6th September.

“Bog Bodies: Face to Face with the Past.”
Dr Melanie Giles,  Landscape archaeologist, senior lecturer at University of Manchester, prize winning author (with the book of the same title as the talk), an expert on the Iron Age.  Zoom

20th September.

“The Ice Age.”
Dr Jill Eyers,  Regular OAS speaker, geologist, palaeontologist, archaeologist, author and cruise ship lecturer.  Olney Centre and Zoom

4th October.

“The Chedworth Roman Villa.”
Dr Martin Papworth, National Trust Archaeologist, has worked on the luxurious villa with its unusually late, 5th Century mosaic. He has also worked on many NT sites in the SW area, including Avebury.  Zoom

18th October.

“The Wartime Films of Britain and Hollywood.”
Dr Colin Shindler,  Author, broadcaster, Cambridge lecturer. Bafta award winning TV writer and producer.  Olney Centre and Zoom

1st November.

“Sir John Schorne: The Rector Who Conjured the Devil into a Boot.“
Wayne Perkins, former Oxford Archaeology Field archaeologist, also worked on sites in France for INRAP, Historic Buildings surveyor, has excavated in the City of London and SE England.  Zoom

15th November.

“L.T.C. Rolt, pioneer of Canal and Railway Preservation.”
Julian Hunt,  President of the Bucks. Archaeological Society, local historian, archivist and author, a regular OAS speaker.  Olney Centre and Zoom

6th December.

“The Emergence of the English.”
Prof Susan Oosthuizen,  Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge, focusing on landscape archaeology, approximately 400-1300 AD. Author of many books, one of the same title as the talk.  Zoom

20th December.

“To Drive the Cold Winter Away.”
Michael Brown,  MA in Horticulture from Birkbeck College and has published a book on dangerous plants called Death in the Garden. Olney Centre

3rd January

“The Aztec Paradox.”
Dr Nicholas James, Director of Studies in Social Anthropology at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Zoom

17th January

“Late Neolithic belief, myth and society as reflected in the design of major monuments in the British Isles, c 2,500 BC.”
Prof David Jacques, Senior Research Fellow in Archaeology, University of Buckingham. Olney Centre and Zoom

7th February

“Outside the camp? The leper hospitals of Medieval England.”
Prof Carol Rawcliffe, University of East Anglia, Professor of Medieval History.  Zoom

21st February

“Northampton, before and after the castle.”
Andy Chapman, Northamptonshire Field Archaeologist, now retired. Former Senior Project manager, MOLA, Northampton.  Olney Centre and Zoom

7th March

“Medieval Mythology: Stonemasons and Sculptures.”
Dr James Wright, a field archaeologist, conservation stonemason, community archaeologist, historic stone specialist, historic graffiti specialist and buildings archaeologist.  Zoom

21st March

“Northamptonshire Farm Buildings.”
Dr Paul Stamper, Archaeologist, 1996 to 2016, worked for English Heritage (now Historic England), from 2008 as Senior Adviser in its Listing Group.  Olney Centre and Zoom

4th April

“From Boxgrove to La Cotte de St Brelade: Neanderthal archaeology from La Mancheland.”
Dr Matthew Pope, Principal Research fellow in Palaeolithic archaeology at the UCL Institute of Archaeology.  Zoom

18th April

“Further Excavations at the Rutland Villa.”
Dr Peter Liddle, now retired, formerly Leicestershire County Archaeologist. Freelance lecturer and writer.  Olney Centre and Zoom

2nd May

“Dorset’s hillfort people : In search of the Durotriges.”
Dr Martin Papworth, National Trust Archaeologist, worked on many NT sites in the SW, including Chedworth Roman Villa and Avebury. Zoom

16th May

“Art for an afterlife: Ancient Egyptian tomb paintings in the British museum.” Lucia Gahlin, Egyptologist, an Honorary Research Associate at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Arts Society lecturer. Olney Centre and Zoom

6th June

AGM
followed by
“Life as an archaeologist: from Sussex to Sharnbrook (via South Wales, Saltburn, Sandy and Syria).”
Local archaeologist Mike Luke, who lives in Sharnbrook, will give a summary of his life as an archaeologist to date. He will talk about a range of archaeological sites that he has worked on around England and Wales including some investigations undertaken by Bedford-based Albion Archaeology. Mike will also show photographs of sites he has visited on his foreign holidays and talk about some of his summertime “busman holidays” working on a variety of university training and research digs. Olney Centre and Zoom