Tree Visit: Batsford Arboretum
A spring walk to see the beautiful magnolias and flowering cherries. Displays of spring flowering bulbs, hellebores, daffodils and narcissi.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
News
Reluctant Abolitionist? Reopening the Case of John Newton and the Liverpool Slave Trade
Professor John Coffey from the University of Leicester explores whether John Newton might be the ‘Anonymous’ speaking against the slave trade in 1762.
Cowper & Newton Museum
Understanding antiques
Mark Hill will take a look at what current and future generations of collectors are buying, why they are buying it and how they are displaying it.
Arts Society North Bucks
Welcome To Planet Fishermead
This is a special free film screening event. Did you know a spaceship landed in Willows’ playground …
Living Archive Milton Keynes
Jig-a-jig Tommy
Speaker: Bruce Cherry. Bruce Cherry is an author, tour guide and former university lecturer with a PhD in military history.
Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
Alfred Cockerill: Northampton’s Forgotten Philanthropist
When speaker Bob Farey started researching Alfred Cockerill, the more he discovered the more he wanted to know.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
Further Excavations at the Rutland Villa
The speaker is Dr Peter Liddle, now retired, formerly Leicestershire County Archaeologist. He is a freelance lecturer and writer.
Olney Archaeological Society
155 Years of Hanslope Weddings
Cavalcade of photos from 1867. With dresses, flowers, items for sale. Refreshments, raffle. Raising funds for St James Church.
Saint James the Great, Hanslope
The Medieval Guidhall – London’s nerve centre for 2,000 years
Ian Swankie looks at some of the key monuments in the building and at some of the many paintings depicting the Guildhall’s rich history.
Arts Society North Bucks
Potterspury, Yardley Gobion & Furtho Benefit Club
Speakers: Helen Westlake and Barbara King. How did villagers manage illness before the NHS? A delve into the history of friendly societies.
Yardley Gobion History Group