1913: The End Of An Era

Day Special

1913 was the last full year of peace before The First War changed our society for ever. For some the pre war world was one of glitter and extravagance, for others one of darkness and grinding poverty. We shall explore both worlds in order to obtain a snapshot of Britain on the brink of war....read more

The M Room: Secret Listeners who bugged the Nazis in WW2

This half-day seminar explores the story of the German émigrés who worked for British Intelligence in a unit as top-secret as Bletchley Park......read more

Rising Dragon, Setting Sun?

China and Japan have long been traditional enemies and events in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries did nothing to lessen this conflict. Today age old rivalries are resurfacing in ways which could have significance for the wider world. We shall place current divisions and tensions within their historical context....read more

Meet The Historian
Richard III: The Man and the Myth

Shakespeare’s Richard III demonstrates how the historical record can be distorted and misinterpreted. It depicts Richard III’s Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign which lasted from 1483 to 1485, portraying him as a sinister, bloody tyrant, a monstrous being incredible in any historical context....read more