FINAL TICKETS REMAINING

19:30 – 21:00

A brand-new series of Heritage Lectures at Jodrell Bank. Explore the full lecture programme HERE.

Discover hidden histories and surprising stories as leading scientists, archivists and historians reveal Jodrell Bank’s 80-year tale of intrigue, resolve and radio waves.

In the Second World War, the population on both sides knew they needed air supremacy. What most did not realise is there was another secret battle – for airwave supremacy. This talk is about the radio war. It is about the men and women who fought to win control of the electromagnetic spectrum, to make radar and defeat radar, to guide planes to their target and divert planes from their target. It is about the scientists – including Jodrell Bank’s own Bernard Lovell – who sought to see using invisible light, and about the agents, commandos and pilots who fought to get them the information they needed.

Tom Whipple will also be doing a book signing following this event.

Pre-order ‘The Battle of the Beams’ in either paperback or hardback today and collect from the Jodrell Bank giftshop on arrival.

About Tom Whipple

Tom Whipple is the science editor at The Times. His career has taken him to the top of Mont Blanc and to the tunnels beneath Cern. He has investigated the effects of radiation in the forests around Chernobyl, and the effects of heat in the world’s hottest sauna in Finland. He didn’t stay in very long. He has reported on three climate change conferences, and only been arrested at one of them. He has a mathematics degree.

Pre-book your meal at our First Light Café in our stunning new building. Open from 18:00 – 19:15 with the last sitting at 18:50. 

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Pie, Mash, Peas & Gravy    £9.95

High quality pies from H.M. Pasties was set up to ‘bring out the good inside’ by employing ex-offenders to make and sell handmade pasties and pies. The social enterprise was born in 2018 with support from the Big Lottery Fund, Forward Trust and the Santander Foundation.

Pie choices:

• Cheese & Onion Pie Packed with gooey mature cheddar cheese, sautéed onions, and potato (v, halal) 2022 SILVER: The British Pie Awards

• Steak & Stout Flank steak, bathed in Guinness stout for 24 hours, braised and slow-cooked with carrots, garlic, onions, bay leaf, and thyme, with a rich stout gravy

• Aloo Saag Spinach and sweet potato, cooked in our own blend of spices with a spicy tomato curry sauce (v, vegan, halal)