Speaker: Andrew Long Pub names in this country are a centuries-old tapestry of local history, heraldry, folklore, and humour, reflecting the social, political and cultural shifts of the time. The […]

Speaker: Roger Thomas Roger describes the extraordinary range of archaeological discoveries in the town and its immediate surroundings (including Radley). These range from Neanderthal handaxes and prehistoric burial mounds to […]

Speaker: Jan Marshall The system of twinned towns in the UK dates to the end of the Second World War. Jan Marshall explains how town twinning came about and explores […]

Speaker: Stephen Wass Stephen, a freelance archaeologist, describes the different purposes of fishponds (they weren't just for fish) in the Oxfordshire landscape over the centuries starting in Roman times, through the […]

Speaker: Gillian Cane Bletchley Park, a country house and estate near Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, became a vital centre of Allied codebreaking during the Second World War. Gillian outlines its […]