Forthcoming Talks

2026 Autumn/Winter

TUESDAY 6th October 7.30pm Dr Caroline Dakers

The many houses and their owners on the Fonthill Estate.

THURSDAY 15th October 10.30am Janet Way (Mere Literary Festival)

William Barnes and Mere

TUESDAY 10th November 7.30pm Christopher Graham Dunlop

Marking Remembrance Day – 1918 ‘The Long, Long Trail To Victory

MONDAY 23rd November 10.30am Andrew Ziminski

Author of “Church Going – A stonemason’s Guide to the Churches of the British Isles.”

TUESDAY 8th December 7.30pm Frank Marshall

Shakleton’s expedition to the South Pole includes rare photographs.

MONDAY 14th December 10.30am Roy Beavis

The humanitarian response to the 2024 Tsunami

2027 

TUESDAY January 12th 7.30pm Deborah Jones

Shaftesbury Abbey

MONDAY January 25th 10.30am Dorothy Treasure

Vernacular Buildings of Wiltshire – Wiltshire Buildings Record

Tuesday February 9th 7.30pm Julian Richards

Topic to be confirmed

Monday February 22nd 10.30am Peter Landymore

History of Economy