The Hebden Bridge Lectures

Sir Mark Elder

Music Director Hallé Orchestra
Hebden Bridge Town Hall • The Waterfront Hall • Saturday October 1st at 7:30 PM
Bar/Café open at 6:30 PM

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Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett co-authors of The Spirit Level
Hebden Bridge Town Hall • The Waterfront Hall • Saturday February 4th at 7:30 pm
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Professor Angie Hobbs the UK’s only Chair in the Public Understanding of Philosophy

Hebden Bridge Town Hall • The Waterfront Hall • Friday March 24th at 7:30 pm

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Professor of particle physics at the University of Manchester. Jeff is co-author with Brian Cox of Universal: A guide to the cosmos.

Please Note: This lecture is on Friday 6th October

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Judith Weir was born into a Scottish family but grew up near London. She was an oboe player, performing with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and studied composition with John Tavener during her schooldays. She went on to Cambridge University, where her composition teacher was Robin Holloway; and in 1975 attended summer school at Tanglewood, where she worked with Gunther Schuller.

In 2014 she was appointed Master of The Queen’s Music in succession to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. In January 2015 she became Associate Composer to the BBC Singers. Much of her music has been recorded and is available on the NMC, Delphian and Signum labels.

Tickets are now on sale,  £10 – £8 concessions from  Hebden Bridge Town Hall - or from HB Lit & Sci • The Birchcliffe Centre • Hebden Bridge HX7 8DG. Please make cheques payable to HB Lit & Sci • Tel: 07860 164422

Dr. Tom Mills - Lecturer in Sociology and Policy at Aston University, Birmingham

Before he joined Aston University in 2016, he was a researcher at the University of Bath where he worked on the ESRC funded project, 'Understanding and Explaining Terrorism: Expertise in Practice'. Whilst at Bath he also completed his PhD research, examining how the collapse of social democracy and the rise of neoliberalism impacted on the BBC's organisational structure and culture; work which forms the basis of his book The BBC: Myth of a Public Service.   His work is centrally concerned with the ideas and practices of powerful groups and actors, and the social networks which influence policymaking.

Tickets are now on sale at the Town Hall price £10 – £8 concessions,  or from HB Lit & Sci • The Birchcliffe Centre • Hebden Bridge HX7 8DG. Please make cheques payable to HB Lit & Sci • Tel: 07860 164422

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Professor Freemont is Head of Undergraduate Medical Education for Manchester Medical School. He is Professor of Osteoarticular Pathology at the University and previously held the post of Head of the School of Biomedicine.

We are delighted that this lecture by Prof. Tony Freemont, cancelled due to inclement weather in December last year, will now take place on this revised date.

Those of you still holding tickets for the original date, will still be able to use them on 10th March.

Tickets are now on sale,  £10 – £8 concessions from  Hebden Bridge Town Hall - or from HB Lit & Sci • The Birchcliffe Centre • Hebden Bridge HX7 8DG. Please make cheques payable to HB Lit & Sci • Tel: 07860 164422

PLEASE NOTE: This date has yet to be confirmed. It was for personal reasons Melvyn Bragg had to cancel his engagements in the spring; he hopes to be in a position to reschedule his visit to us for later in the year. We will keep you posted.

Melvyn is an author and broadcaster.

William Tyndale was born around 1494 in Gloucestershire and educated at Oxford and Cambridge University where he became a strong supporter of church reform. He was ordained as a priest in around 1521 and returned to Gloucestershire to serve as a chaplain to a member of the local gentry. Tyndale's controversial opinions began to attract the attention of the church authorities. ©BBC

Tickets for individual lectures go on sale 4-5 weeks before the lecture date, price £10 – £8 concessions. On sale at Hebden Bridge Town Hall or from HB Lit & Sci • The Birchcliffe Centre • Hebden Bridge HX7 8DG. Please make cheques payable to HB Lit & Sci • Tel: 07860 164422