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27 Sep
2011
The Churchills
by Mary Lovell
Tuesday 27 September 2011
In her talk on ‘The Churchills’ Mary Lovell returns to the 19th and 20th centuries to chart a saga of one of England’s most prominent families.
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11 Oct
2011
World War I
by General Sir Robert Fry
Tuesday 11 October 2011
Oh What a Lovely War – Why the reputation of World War I is about to be rehabilitated.
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25 Oct
2011
The People’s Poet: William Barnes of Dorset
by Alan Chedzoy
Tuesday 25 October 2011
Alan Chedzoy is a noted biographer and also an authority on West country dialect.
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8 Nov
2011
Samuel Frederick Cody 1867-1913
by Bill McNaught
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Cody was an American cowboy, whose ancestors came from Weymouth, Dorset.
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22 Nov
2011
Arthur Ransome – the local spy
by Dr Yvonne Varley
Tuesday 22 November 2011
Arthur Ransome is now remembered as the author of Swallows and Amazons.
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6 Dec
2011
William Dampier
by Diana Preston
Tuesday 6 December 2011
“A Pirate of Exquisite Mind” – Historian Diana Preston discusses the life of Somerset-born William Dampier.
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12 Jan
2012
A Glimpse of Byzantium
by Patrick Moule
Thursday 12 January 2012
This talk will provide a few glimpses of Byzantium’s rich and varied history and of its heroic end.
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26 Jan
2012
Heroic Hearts: the British Army’s victory in Afghanistan in 1880
by Rodney Atwood
Thursday 26 January 2012
The lecture describes the role of Frederick (Bob) Roberts in the 2nd Afghan War.
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9 Feb
2012
Anthony and Cleopatra
by Dr Adrian Goldsworthy
Thursday 9 February 2012
Antony and Cleopatra are famous, celebrated by Shakespeare, and more recently depicted by Burton and Taylor.
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23 Feb
2012
Understanding the Mystical Dimensions of Islam
by Professor Ian Nathan
Thursday 23 February 2012
Islam today often gets a bad press, especially in the Western media. Professor Netton aims to refute popular misconceptions.
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8 Mar
2012
‘My God this is an awful place’
by Peter Warwick
Thursday 8 March 2012
March 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the death of Captain Robert Falcon Scott Royal Navy and this lecture is the heroic story of his fatal Terra Nova expedition.
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22 Mar
2012
Berlin and the Fall of The Wall – Days That Changed The World – a Personal Reflection
by Major General Sir Robert Corbett
Thursday 22 March 2012
General Corbett was the twenty-first, and last, British Commandant in Berlin at the time of the fall of the Wall and the collapse of Communism.
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