• The Family that accidentally found a planet
  Whizzing back to the Georgian era in Bath to find how a musician and his siblings doubled the size of the Solar System by discovering a planet. From poor prospects in Hanover, how a family travelled and created new lives in England before eventually gracing the court of King George III.
• Our Futures in the Stars
  The story of astrology, the belief that celestial bodies can influence or explain human behavior, personality traits, and earthly events. From the first dabblings by the Babylonians thousands of years ago through some of the key influences leading to modern western astrology and its global popularity in apps and social media.
• The Skies above Somerset
  An exploration of the wonders visible to those that might dare to look up from the gardens of Somerset. This story reveals how the eyes work and how that knowledge helps you see further and fainter objects. Using photographs and images from amateur astronomers in Somerset, it shows you what spectacles await from Earth’s atmosphere to distant galaxies. 
• A Star’s Life
  A guide to how to make a star and why those first few years write its cosmic fate just as it begins to shine. From the first explanations of the twinkling celestial vault to the realisation that the Sun is a star too. Then onward to understanding how stars are born, grow, live out their lives and then, sometimes, expire in a blaze of glory.
• Stonehenge and the Sky
  An investigation into whether the famous monument had a serious astronomical purpose four and a half millennia ago. An objective look at the history of the stone circle in Wiltshire and how they might be aligned with the movements of the Sun and the Moon.
• Super Vision
  How the human eye did so well for thousands of years before being “upgraded” by the use of telescopes. Exploring the invention and usage of telescopes from the spyglass to recent ground-based and space telescopes.
• The Wanderers
  The story of the creation of the Solar System and the planets. Starting out with early beliefs in the night sky and gods, the adoption of scientific methods to understand the planets, and then a recipe for planet creation. The journey comes up to date with the robotic exploration of the Solar System.
• Who’s afraid of dark stars?
  The history, science and known mysteries of black holes from primordial to hypermassive. Perhaps it’ll allay fears of imminent doom or show you how different people’s thinking came together to make a prediction which would take hundreds of years to prove and a “camera” the size of Earth to snap.
• The Women who discovered what stars are made of
  A trip back to 1875 to discover how a team of women in the USA laid down the foundations of modern astronomy the hard way. A story of persistence and tenacity across generations of women to prove the general composition of stars in the Universe and lay the foundations of modern astrophysics.

Talks are accompanied by slides and written with the members of the public without a science background in mind.

The duration of talks is typically 45 minutes before questions and there is sufficient to flexed up to 60 minutes. Talks can be abridged down to 30 minutes. The minimum fee is 1 hour and time beyond is billed in 30-minute increments.