Meetings begin at 8.00 p.m. in the Church of St Mary Magdalene,
Woodstock. There will be no meetings by Zoom until further notice.
Forthcoming Talks
17 October 2022
7.30 p.m. A glass of wine on arrival and the Annual General Meeting of
The Woodstock Society, followed by:
Mr Nicholas Cleobury
International Operatic, Orchestral and Choral Conductor
Hon. Patron, Woodstock Music Society
From Choirstall to Rostrum, a Life in Music
21 November 2022
Mrs Alice Foster
Art Historian
Lecturer, Department of Continuing Education,
University of Oxford
The Art of Partying
12 December 2022
7.30 p.m. Mince Pies and Mulled Wine, followed by
Mr Richard Ovenden OBE
Bodley's Librarian
Head of University Gardens, Libraries and Museums
Fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford
Knowledge Under Attack - how libraries have
fought back for 3000 years
23 January 2023
Professor Sir Adrian Hill KBE FRS FMedSci FRCP
Director of the Jenner Institute, Oxford
Professor of Vaccinology
Fellow of Magdalen College, University of Oxford
New Vaccines for Global Challenges
20 February 2023
Professor Paul Newman
Director of Oxford Robotics Institute
BP Professor of Information
Engineering
Fellow of Keble College, University
of Oxford
Co-Founder and CTO, Oxbotica
Robots Will Drive You and Everything
20 March 2023
Mr Simon Heighes
Journalist, Critic and Broadcaster
Leading expert on Baroque music
The Great British Choral Tradition
on Record, 1888-2022
17 April 2023
Mr Peter Hilton
Former Chief Superintendent, British Transport Police
Tales from Six Decades of Policing
22 May 2023
Mr Will Gompertz
Artistic Director, The Barbican Centre, London
Former Arts Editor, BBC
Supernumerary Fellow of Harris Mansfield College,
University of Oxford
See What You're Missing
Previous Talks
26 September 2022 (postponed from 19 September)
Mr Stephen Barker
Heritage Advisor
Oxfordshire on the Home Front, 1914-18
20 September 2021 - by Zoom
Dr Xa Sturgis
Director, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Not Just a Knickknackatory - the Ashmolean Museum
18 October 2021 - preceded by AGM at 7.40 p.m.
Professor William Whyte
Professor of Social and Architectural History
St John's College, University of Oxford
The Growth of Victorian Oxford
15 November 2021 - by Zoom only
Dr Wendy Morrison
'Beacons of the Past' Project Manager
Chilterns Conservation Board
Citizen Science and LiDAR: Shedding Light
on the Chiltern Landscape
13 December 2021
7.30 p.m. Mince Pies and Mulled Wine in the Church
8.00 p.m. Mr Richard Wigmore
Writer, Lecturer and Broadcaster
Handel's Oratorios
17 January 2022
Admiral Sir Philip Jones GCB DL
Former First Sea Lord
The Role of the
Modern Royal Navy
21 February 2022
Dr Elizabeth Gemmill
Fellow of Kellogg College, University of Oxford
The Don on the Quad: My Year as Junior Proctor in the
University of Oxford
21 March 2022
The Very Reverend Jeremy Auld
Rector, Woodstock and Bladon Benefice
The Long Road to Woodstock
25 April 2022
Mr Carney Bonner
Emergency Response Operations Manager (South & Channel Islands), British Red Cross
An Insight into the British Red
Cross
Local Emergency Response
16 May 2022
Dr Philippa Joseph
Tutor in Art History, Oxford University
Department for Continuing Education
Senior Fellow, Institute of Historical Research,
University of London
Understanding the Alhambra: a Tale of Survival, Revival and
a Return to Splendour
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