Almshouses: Past, Present and Local.
Robert doesn’t tend to advertise his talks (even though he does 60+ a year), but his latest subject is proving…
Category: Talks
The Lincolnshire Fens and Waterways: Folklore, Identity and Ecology.
Thursday 9th October, 2025. 7:00pm. Fearon Hall. £5, FREE to members. This talk by Dr. James Chantry explores the historical…
Apprenticeship and the Rise of London, 1500 – 1800.
Wednesday 15th October, 2025. 5:30pm. The London Archives. £10. An illustrated talk by Professor Patrick Wallis (London School of Economics).…
From Nation to Local: Re-Discovering England’s Places through A History of England in 25 Poems.
Friday 28th November, 2025. 3:00pm. Attenborough 101 and TEAMS. FREE. Centre for Regional and Local History & Centre for Urban…
Protest and the enclosure of urban public space in England from the late 18th century to the present.
Thursday 13th November, 2025. 2:00pm. Attenborough 101 and TEAMS. FREE. Centre for Regional and Local History & Centre for Urban…
Historian of UK Black History: Peter Fryer and Staying Power.
Thursday 23rd October, 2025. 2:00pm. Attenborough 101 and TEAMS. FREE. Centre for Regional and Local History & Centre for Urban…
Just for fun when the moon is shining: Exploring Narratives of Dance in Early Colonial Malawi – CANCELLED.
Centre for Regional and Local History & Centre for Urban History Autumn 2025 Seminar Series. Friday 10th October, 2025. 3:00pm.…
Ireland’s undiscovered past: the 1800s.
Friday 3rd October, 2025. 2:00pm – 3:00pm. Online. FREE. The history of 19th-century Ireland was dominated by big events, big…
Rutland Local History & Record Society – Our Local Viking Heritage.
Thursday 9th October, 2025. 7:30pm. Rutland County Museum. Professor Stephen Harding (Nottingham University) speaking on the Viking heritage of the…
Local History Afternoon with a Watery Theme.
Sunday 5th October, 2025. 2:00pm. Bishop Grosseteste University. £3. This event will showcase the publications of three local history societies.…
Surrey Heritage Online Talks.
All talks take place on Zoom. Subtitles included. Recording available for download the next day. Tickets £6. Please book a…
Votes for Women – Everywhere: 1866-1928.
Wednesday 8th October, 2025. 7:00pm – 8:00pm. Virtual. £5 non member. It took 62 years of campaigning for all women…
Edwardian Leicester.
Thursday 16th, October, 2025. 7:30pm. Clephan 0.01, De Montfort University, Leicester. Free. Cynthia Brown The Edwardian period in Leicester, loosely…
Journeys into Genealogy: Podcast.
Julian Pooley : The Gentleman’s Magazine Listen to Julian Pooley as he joins Emma Cox on the Journeys into Genealogy…