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Dr Ruth Stalker-Firth returns to VIA tomorrow evening, for WI Day, with her course When Women Were Computers.Ruth is a c...
15/09/2026

Dr Ruth Stalker-Firth returns to VIA tomorrow evening, for WI Day, with her course When Women Were Computers.

Ruth is a computer scientist with a PhD in AI, who spent years assuming women were always a minority in tech. Ruth's first talk with us in 2024 led to the one she'll present tomorrow, and for her, learning that women in fact invented programming and software engineering changed everything. As she puts it: "The WI helped me remember who I am. It showed me what women can do when we come together."

Join Ruth live on WI Day itself, Wednesday 16th September at 7.30pm 💪

Celebrate WI Day on VIA 🎉 On 16 September 1915, the first WI meeting was held in Britain, and 111 years on, there's stil...
14/09/2026

Celebrate WI Day on VIA 🎉 On 16 September 1915, the first WI meeting was held in Britain, and 111 years on, there's still a lot worth marking.

To celebrate, we've put together a full programme of courses running through September, and Murron Fraser's Women in Folklore, live tomorrow at 3pm, is a great place to start.

You can book Murron's course and see the full WI Day line-up here: https://via.thewi.org.uk/what-we-are-talking-about?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=wi_day_2026&utm_content=women_in_folklore

An eclipse tonight, 38 degrees tomorrow… there’s a lot going on this week!If your protective glasses didn’t arrive in ti...
12/08/2026

An eclipse tonight, 38 degrees tomorrow… there’s a lot going on this week!

If your protective glasses didn’t arrive in time, or you’re looking for a way to escape the heat, join us tomorrow evening for some easy listening classics from the 60s and 70s. 🎶

Summer… & the Living is Easy
Live with Clive Hook, tomorrow (Thursday 13th August) at 7pm.

Blonde curls, pink cars, perfect smiles… classic Hollywood knew how to create an image.But what did that image teach wom...
07/07/2026

Blonde curls, pink cars, perfect smiles… classic Hollywood knew how to create an image.

But what did that image teach women to be?

Join Roseanne Hurst this Thursday for a fascinating look at women and film in the 1950s-1960s, exploring how iconic mid-century films shaped ideas of glamour, romance, domesticity and femininity in post-war America.

From Marilyn Monroe and Doris Day to Disney heroines, this live session looks beyond the silver screen to uncover the cultural scripts hidden in some very familiar films.

Witches. Spirits. Séances.By the 1850s, there were an estimated 30,000 mediums in the UK, and Spiritualism had become d...
07/06/2026

Witches. Spirits. Séances.

By the 1850s, there were an estimated 30,000 mediums in the UK, and Spiritualism had become deeply embedded in Victorian life. But the story starts much earlier - with a biblical witch tasked with calling up the dead, and continues right through to the way people practise and experience spirituality today.

Join Dr Julia Phillips for a fascinating, stranger-than-fiction history in one live evening talk.

Live tomorrow, Monday 8th June at 6pm. Free for WI members & paid subscribers 🌙

https://via.thewi.org.uk/courses/witchcraft-and-spiritualism?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=witchcraft_spiritualism_080626

Your brain likes new things 💭New ideas, new skills, new challenges, new perspectives.Here are 4 things science has disco...
05/06/2026

Your brain likes new things 💭

New ideas, new skills, new challenges, new perspectives.

Here are 4 things science has discovered about learning at any age, and why trying something new might be one of the best things you do this week 🤓

https://via.thewi.org.uk

Mindfulness doesn’t mean emptying your mind, nor is it about being perfectly calm.It’s about having tools to come back t...
01/06/2026

Mindfulness doesn’t mean emptying your mind, nor is it about being perfectly calm.

It’s about having tools to come back to when life feels busy, noisy, or overwhelming.

This Wednesday, Lindsey Barrell launches her new monthly Mindfulness Toolkit series - a beginner-friendly space to try simple techniques and build a wellbeing toolkit that works for you.

June’s session focuses on breath awareness and mindfulness of breath: a gentle way to pause, reset, and notice what’s happening in your mind and body.

Live online: Wednesday 3 June at 10am. £3.99, or free for WI members & paid subscribers.

Book your place on VIA, link in the comments 🌞🌱

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