wildernessLectures

A winter series of public lectures in Bristol the theme of which is world-wide adventure.

Our lecturers are well known explorers, mountaineers, travel writers, TV personalities, adventure sports personalities or anyone who has an epic story to tell and can enthral our audience with a rattling good yarn. The talks are invariably illustrated with slides and/or film.

You can buy tickets from each lecture page when each event is finalised. Events are all linked from the What's On page which you can find in the menu at the top. 

Featured Speaker

John Ruthven

John Ruthven is the only producer to work full time on both 'Blue Planet I and II' series. He has worked extensively in science and history documentaries, and his career highlights range from producing iconic images of blue whales to directing drama inside a WW2 U boat or following venomous snakes throughout Asia. He specialises in wildlife and conservation...

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We've retired!

The original team of Steve Berry, Steve Marriott and Dick Willis have taken a well-earned break. After running the series for over 30 years, we have handed Wilderness over to a new team of Asher Flatt, Emily Cant and Johnnie Ball. They are currently working out their plans for the series but are hoping to run several events in the New Year and a full season from next autumn. They will update the website as their plans progress.

We wish them every luck (and you will no doubt see us at lectures in future as members of an appreciative audience!)

 

 

Upcoming Events

There are no upcoming events.

Downloads

You can download a number of our documents here.

Our past speakers list details all our lectures since Wilderness Lectures started operation, over 30 years ago. One of our favourite speakers was the mountaineer Doug Scott who set up charity, Community Action Nepal, to provide assistance to Sherpa communities. A gift aid form for C.A.N. is available here, if you would like to support the charity's work.