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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.