Our changing wildlife
Which British species are increasing or decreasing, and why? How have populations changed over the last 150 years? What of the future?
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Speaker meetings
Strange Beastly Buildings: Animal Housing in Historic Parks and Gardens
Paul Stamper will explore how the well-to-do have always had much to do with animals, and housing for them occurs in almost every historic park.
Olney Archaeological Society
Lost language of headstones
In this illustrated talk Kevin Varty explores the sometimes hidden meanings of the symbols which are often carved into headstones.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
The Dawn of Civilisation: The Prehistory of Anatolia
Speaker: Charles Baily. Anatolia, also known by the Latin name of Asia Minor, encompasses the central uplands of modern Turkey.
Olney Archaeological Society
Royal Collectors: Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their Art
Victoria and Albert expressed their love for each other through art. We will look at paintings by Landseer and Winterhalter, and lesser-known watercolours.
The Arts Society North Bucks
The Culworth Gang
David Hewitt will tell the story of the Culworth Gang, a disreputable bunch who terrorised locals and other villages in the 18th century.
Towcester & District Local History Society
Glass, Faience and Pottery at Amarna
Amarna is the contemporary name of the capital city of the pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti,.and is famous for dazzling decorative and fine arts.
Olney Archaeological Society
The Enumerator Strikes Back
This talk by Dave Annal will turn the spotlight onto the men and women who created the UK’s census returns since they first went to work on the census in 1841.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society (Northern Group)
Medieval Surgery
Steve and Eve Bacon explain the theory of the four humours that underpins medieval medicine and demonstrates the skill of the surgeon.
Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society
Leighton Buzzard and its environs during WW1
While researching World War One, members of the Leighton Buzzard Historical and Archaeological Society uncovered some surprising stories.
Bow Brickhill History Society