Lectures via Zoom.
7th September
“Jews in the Roman Empire”.
Dr David Noy, Associate Lecturer with the OU for The Roman Empire (2015-20) and Exploring the Classical World (2005-18 ), author.
21st September
“The expansion and replanning of England’s major cathedrals and churches”
Dr Frank Woodman, FSA, Architectural Historian, author, former ICE academic director in Art History and Architecture.
5th October
“Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art”
Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes, archaeologist, writer and creative professional, Honorary Fellow in the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, and chercheur bénévole at the Université de Bordeaux. Her first book (title of the talk) is a critically acclaimed bestseller.
19th October
“Update on Blick Mead from the Sept 2021 dig”
Prof. David Jacques, Professorial Research Fellow, University of Buckingham, author, Fulbright Alumnus, FSA.
2nd November
“Treason, Gunpowder and Plot”
Mike Ingram, historian, author, lecturer and tour guide passionate about the medieval period, the Wars of the Roses and the history of his own county – Northamptonshire.
16th November
“Twice lost: discovering medieval deserted settlements beneath today’s villages”
Prof. Carenza Lewis, Archaeologist, researcher, TV presenter and author at the University of Lincoln, specialising in historic settlement and the public impact of heritage.
7th December
“To Drive the Cold Winter Away.”
Michael Brown, “The Historic Gardener” will be examining the Winter season through the ages and will even provide a little music of the time. Michael has an MA in Horticulture from Birkbeck College and has recently published a book on dangerous plants called Death in the Garden.
4th January
“Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Hollywood’s Most Glamorous Studio.”
Dr Colin Shindler, author, broadcaster, Affiliated Lecturer in History at Cambridge University, Bafta award winning television writer and producer. Author of books on British and American social history, writer and presenter of documentaries for BBC TV, has written plays for BBC Radio Four. Zoom
18th January
“Morocco.”
Ray and Jenny Rowlson, professional photographers, travellers worldwide. Popular and regular local speakers. Olney Centre and Zoom
1st February
“Egyptian pyramid building: a bit of history and not a lot of mysteries.”
Complexity of the social organisation illustrated by the impressive size of the pyramids.
Professor Piers Bursill-Hall, educated in France, America, Canada, and England, he has spent most of his academic life in the Department of Pure Mathematics at Cambridge. Zoom
15th February
“The Wollaston landscape: from Roman vineyards to a high-status Anglian warrior burial.”
Rob Atkins, MOLA archaeologist, senior project manager. Olney Centre and Zoom
1st March
“A Beginners Guide to Castles.”
Dr James Wright, field and buildings archaeologist and conservation stonemason. Changes in castle design from late Saxon to mid-sixteenth Century and the various issues surrounding them. Zoom
15th March
“The River Nene water shed in the late Roman and post Roman period.”
Stephen Young, Northamptonshire archaeologist, director of CLASP. Former lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Northampton. Olney Centre and Zoom
5th April
“Creation of the Barbarians.”
Dr Steven Kershaw, Classics teacher at Oxford University, Department for Continuing Education, lectures on several cruise lines and cultural tours, Professor of History of Art at Rhodes College and University of the South, USA, lecturer for the Arts Society, author and musician. Zoom
19th April
“The Turkish Question: Crimea to Gallipoli.”
Lt Col Roger Laing, retired army officer, MOD, cruise ship lecturer, regular OAS speaker. Olney Centre and Zoom
3rd May
“The Rutland Roman Villa Project.”
Peter Liddle MBE, former County Archaeologist for Leicester, now a freelance lecturer and writer. Zoom
17th May
“A Different Kind of Digging – Archaeological Excavations at Stowe Landscape Gardens 2017 to 2022.”
Stephen Wass, operating as Polyolbion Archaeology, he has worked on many National Trust property sites. Olney Centre and Zoom
7th June
AGM followed by:-
“Crucifixion in the UK: excavations at a Roman roadside
settlement in Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire.”
David Ingham, FSA, Project Manager at Albion Archaeology, secretary to CBA. Olney Centre and Zoom