A Christmas Lecturer's favourite Christmas Lectures 🌟 We sat down with 1987 lecturer David Phillips to reminisce on his time here at the Ri, walking in the footsteps of Michael Faraday and joining him in the history books. Watch the full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=hu0ATx1OLfo | Royal Institution of Great Britain

🕯️ Christmas Lectures iconic object no. 4 – from various lectures in the 1800s, with Michael Faraday This is Michael Faraday's candle holder, used when delivering the popular lecture series "A Chemical History of a Candle" in the mid-1800s, which helped audiences step into the world of science through a familiar household object. The lectures were later published as a book, in which Faraday wrote: "There is not a law under which any part of this universe is governed which does not come into pla

61K views · 617 reactions | Don't miss the final of the 2024 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI! Tonight, Chris van Tulleken will analyse how our diets have changed through history, and how global food systems affect our health and our planet. Tune in to BBC Four and iPlayer at 9pm! | Royal Institution of Great Britain | Facebook

🥚 Christmas Lectures iconic object no. 2 - from 2022 with Sue Black We hard-boiled two ostrich eggs to shoot them with a BB gun, to demonstrate bullet wounds on skulls. It took two hours to hard boil them, and we ended up dyeing one green for contrast on-camera, which made it look rather like a cassowary egg. Again, it was an ostrich egg. We'd do anything for science – but not get anywhere near a cassowary. 📺 The 2024 Christmas Lectures will be on BBC Four and iPlayer 29, 30 and 31 December |

When you've got a building full of space experts and science communicators, it's impossible not to discuss what's the best space-themed film 🍿 Did we miss any good ones? Watch the 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI, on demand: rigb.org/explore-science/explore/blog/how-watch-2025-christmas-lectures-supported-cgi | Royal Institution of Great Britain

Happy 95th birthday to UK national treasure Sir David Attenborough! 🎂 His 1973 Christmas Lectures broke the cardinal rule of broadcast television: "never work with animals or children" - and they were awesome. Watch here: rigb.org/explore-science/explore/video/languages-animals-beware-1973 | Royal Institution of Great Britain

125K views · 2.1K reactions | The Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI, are starting TONIGHT! We couldn't wait either, so here is a little sneak peek of what's to come...  Tune in at 7.00pm on BBC Four and iPlayer to follow Maggie Aderin-Pocock on a fantastic voyage through space, searching for evidence of alien life. | Royal Institution of Great Britain | Facebook