The expansion and replanning of England’s major cathedrals and churches
The speaker is Dr Frank Woodman, FSA, architectural historian and former Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education academic director.
Olney Archaeological Society
Speaker meetings
On the Beat
Terence Cox tells of policing on the home front during the Great War. At Roman Park Resident’s Club, Bancroft Park, Milton Keynes.
Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
From Cambridge to the Square Kilometre Array: Computers and Radio Astronomy
Verity Allen will discuss the demands that radio astronomy places on computing, EDSAC, EDSAC 2 and TITAN, and those who programmed these systems.
The National Museum of Computing
The architecture of the Raj is remarkable
An examination of evolving attitudes towards the British Empire and its buildings, a tour iof colonial buildings and the restoration of Mumbai’s university.
Arts Society North Bucks
Four (or more) Interesting Enigma-like Crypto Machines
Jerry McCarthy will first give a brief explanation of the operation of the German Enigma machine, and will then discuss four (or more) similar machines.
The National Museum of Computing
The Adventures of Prince Rupert
Chris Rowe’s talk will range from nearly being left behind in Prague when he was a baby to being a founder member of the Royal Society.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Woburn in the past
URC, High Street, Newport Pagnell MK16 8AB. Speaker: John Clarke. £3 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
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
The DE-59, A Cold War era Greek Crypto device
The talk will mainly be about the historical analysis of a never-broken cipher machine developed and used by the Greek government during the Cold War.
The National Museum of Computing
The Japanese “GREEN” Crypto Machine: a tentative reconstruction
Jerry McCarthy will start with a brief description of the German 3-rotor Enigma and then move on to a Japanese designed machine, designated as “GREEN”.
The National Museum of Computing