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27 Sep
2022

Supermac: The Last Edwardian – a portrait of Harold Macmillan as Prime Minister

by Andrew J Baker

Tuesday 27 September 2022
What shaped Macmillan’s character and beliefs; what tragedies beset his personal life; his style, vision, wit and melancholy; his place in history.
11 Oct
2022

Creating a ‘Usable’ Past: The Legacy of the 1917 Revolution in modern Russia

by Dr Matthew Rendle

Tuesday 11 October 2022
This talk explores how Putin’s Russia has attempted a delicate balancing act whilst commemorating the centenary of the 1917 Revolution.
25 Oct
2022

Dr Marie Stopes: Her life and times (1880-1958)

by David Carter

Tuesday 25 October 2022
Marie Stopes known as a birth control pioneer was also a respected paleobotanist and Portland Museum’s founder and first curator.
8 Nov
2022

Great Historical Gardens of Italy

by Mary Jacobsen

Tuesday 8 November 2022
Around Rome and southern Italy are some of the most famous Roman, Antique, High Renaissance, Mannerist and 20th century gardens in Italy, playing an important role in the history of garden design.
22 Nov
2022

Early modern queens on screen: victors, victims, villains, virgins and viragoes

by Dr Ellie Woodacre

Tuesday 22 November 2022
This talk highlights the range of typologies or stereotypes employed to depict the lives of early modern queens on film.
6 Dec
2022

A Moral Threesome: Florence Nightingale and the Herberts

by Dr Ruscombe Foster

Tuesday 6 December 2022
One of Britain’s greatest heroines owed much to a now largely forgotten glamorous couple: the Herberts of Wilton House..
5 Jan
2023

Dorset and the Civil War

by Richard Warren

Thursday 5 January 2023
This talk explores how Dorset’s experience of the Civil War compared with other areas and connected to the wider conflict by taking a broadly thematic approach.
19 Jan
2023

Last Supper in Pompeii: the Roman love affair with food and drink

by Professor Paul Roberts

Thursday 19 January 2023
Last Supper in Pompeii celebrates the Roman love affair with food and drink.
26 Jan
2023

Out of China: How the Chinese ended the era of Western domination

by Professor Robert Bickers

Thursday 26 January 2023
This talk explores Why today’s assertive and economically successful China dwells on its past: why does its history matter?
2 Feb
2023

Chartism and the Plug Plot Riots of 1840s

by Brent Shore

Thursday 2 February 2023
The topic will be discussed with reference to the research and writing of Brent’s 2019 novel “Blessed are the Meek”.
16 Feb
2023

The Anglo-Saxons

by Dr Marc Morris

Thursday 16 February 2023
A presentation on the turbulent history of the Anglo-Saxons.
2 Mar
2023

The Making of the Riviera: People and Places

by Julian Halsby

Thursday 2 March 2023
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.
16 Mar
2023

Where history meets legend: research and presentation at Tintagel Castle, Cornwall

by Dr Susan Greaney

Thursday 16 March 2023
The intriguing and intertwined stories of history and legend at Tintagel Castle, including recent research and presentation on site.