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25 Sep
2012

Merchandise, Merriment and Middens: an odyssey through the 18th century streets of Sherborne

by George Tatham

Tuesday 25 September 2012
This talk will consider aspects of the cultural, social and economic experience of living in 18th century Sherborne with its market, industries, shops, inns and two provincial newspapers.
9 Oct
2012

Alan Turing – Bletchley Park Codebreaker

by Dr Mark Baldwin

Tuesday 9 October 2012
Using an unrivalled collection of slides, Dr Baldwin will explain the workings of the Enigma machine.
23 Oct
2012

Empires of the Sea: the Mediterranean in the Sixteenth Century

by Roger Crowley

Tuesday 23 October 2012
In the sixteenth century the Mediterranean became the battleground for an epic maritime struggle between the Ottoman Empire and Christian Europe.
13 Nov
2012

The Brookes of Sarawak and the British North Borneo Company

by Adrian Thorpe

Tuesday 13 November 2012
For 100 years Sarawak, a part of Borneo the size of England, was ruled as an independent state by an English family – the White Rajahs of Sarawak.
27 Nov
2012

Commander Ian Fleming – Naval Intelligence

by Kathy McNally

Tuesday 27 November 2012
Ian Fleming’s role in WW2’s secret operations was ‘equal to the most fantastic inventions of romance and melodrama’ according to Winston Churchill. Kathy McNally tells of Fleming’s role.
11 Dec
2012

Court Life in 13th Century England

by Dr Ben Wild

Tuesday 11 December 2012
The talk will seek to offer some new interpretations on Henry III’s reign by focusing on the politics of the royal court.
10 Jan
2013

Lady Butler: Battles Artist

by Felicity Herring

Thursday 10 January 2013
Lady Butler was born Elizabeth Thompson in 1846 and attended the Female School of Art at South Kensington.
24 Jan
2013

The Representation of the People Act (1918) and the coming of Democracy to Britain

by Professor Andrew Thorpe

Thursday 24 January 2013
The landmark ‘1918 Representation of the People Act’ brought mass democracy to Britain for the first time.
7 Feb
2013

Plant hunters and pioneers

by Caradoc Doy

Thursday 7 February 2013
The Story of the Veitch Nurseries of Exeter & Chelsea.
21 Feb
2013

The Great Stink

by Dr Stephen Halliday

Thursday 21 February 2013
In the sweltering summer of 1858 the Great Stink of sewage from the polluted Thames drove MPs from the Chamber of the House of Commons.
7 Mar
2013

The Exiled Collector

by Anne Sebba

Thursday 7 March 2013
In her lecture Anne Sebba, biographer of William Bankes : ‘the Exiled Collector’, will talk about William as a serious collector of  Ancient Egyptian artefacts and Spanish paintings.
21 Mar
2013

The search for the Durotriges – Dorset and the West Country in the Late Iron Age

by Martin Papworth

Thursday 21 March 2013
Who were these people, who, 2000 years ago, built great hillforts like Maiden Castle and Badbury Rings?