News & blog

Once again for this year's festival we are delighted to be working with partners beyond the borders of the UK.

For National Libraries week, we invited Dr Bob Nicholson to reflect on his research on Victorian humour and the British Library’s ‘Old Joke Archive’.

Dr Karin Koehler and Dr Catherine Charlwood tell us about their Being Human 2019 event 'Dear Memory...' which explores how writing and poetry can transform our perceptions of place.

Natt takes us through the fantastic series of events happening across London and beyond as part of the 'This Time It's Personal' hub.

The Being Human festival 2019 'Discoveries & Secrets' programme has been revealed!

From trawling for treasures in archives to discovering secret lives and overlooked histories, the annual Being Human festival is limbering up for November 2019.

This year we have made five hub awards. Let us reveal a taster of what each of them will be doing during the festival.

Dr Michael Eades explores imaginative ways to make public engagement happen on a budget.

Following the 'Snidge Scrumpin' events in 2018, we present the Forward Prize winning poet, Liz Berry, who has written us a poem inspired by smell & memory.