Please check with the organiser that an event listed below is going ahead, especially if travelling any distance.
Old Newport
Speaker: Don Hurst. £3.00 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
MKHA member events
Update on Blick Mead from the September 2021 dig
Prof. David Jacques is Senior Research Fellow in Archaeology at the University of Buckingham’s Humanities Research Institute,
Olney Archaeological Society
Dad’s War
Sam Sutcliffe (1898-1987) fought at Gallipoli, the Somme, and Arras where he was taken prisoner for the final months of WW1.
Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
Britain as workshop of the world
Anna Warrillow’s Zoom lecture focuses on the design impact of the Great Exhibition and the need for a ‘legacy institution’.
Arts Society North Bucks
The Life and Legacy of George Bradshaw
Dr David Turner will explore the this famous engraver, map-maker and timetable publisher, including his role in the creation of Bradshaw’s Railway Guide.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Art and architecture: estranged bedfellows
This Study Day tells the story of how art and architecture went their separate ways, exploring the complex reasons behind their dramatic divorce.
Arts Society North Bucks
The Last Naval Hero
Speaker: Roy Smart. The life and times of 1st Earl Beatty. His actions at the Battle of Jutland and subsequent ‘Downton Abbey’ lifestyle.
Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society
Malta
The postponed talk by David Squibb. £4.00 for non-members.
Milton Keynes National Trust Association
Forging Ahead, The Secrets of Operation Bernhard
Steve Dimmer tells the story of Operation Bernhard, a secret Nazi plan to destabilise the British economy by flooding the country with forged notes.
Yardley Gobion History Group
Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art
Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes’s first book, Kindred, is a critically acclaimed bestseller. She has a reputation for public communication including for BBC radio.
Olney Archaeological Society