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Art, Architecture & Design

Salts Mill Hockney Gallery Tour

The Tudor Heart: Love, Power, and a Royal Discovery

Great Art Explained with James Payne

Designing Digital Landscapes with Samuel Sharp

David Kennedy, Suzanne Rennie

Paris 1900: The Forgotten Female Artists

The Living Script: Soraya Syed on Arabic Calligraphy

Prints for Peace: Letterpress Printmaking Masterclass

Islamic Calligraphy Masterclass

Munise Emetullah Akhtar

Biomorphic Patterns and Islamic Illumination with Munise Emetuliah

Petal to Paper: Crepe Paper Flower Masterclass

Art of Writing & Politics of Publishing

Salts Mill Hockney Gallery Tour

The Tudor Heart: Love, Power, and a Royal Discovery

Great Art Explained with James Payne

Designing Digital Landscapes with Samuel Sharp

Prints for Peace: Letterpress Printmaking Masterclass

Islamic Calligraphy Masterclass

Munise Emetullah Akhtar

Biomorphic Patterns and Islamic Illumination with Munise Emetuliah

Petal to Paper: Crepe Paper Flower Masterclass

Bradford Film Festival

Screening: All About Weddings

Screening: Cake

Screening: In Search of Bengali Harlem

Screening: The Mahabharata

Screening: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Screening: A Separation

100 Years of Marilyn Monroe: UK Cinema Premiere: Screening + Q&A

Screening: Palestine ‘36 + Q&A

Brontë

Dr Claire O’Callaghan, Dr Jo Parsons

Dark Romance: The Lives and Legacy of Wuthering Heights

Dr Michael Stewart

In the Footsteps of the Brontës

Dr Claire O’Callaghan, Lucasta Miller

Mythology of the Brontës

Christa Ackroyd

Brontë Heritage Bus Tour

Wuthering Heights Rediscovered: Curator Talk

Irene Lofthouse

Folkloric Legends and Influences of the Brontës

Brontës of Thornton Walking Tour

Steve Stanworth

Steve Stanworth: Keeping the Brontë Story Alive

Be More Brontë

Imagining Unquiet Slumbers: Hauntology and Brontë Country

Comedy

Jack Carroll, Ola Labib

An Evening of Comedy

Muhammad Hanif Shiwani

Zakhm Khandan: Urdu Humour and Satire

Comico: Fairytales, Fantasy & Science Fiction

Lunch Bite: Words That Travel the World

Tasha Suri, Sam Davey

The Women of Camelot

From Deeper in the Forest: Darker Tales & Fairy Stories for Grown-Ups

Georgia Leighton, Dr Ceri Houlbrook

Once Upon a Time: Reimagining Fairy Tales

Future Worlds Prize

Contemporary Culture

The Voice Inside: Changing the Way You Talk to Yourself

Ten Books that Changed my Life with Mike Pickering

Dave Randall, John Robb

Rock the Casbah: Music as Protest

Dr Anna Sulan Masing, Emma Slade Edmondson, Kit Fan

Tick Box: Identity, Belonging and How We Live Now

Dame Prue Leith

Being Old: In Conversation with Prue Leith

Crime

The Final Step: Trial by Jury with Bradford Police Museum

Vaseem Khan, Abir Mukherjee, Andrew Taylor

Red Hot Chilli Writers Live: with Special Guest Andrew Taylor

A.A. Dhand: The Kingpin Book Launch

Arvind Ethan David, L.M. Chilton

Deadly Plots: The Whodunnit Now

Walking Tour: Saima Mir

Antony Johnston

Can You Solve the Murder Live: The Forest of Death

Cath Staincliffe, Jess Kitching

Northern Noir at the Bar

Saima Mir: Deliverance Book Launch

Whodunnit After Agatha Christie?

Asia Mackay, C.J. Skuse, Laura Marshall

Faith, Mysticism & Philosophy

Dr Sohail Hanif, Shaykh Mustafa Briggs

Society, Shariah and the Common Good

Lunch Bite: Words That Travel the World

Giles Goddard, Mohammed Isaaq, Dr Shanon Shah

The Art of Being Alone

Inside the Mind of William Blake

Purifying the Heart

Rumi Lecture: Rumi and the Crisis of Meaning

Andalusia Invisible with Rob Doyle

Shaykha Noshin Gul

The Qasida Burdah: An Evening of Healing

Psychedelics: A Muslim Perspective

Ousama Al Shurafa

Beyond Cause and Effect

Family Days Out

Storytelling with Sue Dyde

Meet the Author: Uzma Akser

Bradford Bus Stories

Zimarina Sarwar

Meet the Author: Zimarina Sarwar

Storytelling with Gav Cross

Storytelling with Gav Cross

Storytelling with Gav Cross

Storytelling with Gav Cross

Sophie Anderson

Meet the Author: Sophie Anderson

Olivia Mulligan

Meet the Author: Olivia Mulligan

Feminism

Natasha Walter, Professor Clare McGlynn KC (Hon)

