Date: Wednesday 26th November 2025 Doors open 2pm, talk starts 2:30pm Topic: MI9; A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in WW2 Speaker: Helen Fry When Allied fighters were trapped behind enemy lines during WWII, one branch of military intelligence helped them escape: MI9. The organization set up clandestine escape routes that […]
Wednesday 28 January 2026 The Profumo Affair The Profumo affair was a major scandal in British politics during the early 1960s. John Profumo, the 46-year-old Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan’s Conservative government, had an extramarital affair with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler beginning in 1961. Profumo denied the affair in a statement […]
Wednesday 25 February 2026 Ooh Matron! A History of Carry On Films One of the most enduring and popular of film comedies are the Carry On films. 31 films were made between 1958 and 1992 and their reputation for bawdy fun has never disappeared. This talk takes us through the rise of this beloved series, […]
Wednesday 25 March 2026 Oliver Cromwell: Hero or Villain Oliver Cromwell remains one of the most controversial and complex figures in British history. He ruled over what was so far the only republic in British history, and he deeply divided his contemporaries over whether he was a hero or a villain. Historians’ assessments of Cromwell […]
