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Professor Anne Curry, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Southampton, returns to the branch for the first time since 2006 when she compared Agincourt and Bosworth. On this visit she will address English views of Joan of Arc from the 15th to 21st centuries. Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society and formerly…

Giles Milton on the topic of his book Checkmate in Berlin. Mr. Milton is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a renowned author who specialises in narrative history. The Times described Milton as being able to “take an event from history and make it come alive”. His lecture will tell the story of…

Annie Garthwaite. Author of the highly acclaimed historical novel CECILY. Hailed by some as the new Hilary Mantel. Cecily Neville, the 15th century’s most powerful matriarch.   How to write a historical novel and how women exerted power and influence in the late Medieval period. Cecily-mother of two kings-Edward IV and Richard III, wife of the…

Dr Elena Woodacre, Reader in Renaissance History, University of Winchester on Queens as co-rulers: Examining power sharing and ruling partnerships in the premodern world.

George Morton-Jack. The Indian Empire at War. The response to the publication of The Indian Army at War, a ground breaking account of the role of the Indian Army in World War 1, was almost universal acclaim. “Extraordinarily original” Max Hastings; “Superb Revelatory and written with brilliant verve” Andrew Roberts; “Fills a gap that should…

Professor Michael Hicks, Professor Emeritus, University of Winchester. Richard III – The most Infamous King. After a lifetime of study Emeritus Professor Michael Hicks gives his interpretation of that most contested English monarch, Richard III.