Feminism in the Age of the Algorithms

God is a Woman by Luisa Omielan

Tina Andrews, Miranda Kaufmann, Kate Evans

Queens and Rebels

In Conversation with Hannah Spencer MP

Lucy Rose, Jessie Elland, Charlotte Paradise

The Gothic Body: Queerness, Disability, and Defiance

Julie Owen Moylan, Saeed Khan, Suzie Kennedy

Feminist Icon: 100 Years of Marilyn Monroe

Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi

Witchcraft and the Patriarchy

Dr Andrew McInnes

Beyond the Page: Mary Shelley 175 Years On

Tasneem Chopra, Naz Shah, Nabeela Rasheed

Feminism, Power and Political Narratives

Fiction

Elle Machray, Kat Dunn

Reimagining the Classics

Lunch Bite: Darling Bud Book Launch with C.J. Skuse

Dan Richards, Jean Sprackland, Sally Coulthard

In Praise of Darkness

Bea Fitzgerald: Better than Revenge Book Launch

Tasha Suri, Sam Davey

The Women of Camelot

Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes, Duncan Gates

From Benighted to Rocky Horror: A Gothic Lineage

Tina Andrews, Miranda Kaufmann, Kate Evans

Queens and Rebels

Alexandra Pringle, Hon FRSL

Ever Land: In Conversation with Amy Abdelnoor

Food & Drink

Radhika Howarth

Curry, Crown and Empire: An Illustrated Talk by Radhika Howarth

Nureen Glaves, Dr David Cox, Milli Hill

Ultra Processed Eating

Dame Prue Leith

Being Old: In Conversation with Prue Leith

Free Word

Free Word Lecture: Tawakkol Karman

Free Word Lecture: Misan Harriman

Health & Wellbeing

Professor Alex Conner

Alex Conner: How to get stuff done with ADHD

Emotional Freedom Technique

ADHD Body and Mind with Dr Miguel Toribio-Mateas

Growing Up Autistic

Lucy Rose, Kate Fox, Tasneem Chopra

Overlooked and Misunderstood: Neurodivergent Women

Swimming the Seasons with Polly Atkin

Rebecca Riley of Yoga Limba

Sound Bath: This Liberating Life

Bollywood Dance Class

Heritage Walks & Talks

‘Ey Up Bradford: A Journey Through Bradfords ’70s, ’80s and ’90s

Cursed or Celebrated? Yorkshire’s Witches Revisited

Yorkshire’s Role in a Ruthless Empire

Professor Fozia Bora

A Somali Village in Lister Park: Exhibition Tour

Saltaire Model Village: Heritage Walking Tour

Irene Lofthouse

Alberta Vickridge: The Bradford Bardess Poet

The Lost Tramways and Trolleybuses of Bradford

Salts Mill, Canal and Victoria Mill Walking Tour

A History of Bradford City AFC in Objects

A Beginner’s Guide to Bradford: Walking Tour

History

Lunch Bite: Words That Travel the World

The Cyrus Cylinder: Empire, Power and Memory

The Making of the Modern Middle East

The Tudor Heart: Love, Power, and a Royal Discovery

The Suez Crisis: Britain’s Imperial Reckoning

Andalusia Invisible with Rob Doyle

Radhika Howarth

Curry, Crown and Empire: An Illustrated Talk by Radhika Howarth

Screening: Palestine ‘36 + Q&A

Lunch Bites

Lunch Bite: Words That Travel the World

Lunch Bite: Darling Bud Book Launch with C.J. Skuse

Lunch Bite: Jane Austen in Graphic Detail

Lunch Bite: Finding Stillness in Grief

Lunch Bite: Between Moor and Sky with Samuel Sharp

Lunch Bite: 100 Years of Fidel Castro

Memoir

Punk Rock Ruined My Life: In Conversation with John Robb

Peg Alexander: Matching Rucksacks – A Travelogue Love Story Book Launch

Tell Me Something: Family Stories with Lemn Sissay

A Wish To Speak with Rona Hurst and Simon Beech

The Hour of the Wolf: In Conversation with Fatima Bhutto

Dame Prue Leith

Being Old: In Conversation with Prue Leith

John Davidson, Abbie Ross

I Swear: In Conversation with John Davidson

Nature & The Outdoors

Dan Richards, Jean Sprackland, Sally Coulthard

In Praise of Darkness

Swimming the Seasons with Polly Atkin

Nuerodiversity

Professor Alex Conner

Alex Conner: How to get stuff done with ADHD

ADHD Body and Mind with Dr Miguel Toribio-Mateas

Growing Up Autistic

Lucy Rose, Kate Fox, Tasneem Chopra

Overlooked and Misunderstood: Neurodivergent Women

Poetry

Loud Poets Slam Heat

