Alan Turing – Accidental Codebreaker?
Join a free virtual event where the presenters, Erica Munro and David Kenyon, will explore Turing’s time with the Government Code and Cypher School.
Bletchley Park
Speaker meetings
To Drive the Cold Winter Away
In this Zoom talk Michael Brown will be examining the winter season through the ages and will even provide a little music of the time.
Olney Archaeological Society
A Great War Christmas
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)
The history of stained glass
The speaker is Mike Caddy of Vitreus Art. The talk will be followed by Christmas refreshments.
Towcester and Disctrict Local History Society
Lamport Hall: History and Gardens
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
The Christmas story in Renaissance art
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
The Emergence of the English
Speaker: Susan Oosthuizen, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge, focusing on landscape archaeology
Olney Archaeological Society
Awards Ceremony for the Honorary Fellowship of Liz Upton and Eben Upton
After the presentation Liz Upton and Eben Upton will give individual talks on their career and exceptional inspiration journey.
The National Museum of Computing
The “Irascible Genius” and the invention of computing: Charles Babbage and his engines
TNMOC launches an exhibition and hosts a talk by Doron Swade, who is a leading authority on Babbage.
The National Museum of Computing
Economics of Marriage
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