Sherborne Historical Society

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Sir Walter Ralegh at Sherborne by Anna Beer

Anna Beer, an expert in the life and times of both Sir Walter Ralegh and his fascinating wife, Bess Throckmorton, will be exploring the significance of Sherborne to both members of this intriguing Tudor power couple. Turning attention away from London and the royal court, Beer will show how and why Sherborne Castle – and […]

Fri 25 SeptSherborne Historical Society

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Lady Anne Clifford: A Medieval Great Lady in the 17th Century

Dr Adam White is a retired museum curator who worked for 33 years at Leeds Museums and Galleries, mainly in the two country houses which the City owns, Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall. He has a special interest in the architecture and sculpture of 17th century Britain, on which he has published widely.

Fri 9 OctSherborne Historical Society

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The Teutonic Knights: Rise and Fall of a Religious Corporation

Aleksander Pluskowski is Professor of Medieval Archaeology at the University of Reading, UK, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. He obtained his PhD at the University of Cambridge and was awarded a Junior Research Fellowship at Clare College. His research broadly focuses on the relationship between nature and culture in medieval Europe, and particularly within frontier societies. He has worked in the Baltic region for over a decade and his related books include The Archaeology of the Prussian Crusade: Holy War and Colonisation (Routledge 2012; second

Fri 23 OctSherborne Historical Society

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A Toxic Embrace: Russia’s Church and State through the Centuries

Lucy Ash is an acclaimed presenter of radio and TV documentaries on foreign affairs. She lived in Moscow from 1990-1994 where she ran the bureau of BBC radio during the attempted coup by hardliners and the subsequent collapse of the USSR. During the turbulent years of post-Soviet Russia, she reported for the BBC and Scotland On Sunday. Since then she has won the Sony Gold, Amnesty International, the One World Radio Documentary Award, New York Festivals Radio Award and Radio Story of the Year award from the Foreign Press Association. She has a lifelong interest in Russian history and is fascinated by the way stories from the past inform the present. The Baton and The Cross is her first book. Ash studied at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, New College, Oxford and City University School of Journalism. She is married to the journalist and author John Kampfner and they have two daughters.

Fri 6 NovSherborne Historical Society

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Courts-martial in the British Expeditionary Force: justice and discipline on the Western Front

Zeb Micic has been a Master at Sherborne School since 2024, where he teaches History and Politics. He is a member of council of the Society for Army Historical Research, and has written on various aspects of the British Army’s history.

Fri 20 NovSherborne Historical Society

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Sir Edwin Lutyens, Society and Politics: The making of a great British architect

This talk is an examination of how the career of the greatest British architect of the first half of the 20th century was built, uniquely, on complex ties of family and friendship

Fri 4 DecSherborne Historical Society

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