Jews in the Roman Empire
The speaker is Dr David Noy, Associate Lecturer with the Open University. Author of ‘Jewish Inscriptions of Western Europe’.
Olney Archaeological Society
Tuesday, 7th September 2021
Speaker meetings
JN-25: The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Primary World War II Naval Cipher
Professor Chris Christensen will explore the structure and evolution of the cipher and describe the basic ideas of the codebreaking attacks on JN-25..
The National Museum of Computing
Wednesday, 28th July 2021
Instagram Live Q&A
MKCDC is hosting a Q and A with their Archivist, Catherine McIntyre, on Instagram, about their archives or the history of Milton Keynes.
Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre
Medieval Servants
James Wright’s talk delves into the kitchens, stables, staircases, cellars and garderobes to uncover evidence of the medieval household.
Towcester and District Local History Society
The Ultra Secret: How Frederick Winterbotham Spilt the Beans
Dr Mark Baldwin sets Frederick Winterbotham’s book The Ultra Secret in its proper context, and examines some of the effects it produced.
The National Museum of Computing
NPL Scrapbook – Not Scrap Anymore!
Scrapbook pioneered the concept of Hyperlinks. A team has been restoring a DEC PDP 11/70 with a view to mounting the original scrapbook disks.
The National Museum of Computing
Tunny and Colossus
Without ever seeing the German High Command cipher machine, the Bletchley Park cryptanalysts developed a way of deciphering intercepted messages.
The National Museum of Computing
John Ferris – Behind the Enigma
John Ferris will assess the evolution of British codebreaking in the twentieth century, with a particular focus on Bletchley Park, and World War Two.
Bletchley Park
Day School
Prof. Stephen Upex presents “Doom, more doom and even greater doom: Human survival against the natural odds” at Knuston Hall.
Olney Archaeological Society
Origins of Place Names
Speaker: Anthony Poulton-Smith. His most recent book is ‘Paranormal Northamptonshire’. This free talk is for BFHS members only.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society