Programme of talks for 2025-2026 published

The full programme of talks at Radley History Club’s monthly meetings from September 2025 to September 2026 is now available. View details of each talk in the Events calendar on this website.

DateSpeakerTalk title
2025
08-SepSimon WenhamMore than Three Men in a Boat: the rise and fall of pleasure boating on the Thames
13-OctLiz Woolley‘Some may question its flavour, but none its potency’: a history of brewing in Oxford a history of brewing in Oxford
10-NovPaul BoothFrom Roman Britain to Early Anglo-Saxon England: archaeological evidence from Dorchester-on-Thames
2026
12-JanRichard DuddingWick Hall: the story of a house and a family
09-FebSteven GunnEveryday life and accidental death in 16th century Oxfordshire and Berkshire
09-MarJohn Lowe‘Always Ready, Always Willing’: Fires and firefighting in the city of Oxford from 879 to 1974
13-AprHubert ZawadzkiMy Polish father’s experiences in WW2 from Gulag to Normandy and Scotland
11-MayMike HurstTracks to trenches
08-JunStephen WassGarden archaeology: ‘not that kind of digging’
13-JulVictoria BentataAlice and the Dodo in Oxford
08-SepMelanie KingSarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough: taking the waters in Bath, Scarborough and Windsor Great Park