Past talks
Wednesday 9 November 2022: The Three Curses of Tutankhamun – Dr Juliette Desplat
A recording of this talk is available here.
Tuesday 11 October 2022: The Crimean War 1854-1856: what TNA can tell us about life behind the front line – Dr Mike Hinton
A recorrding of this talk is available here.
Wednesday 14 July 2022: History of British Holidays – Chris Heather
A recording of this talk is available here.
Tuesday 14 June 2022: Neville Chamberlain: Controversies and Achievements – Lord Lexden
This talk was not recorded.
Wednesday 18 May 2022: The Treasures of the Medieval Duchy of Lancaster – Professor Louise Wilkinson
A recording of this talk is available here.
Wednesday 27 April 2022: The History of the Farnborough Wind Tunnels – Bob Gentry
A recording of this talk is available here.
Wednesday 23 March 2022: The Jacobites and International Intrigue, 1708-1759 – Ralph Thompson
A recording of the talk will be available here.
Tuesday 22 February 2022: Crown & Sceptre: a new history of the British monarchy, William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II – Tracy Borman
A recording of the talk was available for two weeks following the talk, but it has now expired.
Wednesday 19 January 2022: Germany, the Cold War and the Berlin Wall – Simon Gregor
This talk was not recorded at the request of the speaker.
Tuesday 7 December 2021: Spymaster: The Man Who Saved MI6 – Helen Fry
This talk was not recorded at the request of the speaker.
Wednesday 3 November 2021: Licence to Spy? BRIXMIS and the Search for the Robertson-Malinin Agreement – Major General Peter Williams
A recording of the talk is available here.
Wednesday 13 October 2021: Aberfan October 1966: gross negligence and blame-shifting – Iain McLean
A recording of the talk will be available here.
Wednesday 15 September 2021: A Tale of Three Houses: Wilmcote, Warwickshire and the Shakespeare Family – Nat Alcock
A recording of the talk is available here.
Wednesday 1 September 2021: Written Treasure Found on Captured Ships 1650-1815 – Amanda Bevan
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Tuesday 27 July 2021: Plotting for Peace: American Peacemakers and British Codebreakers, 1914-1917 – Daniel Larsen
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Wednesday 30 June 2021: Henry V and the Conquest of Normandy 1417-1422 – Anne Curry
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Tuesday 1 June 2021: The Churchill Girls – Rachel Trethewey
A recording of this talk in now available here.
Tuesday 11 May 2021: Jack Tar’s Own Story – Stephen Taylor
A recording of the talk is available here.
Tuesday 6 April 2021: MI9: The Secret Service for Escape and Evasion – Helen Fry
This talk was not recorded at the request of the speaker.
Tuesday 23 March 2021: Who speaks for the flood? Exploring changing expectations in response to flooding and extreme weather in the UK – Alexander Hall
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Tuesday 1 December 2020: Documenting the Death of Adolf Hitler – Caroline Sharples
This talk was not recorded.
