The geophysical survey of Borough Hill Hillfort, Daventry
Chris Chinnock’s lecture will discuss the findings of a geophysical survey and aerial drone survey on Borough Hill Hillfort.
CLASP
Speaker meetings
How I built my folly
A free talk by Alan Terrill, of The Folly Fellowship, a pressure group to protect, preserve, and promote follies, grottoes and garden buildings.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
The Indian Army during the First World War: An Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Perspective
Stephen Barker highlights the Ox and Bucks part in the Iraq campaign and also the role played by Indian soldiers during the war.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
Lords Austin and Nuffield, Giants of the British Motor Industry
The first half of the 20th century saw a struggle for supremacy in the British motor industry between Herbert Austin and William Morris.
Olney Archaeological Society
Charles Rennie Mackintosh: more than just a tea room
An exploration by Stella Grace Lyons of the life and distinctive work of the enigmatic Rennie Macintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald.
Arts Society North Bucks
Genius makers: meeting the mavericks inside AI’s revolution
Join New York Times’ reporter Cade Metz for a conversation about Genius Makers, his new book giving the inside story on a maverick group of scientists.
The National Museum of Computing
Coaching Inns of North Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire
Julian Hunt will talk about the architectural features of coaching inns. They were usually quite grand with an obvious coach entrance.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Stories in Stones: the MEDICUS stories and the archaeological record
Ruth Downie writes a series of murder mysteries, the MEDICUS stories, set mainly in Roman Britain during the early years of Hadrian’s reign.
CLASP
The Morse code message that rebooted WWII resistance – 80th anniversary
A Morse code message from France sent by Georges Bégué announced the birth of occupied Europe’s largest covert force 80 years ago.
The National Museum of Computing
Growing Flax for Aircraft Cloth: a little-known story from the First World War
The crop had largely fallen out of cultivation, but in the First World War it became essential for Britain to greatly increase the amount it grew.
Olney Archaeological Society