Dan Richards, Jean Sprackland, Sally Coulthard

In Praise of Darkness

Mushaira: An Evening of Urdu Poetry

Muzakara: The Art of Urdu Poetry

Maryville: An Evening with Joelle Taylor

Gav Cross, Maria Ferguson, Christina Wilson

Polari Literary Salon

Lunch Bite: Finding Stillness in Grief

The Poetry of Memory: Remembering Karbala

John Siddique, Dr Catherine Redford, Hanan Issa, Aditya Narayan, Len Pennie, Tigist Belachew

Race & Identity

Tell Me Something: Family Stories with Lemn Sissay

My Little Black Book: A Blacktionary

Dr Karen Lloyd, Professor PB Anand

Who Decides the Future? Climate, Power and Action

Tina Andrews, Miranda Kaufmann, Kate Evans

Queens and Rebels

The Big Payback: In Conversation with Marcus Ryder

Education of the Heart of the Qur’an: A Special Book Launch with Muhammad Akram Khan-Cheema

Marc David Baer

Children of Abraham: In Conversation with Marc David Baer

Dr Husam Zomlot

In Conversation with Husam Zomlot

Dr Anna Sulan Masing, Emma Slade Edmondson, Kit Fan

Tick Box: Identity, Belonging and How We Live Now

Ahmed Paul Keeler

In Conversation with Ahmed Paul Keeler

Science

Seven Wonders of the Sky with Tom Kerss

Society & Citizenship

Jon Bloomfield, David Edgar

Populism and the Politics of Division

Kasim Ali, Dr Elizabeth Pearson

Combatting the Manosphere

Chloe Michelle Howarth, Hafsa Lodi, Liz Flanagan

The Things We Don’t Say: Society, Secrecy, and Forbidden Love

Louis Charalambous

Trial by Media: In Conversation with Louis Charalambous

My Little Black Book: A Blacktionary

Maryville: An Evening with Joelle Taylor

Radhika Howarth

Curry, Crown and Empire: An Illustrated Talk by Radhika Howarth

Doha Debates Portal: Are we facing the end of civilization or its rebirth?

Doha Debates Portal: Are we facing the end of civilization or its rebirth?

Doha Debates Portal: Are we the most intelligent beings in the universe?

Sport

Mike Harrison, Ryan March

Voice of the Fans: The Story of Football Fanzines

Swimming the Seasons with Polly Atkin

F1 Insider: Notes from the Pit Lane with Ted Kravitz and Matt Majendie

Full Circle: A History of Cricket

Theatre, Gigs & Concerts

Timeless Ghazals

Saints on a Bridge

Songs from the Page: A Literary Choral Experience

Orchestral Qawwali Project

Sufiyana Kalaam

A Lit Night Out

Laboni Barua, Ahmed Kaysher

Evergreen Songs of Bengal

Turkish Classical and Sufi Music Concert

Travel & Adventure

Peg Alexander: Matching Rucksacks – A Travelogue Love Story Book Launch

Seven Wonders of the Sky with Tom Kerss

Into the Wild: In Conversation with Lucy Shepherd

World Affairs & Politics

Saeed Khan, Nabeela Rasheed, Professor Melissa Butcher

America at 250: Empire, Democracy and Global Power

Jon Bloomfield, David Edgar

Populism and the Politics of Division

The Making of the Modern Middle East

Tim Willasey-Wilsey, Helen Fry

Nuremberg at 80: The People Who Made Justice Possible

In Conversation with Hannah Spencer MP

In Conversation with Vince Cable

Full Circle: A History of Cricket

The Big Payback: In Conversation with Marcus Ryder

George E. Osborn

Who Gets to Tell the Story?

Screening: Palestine ‘36 + Q&A

Yorkshire

A Beginner’s Guide to Bradford: Walking Tour

Imagining Unquiet Slumbers: Hauntology and Brontë Country

Shopping Through Time: Bradford Then and Now

Cath Staincliffe, Jess Kitching

Northern Noir at the Bar

Saima Mir: Deliverance Book Launch

Digital Education Programme

Our online library of free lesson plans and resources is now available. These resources cover Key Stages 2, 3 and 4, which scaffolds and builds on curriculum learnings. Each lesson has been designed for a specific year group, but can easily be adapted for younger or older learners.

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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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