Sex, Drugs and Tapeworms
Kevin Varty will use contemporary adverts to illustrate cures for all kinds of illnesses – a light-hearted look at Victorian consumerism.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
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Cursus Monuments of Buckinghamshire and the Great Ouse Valley
A cursus is an elongated rectilinear earthwork enclosure whose length is over 250m and whose long axis is more than ten times the short axis.
Olney Archaeological Society
The world’s greatest paintings: 200 years at the National Gallery
2024 marks the bicentenary of the National Gallery. Today the collection amounts to 2,300 works spanning the major traditions of Western European painting.
Arts Society North Bucks
Stowe – Past, Present and Future
Explores the rise and fall of the Temple-Grenville family, the three sales leading to the eventual creation of Stowe School and plans for the future.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Bow Street Runners
Watch out, watch out the Bow Street Runners are about! Steve Bacon will talk about why were they formed and what were their powers.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
Heritage Open Day
Buckinghamshire Council Heritage team, Hand Talking, Wildwood Wonders, Bucks Archives, Aylesbury United, Museum Curators, Family Crafts.
Discover Bucks Museum
Fitzroy
This is the extraordinary story of the young boy who grew up in Potterspury and went on to sail the Beagle for Darwin and invent weather forecasting.
Yardley Gobion History Group
Follies and Foibles
A talk by Adam Smith. Adam is a lecturer specialising in architectural history and the history of the English country house and estate.
Bow Brickhill History Society
Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
Matthew Lewis, Chair of the Richard III society. Matt is an author and historian whose work focuses on the Wars of the Roses and Richard III.
Olney Archaeological Society
Secrets of the Archive
Come and find out about the research materials held in the Cowper & Newton Museum – some of which are not available elsewhere. Held in the Summer Marquee.
Cowper & Newton Museum