Hertfordshire Branch Programme


Hertfordshire Branch Programme 2023-24

Meetings are held at the Backhouse Room, 116 Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire AL8 6SZ at 3.00pm

Saturday October 14th, 2023
The East German revolution of 1989
Dr Gareth Dale, Brunel University

Saturday November 11th, 2023
Oliver Cromwell: hero or villain?
Dr David Smith, Selwyn College Cambridge

Saturday 16th December, 2023
From Sweeney Todd to Varney the Vampire: Popular Literature in the Age of the Chartists, 1830-1850
Professor Rohan McWilliam, Anglia Ruskin University

Saturday January 13th, 2024
Religion and the First World War
Roger Thompson

Saturday February 10th, 2024
The rise of France to the reign of Philip Augustus
Dr Eric Boston, Cambridge School of Arts and Sciences

Saturday March 16th, 2024
The Italian Renaissance and links with France and England
Professor Glenn Richardson, St Mary's University



Meetings are free for members, £3 for visitors. Associate membership £10 per season. 

For more information contact Barbara Wiltshire barbarag.wiltshire@btinternet.com or telephone 01438 716020