Talks
Fully illustrated Talks that take from 45 minutes to an hour but can be tailored to your needs.
Arts
2,000yrs of History Hanging Above our Heads; the Origins of the English
Pub Sign
Literature
English Idioms, Idiotic and Engaging; the Things we Say!
Governour, the Play
A Once in a Lifetime Find, a lost ‘Shakespearean’ play found (SJW / JVY)
How a lost C17th Tragi-Comedy was brought back to Life. (SJW / JVY)
Medieval - Augustinian
The Canons’ Route: Dunstable to Derbyshire
Dunstable Annals: Local, National and International
Lands and Lead Mines of Dunstable’s Augustinian Priory
Life in an Augustinian Medieval Priory
Medieval Dunstable; a Dot.Com Business
Holy John Schorne: the Original Jack in the Box (JVY & SJW)
John Benet, the Chronicler (JVY & SJW)
Tudor - Stuart
The Gunpowder Plot and the Treshams
The Governour Play (see Literature)
Month by Month
January Chinese New Year
July Henley Royal Regatta – open the Pimms (JVY & SJW)
November The Gunpowder Plot – the Treshams of Rushton
Music
Three Choirs Festival 2016
Sport
Tommy Coleman, the Father of Steeplechasing
Squire Osbaldeston, Sportsman, Duellist and Gambler
Travel
2,000yrs of History Hanging Above our Heads; the Origins of English
Pub Signs
A Japanese Jaunt
Albania – the next holiday hotspot
Arctic Adventure; Islands and Icebergs
A Thousand Miles up the Amazon
Rainforest to Reef: Queensland, Australia
Caribbean Islands
China and the Terracotta Warriors
India’s Golden Triangle
Malacca to the Maldives
New Zealand Highlights
Oman, Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Safari in Senegal and a Glimpse of Gambia
Through the Suez Canal, Sharm el Sheikh to the Pyramids of Giza
Singapore to Hong Kong
Crimea and Florence Nightingale
World War II
Fakers and Forgers of WWII
King Zog, Queen Geraldine of Albania in exile in the Chilterns
Waging a Secret War in the Chilterns
Czechs in Exile
