39 of the best
In her new book Kate Vigurs collects the stories of 39 women selected from all walks of life who risked betrayal and death for freedom.
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Speaker meetings
Medieval Spices
Eve Bacon’s lecture reviews the range of spices available in England during the High Middle Ages and how they were used in religion, medicine and cooking.
CLASP
Tech’s first female entrepreneur – from making her millions to Alan Turing
Join Dora Metcalf’s great niece Mary Monro to discover how tech’s first female entrepreneur found herself on the business-end of government IT.
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Polish Cyclometer – an early Enigma cracking machine
A basic prototype of the Cyclometer will be described, and the subsequent working model will be demonstrated and explained in some detail.
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Packing up the Nation: the story of our National Treasures in WW2
This is a gripping and sometimes hilarious story of how a band of heroic curators and custodians saved Britain’s national treasures during our Darkest Hour.
Arts Society North Bucks
Corsets and Codpieces – A study of Tudor underwear
One’s undergarments are an essential element in achieving the desired effect, but what is actually going on under all of that silk, satin and lace?
Towcester and District Local History Society
Archaeology for All: The Work of the Council of British Archaeology in Championing our Heritage
The speaker is David Ingham, who is Archaeological Manager at Albian Archaeology and Secretary of CBA, S and E Midlands. Preceded by the Society’s AGM.
Olney Archaeological Society
Alan Turing: “The Criminal who won the War”?
Alan Turing’s nephew Dermot Turing explores the inadequacy of the standard narrative, and invites us to re-appraise the legacy of his famous relative.
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1939 Census
The 1939 Register was taken on 29 September. It was devised to produce 40 million Identity Cards, when rationing was introduced.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Inside the greatest intelligence operation of WWII
Join Helen Fry for a journey inside the bugging of high-value German prisoners-of-war, the subject of her best-selling book ‘The Walls Have Ears’.
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