Storms, War and Shipwrecks – Treasures from the Sicilian Seas

by Professor Paul Roberts

Tuesday 10 October 2017
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Professor Paul Roberts organized the recent exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum on the subject of the talk.  The world famous Ashmolean is the oldest public Museum in existence.

Paul Roberts gained his degree and doctorate at Cambridge University.  He speaks Italian and has undertaken much research in Italy and is widely regarded as an expert on Roman life.  He was formerly Curator of Roman Antiquities at the British Museum and has lectured previously to the Society on the Pompeii Exhibition which he organized at that Museum.

More Upcoming Talks

Talks are held in the Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne, starting at 8pm.

Complimentary tea and coffee are available from 7.15pm.

26 Sep
2017

Edward I

by Dr Marc Morris

Tuesday 26 September 2017
An overview of the career of one of the greatest English kings of the Middle Ages, his impact on the British Isles, and a legacy of division which continues to this day.
24 Oct
2017

General Sir Richard McCreery: the Last Great Cavalryman

by Richard Mead

Tuesday 24 October 2017
Dick McCreery, who had a close association with Sherborne throughout his life, was one of the great British soldiers of World War II, as a brigade commander in France in 1940, Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Alexander in North Africa and finally as the last Commander of Eighth Army in Italy.