Canterbury Branch Programme
Branch contact: All enquiries to Mr Patrick McKeating hacanterburybranch@gmail.com
Venues: All talks are held on Thursdays, starting at 7.00pm at different venues around Canterbury, as listed below.
Branch membership: £10 a year. Non-members pay £5 to attend each lecture; students go free.
Branch website: no website but social media links are
X page, https://x.com/CanterburyHA and
Bluesky page, https://bsky.app/profile/canterburyha.bsky.social
Canterbury Branch Programme 2026 -27
Thursday 8 October 2026
‘Victoria’s Secret - uncovering the true story of Queen Victoria’s last love’
Dr. Fern Riddell
Venue: Michael Berry Lecture Theatre, Old Sessions House, Canterbury Christ Church University CT1 1PH
Thursday 5 November 2026
‘Cardinal Sins: Killing Cardinals in Early Modern Europe’
Antonio Pattori, University of Oxford
Venue: Grimond Lecture Theatre 3, University of Kent, CT2 7NZ
Thursday 3 December 2026
‘Decoding the Bayeux Tapestry'
Patricia Erskine-Hill
Venue: Kent College Chapel, Canterbury CT2 9DT
Thursday 14 January 2027
‘Spires and towers: the churches of the City of London’
Professor Mark Connelly, University of Kent
Venue: Kent College Chapel, Canterbury CT2 9DT
Thursday 4 February 2027
‘The Kent Uprising: Sir William Courtenay and the Battle of Bossenden Wood, 1838’
Ian Breckon
Venue: Clagett Auditorium, Canterbury Cathedral, CT1 2EG
Thursday 4 March 2027
‘Poisoning, Slander and Embezzlement: The Scandalous and Corrupt Court of King
James I?’
Amilia Gillies, University of Kent
Venue: Science Auditorium, Mint Yard Gate, King’s School Canterbury CT1 2EZ
Thursday 6 May 2027
‘Still Seeking Its Role: Britain and the World since 1945’
Dr James Ellison, Queen Mary University of London
Venue: Science Auditorium, Mint Yard Gate, King’s School Canterbury CT1 2EZ
Thursday 3 June 2027
‘From bondage to freedom, or not? Serfdom in Europe, 1300-1800’
Professor Mark Bailey, University of East Anglia
Venue: Kent College Chapel, Canterbury CT2 9DT