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One of the HA’s aims is to bring you accessible and enjoyable history wherever you are based and whatever amount of time you have to dedicate to it. That's why we work to put together a regular programme of events with a variety of formats and delivery. You might prefer...

The coast means something different to everyone. It’s a place of pleasure and reckless pursuits, of fishing, fearless endeavours and a crashing, rugged beauty. The coast is, and always has been, our first line of defence and our springboard to other cultures. Through the lens of 100 carefully selected objects,...

Catalina Micaela was the younger daughter of Philip II of Spain who wrote extensively to her husband Carlo Emanrele I of Savoy. Those letters reveal what the life of a female Spanish royal was like, the events at court and the pressures on the families, providing an insight into Spain...

The Crusades were traditionally studied as an extension of western European history. In recent decades, however, historians have begun to study the Crusades from the perspective of Middle Eastern history, through sources left behind by local Muslims as well as Eastern Christians. This presentation will discuss this shift in the...

The Hotel Lutetia is a Paris institution, the only ‘grand’ hotel on the city’s bohemian Left Bank. Ever since it opened, it has served as a meeting place for artists, musicians and politicians. André Gide took his lunch here, James Joyce lived in one of its rooms, Picasso and Matisse...

There are many myths and legends surrounding the Vikings and their legacy. In this talk Eleanor Barraclough will reveal the material culture left behind of these people and what it can tell us about their real lives, experiences and impact. Dr Eleanor Barraclough FRHS, FSA, FRSA is a historian, author...

Since the end of the Second World War, there has been much talk of 'revolutions' in gender relationships and sexual behaviour. Many observers have pointed to significant increases in women's participation in politics and paid employment, of new sexual identities and the emergence of a more sexually expressive culture, and...