Last year's lectures

 To give an idea of the wide variety of subjects covered at the lectures, here is what was on last year's programme.

Painswick:

01/10/25   Beyond Treasure Trove: What makes Treasure Treasure?                         Gail Boyle

05/11/25    The work of the MOD War Detectives

                  Alexia Clark

03/12/25    Minch Church Reordering

                  Chiz Hayward

04/02/26    Tolkien's Gloucestershire: The Real Middle Earth'

                 Andy Meller

04/03/26   The Victoria County History for Gloucestershire: Making a                     Living on the River Severn in Minsterworth and Elmore

                 Simon Draper

01/04/26   Exquisite Embroideries to Glittering Glass: The Work of                         Women Artists in Cotswold Churches

                 Kirsty Hartsiotis

06/05/26   The Good, the Bad and The Ugly: The History of Polio                             Vaccines

                 Gareth Williams

Box:

21/10/25    Gloucestershire's Lost Birds 

                  Andrew Bluett

18/11/25    Newport Medieval Ship

                  Jeff Grosvenor

20/01/26    The Eurasian Hobby and its presence in the Cotswolds

                  Richard Tyler

17/02/26    The History of Stroud:” there’s naught that’s pretty, wise nor                   witty”

                  Ian Mackintosh

17/03/26    Life and Work of Edward Elgar

                  Timothy Brain

21/04/26    The Geology and Landscape of Gloucestershire

                  Dave Green

19/05/26    Swifts, Swallows and Martins

                  David Cramp

Visitors are very welcome to attend each lecture for £5 entry.

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