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29 Sep
2020

The Wars of 9/11 – POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE DUE TO PANDEMIC

by General Sir Robert Fry

Tuesday 29 September 2020
An account of the wars started by the 9/11 attacks and their place in history.
13 Oct
2020

Marie Stopes: Her Life and Times 1880-1958 – POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE DUE TO PANDEMIC

by David Carter

Tuesday 13 October 2020
Marie Stopes known as a birth control pioneer was also a respected paleobotanist and Portland Museum’s founder and first curator.
27 Oct
2020

Creating a ‘Usable’ Past: The Legacy of the 1917 Revolution in Modern Russia – POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE DUE TO PANDEMIC

by Dr Matthew Rendle

Tuesday 27 October 2020
This talk explores how Putin’s Russia has attempted a delicate balancing act whilst commemorating the centenary of the 1917 Revolution.
10 Nov
2020

Out of China: How the Chinese ended the era of Western domination – POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE DUE TO PANDEMIC

by Professor Robert Bickers

Tuesday 10 November 2020
This talk explores Why today’s assertive and economically successful China dwells on its past: why does its history matter?
24 Nov
2020

Sugar – POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE DUE TO PANDEMIC

by Professor James Walvin

Tuesday 24 November 2020
8 Dec
2020

A Moral Threesome: Florence Nightingale and the Herberts – POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE DUE TO PANDEMIC

by Dr Ruscombe Foster

Tuesday 8 December 2020
One of Britain’s greatest heroines owed much to a now largely forgotten glamourous couple: the Herberts of Wilton House.   
7 Jan
2021

Byzantium and the fall of Constantinople – POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE DUE TO PANDEMIC

by Professor Jonathan Harris

Thursday 7 January 2021
The last days of Byzantium as its impregnable capital city was besieged by the Ottoman Sultan in May 1453.
21 Jan
2021

Last Supper in Pompeii – POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE DUE TO PANDEMIC

by Professor Paul Roberts

Thursday 21 January 2021
Last Supper in Pompeii celebrates the Roman love affair with food and drink,
4 Feb
2021

Chartism and the Plug Plot Riots of 1840’s – POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE DUE TO PANDEMIC

by Brent Shore

Thursday 4 February 2021
I will consider the topic with reference to the research and writing of my 2019 novel “Blessed are the Meek”.
18 Feb
2021

Supermac: The Last Edwardian – a Portrait of Harold Macmillan as Prime Minister – POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE DUE TO PANDEMIC

by Andrew Baker

Thursday 18 February 2021
What shaped Macmillan’s character and beliefs; what tragedies beset his personal life; his style, vision, wit and melancholy; his place in history.
4 Mar
2021

The Making of the Riviera – People and Places – POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE DUE TO PANDEMIC

by Julian Halsby

Thursday 4 March 2021
The Riviera became the centre for artists, writers, politicians, musicians and architects as well as the super-rich between 1918 and 1939. I examine their gilded existence.