Bolton School Senior Girls

Simon Armitage gave readings and an address at the Poetry Festival, which also featured pupils reading their own work (2017/18 Lectures)

Dr Suzie Imber gave an inspirational talk which touched on her research, her passion for high-altitude mountaineering and her time on the TV programme 'Astronauts: Do You Have What it Takes?' (2017/18 Lectures)

Jeff Ralph gave The Royal Society of Statistics William Guy Lecture at Bolton School, talking about 'Society and Teenagers: How statistics reveal the changes in young people’s lives through the last century' (2017/18 Lectures)

'Sicily - An Island for Everyone' with TV historian Dr Michael Scott, Associate Professor in Classics and Ancient History at Warwick University (2017/18 Lectures)

Philosopher and theologian Dr Peter Vardy discussed 'Sexual Ethics' (2017/18 Lectures)

Tomasz Schafernaker, meteorologist and BBC weather presenter, spoke about his career (2017/18 Lectures)

The Actors of Dionysus performed 'Antigone' at Bolton School (2017/18 Lectures) Photo © Alex Brenner, taken at Norwich Playhouse

Former Chartered Civil Engineer Isobel Garner on 'Engineering the Building Blocks of Life' (2017/18 Lectures)

Former Liberal Democrat MP John Pugh talked about Life at Westminster (2017-18 Lectures)

Michael Howard discusses 'The Poetry of Art and the Art of Poetry' (2016/17 Lectures)

'Seeing Inside: Imagining the Structure and Function of the Human Body' with Dr Heather Williams (2016/17 Lectures)

'Universal: A Guide to the Cosmos' with Professor Jeff Forshaw (2016/17 Lectures)

An evening with poet Lemn Sissay (2016/17 Lectures)

In Conversation with Dame Evelyn Glennie (2016/17 Lectures)

'In Search of the Northern Lights' with Dr Melanie Windridge (2016/17 Lectures)

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb offered some 'Leadership Lessons from the Tudors' (2016/17 Lectures)

Dr Laura Waters talked about 'Alternatives to Animal Testing' (2016/17 Lectures)