Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Be Curious Promoting science & the arts and supporting the city of Leeds since 1819 Wars, witches, rebellions and reading Good engines, bad statues The Discovery of DNA – Dr Kersten Hall and Dr Ralf Dahm present their new book Visions of Leeds City Council’s Chief Planning Officer Joseph Priestley on his way to Leeds Grant Applications Publications Needs, Spencer, Poverty Passion and Poetry, The Life of Eliza Craven Green, Seamstress, Actor and Poet Scientific Revolutionary The Travel Diary (1611-1612) of An English Catholic Sir Charles Somerset The Legacy of James Hutton (1726–1797) Events Terms of Use Privacy Policy From Dark Satanic Mills to DNA: How Science in Leeds Changed the World What’s Leeds GOTH to do with it? A History of the Scientific Collections of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society’s Museum in the 19th Century Hidden in Plain Sight: The Secret Maps of a Forgotten Map Library A Potted History of the University of Leeds, Experimental Gardens From Dark Satanic Mills by Kersten Hall Members Founded on Purple Sponsor a Book The Building Stone Our History Seeing the World through Failing Eyes A history of pigments from cave paintings to the present day SARS-CoV-2 variants: how do they arise & do we need to worry about them? The Priestley Lecture 2020. Edward Jenner: a man who changed the world The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence & Cultural Restitution – Professor Dan Hicks 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party What’s it like being editor of Yorkshire’s national newspaper? Tamoxifen Tales: suggestions for scientific survival The 2022 Annual General Meeting The battle of the standards of measurement: metric versus imperial and metrology’s culture wars The 2023 Annual General Meeting The 2024 Annual General Meeting Rubbing shoulders with giants: the scientific odyssey of Professor Tony North through molecular biology The Priestley Lecture 2025 with author Jenny Uglow A History of Atmospheric Science Primo Levi The Leeds Phil & Lit AGM and Buffet Supper 2025 The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover and the search for ancient life on Mars Artificial Intelligence – Part 1 Artificial Intelligence – Part 2 Leeds in 1821 Priestley Lecture: The air we breathe Programme for 2022