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TLF TALK The Great Economists: How their ideas can help us today – Linda Yueh

TAUNTON LITERARY FESTIVAL EVENT What can the ideas of history's greatest economists tell us about the most important issues of our time? PLEASE NOTE, THIS LITERARY FESTIVAL EVENT IS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE HORIZON LECTURE SERIES AT KING'S COLLEGE, TAUNTON Renowned broadcaster and ... More information

TLF TALK Professor Maxwell’s Duplicitous Demon – Brian Clegg

Asked to name a great physicist, most people would mention Newton or Einstein, Feynman or Hawking. But ask a physicist and there’s no doubt that James Clerk Maxwell will be near the top of the list. Maxwell, an unassuming Victorian Scotsman, ... More information

TLF TALK IN ASSOCATION WITH EGYPTIAN SOCIETY TAUNTON. Sethy I, King of Egypt: His Life and Afterlife

This talk is organised and hosted by the Egyptian Society Taunton as part of the Taunton Literary Festival. Aidan Dodson, FSA, Hon Prof of Egyptology at the University of Bristol and who regularly appears on TV presents a talk based on ... More information

TLF TALK Pavlov’s Dog: And 49 Other Experiments That Revolutionised Psychology – Adam Hart-Davis

Experimental psychology burst onto the intellectual scene in the middle part of the nineteenth century, radically transforming the way we understand human thought and behaviour. Featuring clear explanations and first-rate scholarship, Pavlov’s Dog introduces the reader to iconic experiments, including Pavlov’s ... More information

TLF TALK Dancing with Bees – Brigit Strawbridge Howard

Dancing with Bees is Strawbridge Howard’s charming and eloquent account of a return to noticing, to rediscovering a perspective on the world that had somehow been lost to her for decades and to reconnecting with the natural world. With special ... More information

TLF TALK The Twelve Birds of Christmas – Stephen Moss

Using the structure of the carol as a jumping off point, he explores the place of twelve fascinating British birds in our history, culture and landscape. Some of the birds are obvious, there’s the swan and of course the partridge. ... More information

TLF TALK Veronica Henry & Ruth Kelly: A Home from Home/The Little Vineyard in Provence

A Home from Home - Veronica Henry As the first apples start to fall for the cider harvest, will Dragonfly Farm begin to give up its secrets? A Home from Home is the very best of Veronica Henry’s storytelling - gorgeous ... More information