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BIR Bulletin

Aardvarks, Apes and Alligators and the BIR's 28th Conversazione

The Royal Institution in Albermarle Street with its venerable, if sombre, corinthian portals played host to the 28th conversazione of the BIR, held on the wet and blustery first evening of spring. Any members and guests who had difficulties parking in the area would be amused to learn that after the Royal Institution was opened in 1799, the popularity of the lectures was such that the traffic jams created by coaches and horses led to the creation of London's first one-way street!.