What were they like and would you have survived? 250312 BCS Talk PosterDownload

A Talk by Brian Growthorpe on 13th November 2024 Many of us are familiar with the name William Morris and perhaps associate it with the Strawberry Thief pattern popularised in soft furnishings. How many more facets to William Morris’ character were revealed to us at our November Talk by Brian Gowthorpe. William Morris (1834 – […]

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A talk by Colm O’Brien – 16th October 2024 It is usual when  reading history we view events from our own 21st century  perspective of norms and values.  Colm O’Brien was successful in taking us back to Anglo-Saxon England to hear about Bede’s attitudes to Kingship described in his various writings. Readings from Bede’s work […]

a presentation by Gilbert O’Brien – 11th September 2024 Honorary Archivist of The Georgian Group for Berwick upon Tweed Civic Society & Heritage Open Days (HODS) Founded in 1937 The Georgian Group is the national charity for the preservation of Georgian buildings, parks, gardens and monuments. It’s inception followed many turbulent years of struggle for […]

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A talk by David Saunders (Emeritus Professor of Russian History, Newcastle University) – 10th July 2024 Abel has attracted a good deal of attention in recent years because of the part he plays in Steven Spielberg’s film Bridge of Spies (2015). But the film deals only with his arrest in New York in 1957, his […]