Saeed Khan

Islamophobia Now: Power, Prejudice and Resistance

Prof. Owen Greene, Adela Suliman

The Future of Europe: Power, Politics and the New World Order

Crimea: Conflict, Conquest and Consequence

Re:Imagine Faith Conversations with Baroness Sayeeda Warsi

Dr David Engels, Dr Shashi Tharoor, Dr Wael Hallaq, Malika Bilal

Doha Debates Town Hall: The future of national identity and the nation state

Jeremy Corbyn, Professor Paul Rogers

The Monstrous Anger of The Guns

Free Word Lecture

Professor Paul Rogers

The World Today 2025

Writers & Publishing

Liz Mistry, JM Hall

Book Launch: Liz Mistry – Deadly Reckoning

Alexandra Pringle, Alex von Tunzelman, Faiza S Khan

Silk Road Slippers Writing Masterclass

M H Ayinde, Marve Michael Anson, Sarah Shaffi

Future Worlds Prize: Crafting Otherworlds

Yorkshire

Shitty Breaks: A Celebration of Unsung UK Cities

Irene Lofthouse

The Medieval Streets of Broad Ford

Nigel Grizzard, Rabbi Dr. Walter L. Rothschild

Tales from the Rabbi’s Desk: Growing Up in Jewish Bradford

Valerie Waterhouse

Bradford’s Literary Connections: Malachi Whitaker & J.B. Priestley

The Bradford Suffragettes

Gary Cavanagh, Dr. Mark Goodall, Matt Webster

Bradford’s Noise of the Valleys

Christa Ackroyd

Brontë Heritage Tour

Bradford’s First Muslim Burial

Escaping Wildfell Hall: Coercion, Control, and Female Freedom

Reeta Chakrabarti, Martina Devlin

Finding Belle and Finding Charlotte

Creative Economic Conference

Get the date in your diary for the Creative Economic Conference 2025. Explore how the business and creative sectors can work together in a series of inspiring talks and panel discussions, featuring speakers from the worlds of business, politics, and the creative industries.

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Education Programme

Booking is now open for BLF’s Education Programme: an exceptional series of Primary and Secondary events tailored specifically to the national curriculum. Take part in immersive workshops, unlock your imagination and interact with your favourite stories.

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