Talks begin at 8 p.m.
Programme of Virtual Talks Autumn 2020
21 September 2020
Liz Woolley
Freelance Oxfordshire local historian
'Beer, sausages & marmalade; Oxford food and drink in the nineteenth century'
19 October 2020 (incl AGM)
Craig Ogden
Classical Guitarist
Director of Guitar, Royal Northern College of Music
‘ ‘This Old Guitar’ – Reflections on a life in music ’
16 November 2020
Dominic Hare
CEO Blenheim Palace
'Contradictions and Complications. Blenheim’s Relationship with the World’
14 December 2020
Professor Marcus du Sautoy OBE FRS
Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science,
University of Oxford. Academic, Writer, and Broadcaster
‘The Creativity Code’
Programme of Talks 2021
18 January 2021
Rt Hon The Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws QC
Barrister, Broadcaster
‘Is the Rule of Law under threat under these populist times? ’
15 February 2021
Mr Peter Penfold CMG, OBE
former High Commissioner Sierra Leone
‘African Anecdotes…Bygone Diplomacy’
15 March 2021
Dr Janina Ramirez
British Art and Cultural Historian, Broadcaster, Author.
Dept of Continuing Education, University of Oxford
'Woodstock’s Romantic Heroine: Finding Lost Medieval Women'
19 April 2021
Professor Helen King
Professor Emerita of Classical Studies, Open University
'Bodies, disease and medicine: Hippocrates and history'
17 May 2021
Jacqueline Thalmann
Curator, Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford
‘When art came to Oxford: Christ Church Picture Gallery and the inspiration behind it’
20 September 2021
Dr Xa Sturgis
Director, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
‘Not Just a Knickknackatory – the Ashmolean Museum’
18 October 2021
Professor William Whyte
Professor of Social & Architectural History
St John’s College, University of Oxford
‘The growth of Victorian Oxford’
15 November 2021
Dr Wendy Morrison
Beacons of the Past Project Manager, Chiltern Conservation Board
'Beacons of the Past: Citizen Science and LiDAR shedding light on the Chilterns Landscape’
13 December 2021
Mr Richard Wigmore
Writer, Lecturer and Broadcaster
‘Handel's oratorios’
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