Whose was the Inca Empire?
Speaker: Dr Nicholas James, Director of studies in Social Anthropology at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Remote lecture via Zoom.
Olney Archaeological Society
Speaker meetings
Amazing Grace: a cultural history of the beloved hymn
Historian James Walvin, Professor Emeritus at the University of York, will give a talk based on his new book, followed by a book signing.
Cowper & Newton Museum
Shepard’s Christmas
James Campbell will describe the magic and joy of Christmas through the eyes and pen of E. H. Shepard, the illustrator of Winnie the Pooh.
Arts Society North Bucks
A Great War Christmas
Stuart Macfarlan will look at why the 1914 truce still looms large in the public imagination.
Towcester & District Local History Society
Catch Me If You Can
Ron Johnson will talk about his notorious relative. Join Roade Community Choir for a few Christmas carols.
Roade Local History Society
The Silk Road
This talk by Ray and Jenny Rowlson on the Silk Road visits the exotic cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and Kashgar, beautiful mountains and much more.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
Young Dickens and how he Invented Christmas
Ian Porter will talk about Dickens’ early years before he found fame and how his Christmas stories became an annual Victorian event.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
A Medieval Christmas
Michael Brown designed the medieval gardens at Prebendal Manor, Nassington. .£3.00 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Elizabethan Houses and the Transformation of Britain
Jonathan Foyle is an architectural historian, broadcaster and advocate for heritage sites.. Remote lecture via Zoom.
Olney Archaeological Society
Grandad’s War
Herbert Barnes’s story has been researched using public records and family archives by Ted Barnes.
Potterspury History Group