Al Alcorn at TNMOC: from employee No. 3 to Atari’s Pong king
Join Atari’s legendary R&D chief in person or online as he talks about his journey to leading R&D at, briefly, the world’s largest computer games company.
The National Museum of Computing
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The Baby Farmers
In Victorian and early Twentieth Century Britain the law made this business viable until it was eventually brought to an end.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
Food for thought
Artists down the ages have chosen food as a motif in their works. Cindy Polemis will help unravel the meaning of these images.
Arts Society North Bucks
Horton House
Horton House was a stone-built Georgian stately home, now demolished. Speaker: Maureen Williams, who has been researching the history of the estate.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
The Wartime Films of Britain and Hollywood
Olney Centre and Zoom. Speaker: Dr Colin Shindler, author, broadcaster, Cambridge lecturer. Bafta award winning TV writer and producer.
Olney Archaeological Society
Guided walk around Olney – North End
Discover the stories of yesteryear, including the Great Fires of Olney and life and trades of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Cowper & Newton Museum
BBC 100th Anniversary gallery opening
Features a series of live Q&As, including with former BBC Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones, and free STEM activities for children.
The National Museum of Computing
Celebratory Lunch
Hampden House is not usually open to the public so this will be a chance to see inside this Grade I 16C house, remodelled in the Georgian Gothic style.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Music in art
Sophie Natthews explores the instruments in selected works of art and then gives live demonstrations on replicas of the instruments depicted.
Arts Society North Bucks
Organ Festival
The Museum will be taking visitors back to the days of fairground fun. Kevin McElhone will be on hand to demonstrate examples from his collection.
Milton Keynes Museum