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Past Speakers

Professor Caterina Doglioni: Ghosts in the cosmos: hunting for dark matter

Professor Caterina Doglioni: Ghosts in the cosmos: hunting for dark matter

Saturday, 31st October 2026 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Kevin Duffy

Kevin Duffy

Kevin Duffy

Kevin Duffy: Bluemoose Books at 20: A Hebden Bridge Publishing Success Story

Saturday, 3rd October 2026 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Suzi-Ruffell

Suzi Ruffell, in conversation about her book, Am I Having Fun Now? Followed by a book signing.

Tuesday, 26th May 2026 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

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Calderdale Badger Protection Society: A snuffle through the secret world of Calderdale’s Badgers

Saturday, 14th March 2026 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

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Matt Cain MBE in conversation

Saturday, 21st February 2026 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

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A woman carrying a basket of vegetables

A woman carrying a basket of vegetables

Pam Warhurst CBE: From Seeds to solutions. Incredible Edible, how it all began and where it’s going.

Saturday, 17th January 2026 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

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Dr Anthony Arak: The Insect Crisis

Saturday, 29th November 2025 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Giles Duley Photography

Giles Duley Photography

Giles Duley Photography

Giles Duley, Documentary Photographer

Saturday 27th September 2025 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Global Warming

Professor Kevin Anderson: Climate Change – from Paris COP 2016 to the UK 2025

Saturday 11th January 2025 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Otters

Andrew Mather: Calderdale’s otters

Saturday 16th November 2024 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

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Pete Brown: Clubland: How the Working Men’s Club Shaped Britain

Saturday 26th October 2024 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

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Sarah Corbett: Sylvia Plath: The West Yorkshire Poems

Saturday 28th September 2024 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Human Embryos

Matthew Cobb: How we discovered the secret of sex.

Saturday 9th March 2024 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

AI Technology

Professor Thomas Leo McCluskey: What is AI really? A Boffin’s View

Saturday 17th February 2024 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Penine Way

Simon Armitage: The Poet Laureate In Conversation with Amanda Dalton

Saturday 20th January 2024 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Julie Hesmondhalgh

Julie Hesmondhalgh: An interview with Amanda Dalton

Saturday 28th October 2023 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

National Portrait Gallery

Dr Nicholas Cullinan: Transforming the National Portrait Gallery

Saturday 25th November 2023 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Bradford

Professor John Wright: Can a research study change a city?

Saturday 30th September 2023 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Environment

Dara McAnulty: The Young Naturalist In Conversation with Amanda Dalton

Friday 14th July 2023 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Observatory

Prof Tim O’Brien: Multi-messenger astrophysics: New ways of exploring the universe

Saturday 18th March 2023 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Whiskey

Rachel McCormack: Chasing the Dram – the world of taste and whisky

Saturday 25th February 2023 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

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Liz John: Writing for The Archers

Saturday 21st January 2023 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Brussel Sprouts

Ian Brand: The Twelve Plants of Christmas 

Saturday 3rd December 2022 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Apple Tree Yard

Louise Doughty: ‘I Preferred the Book’: What’s it like to see your novel adapted for film or television

Saturday 12th November 2022 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

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Sir Michael Marmot: The Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity

Saturday 8th October 2022 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Kate Lycett

Kate Lycett: Telling Stories. Painting a Narrative

Saturday 12th March 2021 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

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Professor Aneez Esmail: What is happening to General Practice?

Saturday 12th February 2021 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

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Richard Morris: Writing, Yorkshire

Saturday 16th March 2019 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Ghost

Susan Owens: The Appearance of Ghosts

Saturday 26th January 2019 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall

Welfare

Chris Renwick: Liberalism and the British Welfare State; its Past and its Future

Saturday 24th November 2018 • Hebden Bridge Town Hall