Andrew Robinson has given talks and public lectures on the subjects of his books since 1986. His programme for 2006-07 included:

1 “Poet to Poet: Satyajit Ray and Rabindranath Tagore”, British Museum, September 2006

2 “Thomas Young: The Last Man Who Knew Everything”, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, November 2007

3 “Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World’s Undeciphered Scripts”, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, February 2007

4 “Thomas Young and the Rosetta Stone”, British Museum, February 2007

5 “Thomas Young: The Last Man Who Knew Everything”, Whipple Museum, Cambridge, February 2007

6 “Thomas Young: The Last Man Who Knew Everything”, Royal Institution, London, March 2007

7 “The Story of Writing”, Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, May 2007

8 “The Story of Writing”, Cheltenham Festival of Literature, Cheltenham, October 2007

9 “The Story of Measurement”, Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, London, November 2007