Diary
Our lectures will ve held either via Zoom or in the lecture hall and our visits and trips will be listed on the website as and when we can organise group visits. Please keep updated via our website and email noticeboards.
Marathon!
7th June 2022
Location: Library Lecture Hall
As John Stuart Mill put it, ‘the Battle of Marathon, even as an event in English history, is more important than the Battle of Hastings’. Rupert re-creates the background and…
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Superbloom – A walk around the Moat of The Tower of London. A stunning display of flower blooms at The Tower of London celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen
15th June 2022
Location: London
Cost: £10.00pp - 18 tickets available to be booked by 1st June 2022 Come and celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen at the Tower of London, where…
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Rome: A History of the Eternal City – City of the Sacred
16th June 2022
Location: Online
From BBC Four, last of 3 episodes With Sebag Montefiore
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BIT OF A CARRY ON
23rd June 2022
Location: Lecture Hall
The remarkable untold story of Carry On actor Peter Butterworth, and his wife, Britain's first female TV impressionist, Janet Brown, best known for her impression of Mrs Thatcher. Using classified…
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West India Docks & Canary Wharf: A Journey Bak To The Future
14th July 2022
Location: Library Lecture Hall
Canary Wharf was a totally new concept which revived London’s Docklands. Or was it? This lecture takes you back to the foundations of the West India Docks with their magnificent…
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Lizards, Fancy Feathered Hats and Trickery
16th July 2022
Location: Online
The Director's Choice The National Gallery, London Dr Gabriele Finladi, Director of The National Gallery, gives his personal take on selected works in the collection; enjoy the anecdote and insight…
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