For all enquires and for events where pre-booking is required, please contact:

Jill Kilsby MA, MBA, 8 Purley Oaks Road, Sanderstead, Surrey, CR2 ONP

Email: jillkilsby2012@live.co.uk | Tel: 07957 627783

All talks start at 2pm and take place at St. Anne’s Church 55 Dean Street, London W1S 6AF, Allen Room, first floor (lift available). The venue is accessible via various bus routes, and tube stations and Charing Cross Station is not far away.

Associate membership fees Individual £12.50 per year, Joint Family £20. Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors £4.

Central London Branch Programme 2026-7

Saturday 7^th November 2026

Prince George and Master Frederick

Rosalind Freeborn will be telling the story behind her novel, ‘Prince George & Master Frederick’, the fascinating life of Frederick Blomberg, the secret son of King George III who was adopted into the royal household to serve as a playmate for young Prince George, the future George IV.  Sharing details of her extensive research into Frederick who is rarely mentioned by historians and royal biographers, she will shed light on an important royal character and the age in which he lived.

 

Saturday 5^th December 2026

Agincourt: Myth and Reality

Professor Anne Curry, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Southampton

The session will be followed by the Branch Social.  This is free for Central London Branch members and £8    for all others. 

Please note that prebooking is essential for everyone  who wishes to attend.

 

Saturday 23^rd January 2027

The Tudors (title tbc)

Professor Susan Duran, Professor of Early Modern British History at the University of Oxford

 

Saturday 10^th April 2027

The Bayeux Tapestry

Professor David Bates, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia

 

Saturday 5^th June 2027 

Ukraine in the 20^th Century (title tbc)

Professor Kristina Spohr, Professor of International History at the LSE