Ken Pye's curious tour of Liverpool's, literal, 'High Spots', the Seven Hills of Liverpool. Like ancient Rome, Liverpool is built on seven hills. Discover which these are in this talk, and also hear special and remarkable tales from the history of each of them. These include Pongo the Man Monkey and The Sod House; Prince Rupert and The Lost Treasure of Liverpool; the ancient community of thugs known as Willaloo; the incompetent captain who became a multi-millionaire; Wavertree Lock-Up; the Lepers of Ancient Childwall Hill; and the barbarian defenders of Camp Hill in Woolton. These are great stories from the high hills of a great city. Non-alcoholic refreshments will be served. The Curious Cat bookshop will be offering books for sale by Ken Pye at this event.

The Universe and the Neurodiverse is a journey from the outermost planets to our innermost thoughts. Robin Ince has spent 15 years hosting the multi award winning The Infinite Monkey Cage with Professor Brian Cox and been at the forefront of the renaissance in science communication. Always keen to explore new avenues of communication, he has also recently been exploring poetry and was officially given his Poetic License at the 2024 Morecambe Poetry Festival. Combining poetry, stories, jokes and music, this show explores what it is to be human and the incredible diversity of our minds. It is a show about Jane Goodall and chimpanzees, about Apollo 8 and the Earthrise image, about our environment, about climate change, about neurodiversity and it is about finding joy and inspiration. It is a show created to empower and activate. It is both Robin's most personal and most universal show and the tour will coincide with the publication of his latest book Normally Weird...Weirdly Normal (Pan Macmillan) and then his first poetry collection, Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth (flapjack) comes out in October 2025.