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
Speaker meetings
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
Percy Ludgate (1883 -1922) – Charles Babbage’s First Successor
Professor Brian Randell will describe the life and work of this amazing and little-known successor to the famous Babbage.
The National Museum of Computing
You are what you eat: isotopic evidence from Whitehall Farm and Early Medieval England
This Zoom talk by Dr. Samantha Leggert looks at the new stable isotope evidence from the skeletons at Whitehall Farm, Nether Heyford
CLASP
What have plants ever done for us?
This talk with Timothy Walke looks at mankind’s dependence on plants for everything from food to film and from painkillers to paint.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Digby Worthy and the Marconi Transistorised Automatic Computer
Steve Kay will talk about William Digby Worthy, an unsung hero of British computing, as well his involvement with, and the history of, the TAC computer.
The National Museum of Computing