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Talks : Tilo’s Talk on Dublin

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Starts: Monday, 06 January 2025 at 7:30PM
Ends: Monday, 06 January 2025 at 8:30PM



Available spaces: 212
Host: Tilo Flache

For a short period in the 17th century, Dublin was briefly the 2nd largest city in the British Empire. Its history goes back much further, though, and Dublin Castle and Trinity College are stark remin...

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Talks : Simon’s Talk on Victorian Whitechapel

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Starts: Wednesday, 08 January 2025 at 1:00PM
Ends: Wednesday, 08 January 2025 at 2:00PM



Available spaces: 216
Host: Simon Gregor

Travel back in time with Simon, to explore Whitechapel in the nineteenth century. Discover the colourful history of this part of London, from pubs to lodging houses, and churches to shelters for the p...

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Talks : Tilo’s Talk on Berlin

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Starts: Monday, 13 January 2025 at 7:30PM
Ends: Monday, 13 January 2025 at 8:30PM



Available spaces: 236
Host: Tilo Flache

The city of Berlin has many faces: a strictly Prussian side, a post-war one, a hippy outlook on life, and of course the post-unification one where Berlin is once again the centre of German culture and...

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Talks : Simon’s Talk on Moments in American History – The War of 1812

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Starts: Wednesday, 15 January 2025 at 1:00PM
Ends: Wednesday, 15 January 2025 at 2:00PM



Available spaces: 245
Host: Simon Gregor

 The first decade of the 1800s had been characterised by a huge expansion of the USA, with the Louisiana Purchase and the subsequent Lewis-Clark expedition.  But by the 1810s, war was brewing, both ...

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Talks : Peter’s Talk on Beneath the City Streets – London’s Unseen History Part 1

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Starts: Wednesday, 15 January 2025 at 7:30PM
Ends: Wednesday, 15 January 2025 at 8:30PM



Available spaces: 228
Host: Peter Lawrence

Using his in-depth knowledge of London, in part gathered during his days at Scotland Yard, Peter takes you on a tour of lost rivers, buildings and archaeology of a London now deep underground.Zoom log...

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Talks : Tilo’s Talk on Mexico City

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Starts: Monday, 20 January 2025 at 7:30PM
Ends: Monday, 20 January 2025 at 8:30PM



Available spaces: 244
Host: Tilo Flache

Surrounded by a ring of volcanos, Mexico City sits on land that used to be a lake only 500 years ago. You’ll find an amazing array of museums, diverse neighbourhoods, historical and modern buildings...

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Talks : Simon’s Introduction to the Poetry of Wordsworth

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Starts: Wednesday, 22 January 2025 at 1:00PM
Ends: Wednesday, 22 January 2025 at 2:00PM



Available spaces: 244
Host: Simon Gregor

Wordsworth, along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is often credited with "founding" the Romantic movement in English poetry with the publication of "Lyrical Ballads" in 1798. In contrast to many of the ...

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Talks : Tilo’s Talk on Hungary

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Starts: Monday, 27 January 2025 at 7:30PM
Ends: Monday, 27 January 2025 at 8:30PM



Available spaces: 243
Host: Tilo Flache

A language island in the middle of Europe. A proud nation with its own history, distinct culture and identity that has grown out of the desire to make this land its own, adopting elements from its nei...

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Talks : Simon’s Talk on US Presidents – Herbert Hoover

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Starts: Wednesday, 29 January 2025 at 1:00PM
Ends: Wednesday, 29 January 2025 at 2:00PM



Available spaces: 242
Host: Simon Gregor

Herbert Hoover would take over the presidency from Calvin Coolidge at the end of the 1920s.  In some ways, they had similar ideas - both were Republicans with concerns about the growth of Federal gov...

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Talks : Peter’s Talk on Reading the Timbers – East Anglia’s Ancient Buildings

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Starts: Wednesday, 29 January 2025 at 7:30PM
Ends: Wednesday, 29 January 2025 at 8:30PM



Available spaces: 241
Host: Peter Lawrence

“Hearts of Oak” and “A Square Peg Into A Round Hole” are expressions that come down to us from the medieval housebuilder. Peter will share his early passion for timber framed buildings and how...

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Talks : Tilo’s Talk on Cambodia

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Starts: Monday, 03 February 2025 at 7:30PM
Ends: Monday, 03 February 2025 at 8:30PM



Available spaces: 247
Host: Tilo Flache

You hear “Cambodia”, and you probably immediately think of “the temples of Angkor Wat”. However, Cambodia is full of interesting places, both cultural and in the shape of exciting landscapes a...

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