Talk – ‘The Christmas Truce – It’s Place in the Public Imagination’ – Stuart Macfarlan and ‘A Magic Lantern’s Eye View of a German Christmas’ – Kevin Varty. Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
Lamport Hall was the home of the Isham family from 1560 to 1976. Sir Charles Isham is credited with beginning the tradition of garden gnomes in the UK. Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
Dr Paula Nuttall’s talk tells the Christmas story through well-loved paintings and illuminated manuscripts by Italian and Flemish artists. Arts Society North Bucks
Speaker: Susan Oosthuizen, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge, focusing on landscape archaeology Olney Archaeological Society
Come for the day or pop in for a mulled wine and mince pie at MKCDC’s annual Christmas event, with carols, Santa’s grotto and a Christmas market. Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre
After the presentation Liz Upton and Eben Upton will give individual talks on their career and exceptional inspiration journey. The National Museum of Computing
Adele Emm explores the lot of the married woman from why it was preferable to spinsterhood and the ignominy of the ‘maiden aunt’. Buckinghamshire Family History Society