



Public Lecture Programme
These popular events feature in the programme from the Autumn to the Spring. Tickets for some of these lectures sell extremely quickly so do not delay in getting yours!
| 2008 | Date |
| Michael Wood on India |
Sunday, October 12, 2008
FULL
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| Brian Sewell on ‘Renaissance Faces’ |
Saturday, November 01, 2008
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| Brian Sewell on ‘Renaissance Faces’ |
Sunday, November 02, 2008
FULL
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| The Verneys: True Stories of Love, War and Madness in 17th-Century England with Adrian Tinniswood |
Sunday, November 16, 2008
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| The Atomic Bomb and The Origins of the Cold War |
Sunday, January 18, 2009
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| Einstein’s Universe with Brian Foster OBE FRS and Jack Liebeck |
Sunday, February 08, 2009
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| What Gardens Mean with Professor Christopher Tilley, University College London |
Sunday, February 15, 2009
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| The Politics of James Bond with Professor Jeremy Black, Exeter University |
Sunday, March 08, 2009
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| The English Civil War with Professor Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol |
Sunday, March 29, 2009
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| Sinner or Saint – The World’s Greatest Architect with Gijs van Hensbergen |
Sunday, May 03, 2009
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| Richard Holmes on Rebels and Redcoats |
Sunday, May 31, 2009
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Tickets Enquiry – daborer@somerset.gov.uk
| Previous lectures have included: | |
| Professor Richard Holmes on 'The First Duke of Marlborough' | |
| Jonathan Meades on 'Architecture - the Answer to All Our Woes!' | |
| Claire Fox on 'Standing Up for Free Speech' | |
| The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles | |
| Roy Hattersley on 'Borrowed Time' | |
| The Monuments and Landscape of Stonehenge | |
| Claire Tomalin on 'Thomas Hardy: The Time Torn Man' | |
| Defence od the Realm: Uk Intelligence and the Jihadist Terorist Threat | |
| Brian Sewell on 'Renaissance Siena: Art for a City' | |
| Brian Sewell on 'Renaissance Siena: Art for a City | |
| Agincourt: Exploding the Myth | |
| Demystifying Nuclear Energy | |
| Wireless Wars with Professor Sean Street, University of Bournemouth | |
| Professor Richard Holmes on 'Dusty Warriors' | |
| 'Superstrings' with Professor Brian Foster & Jack Liebeck | |
| The Battle for Real Food | |
| Michael Mansfield QC: 'A Law unto Himself' | |
| Professor Richard Dawkins on 'The God Delusion' | |
| Brian Sewell on Velázquez | |
| Richard Holmes on 'Sahib, the British Soldier in the Indian Army' | |