RIVER - The Thames from source to sea

Sat 23 Jan 2027Doors 15:15

1000 Tudor People

The Library @ 5-7 Church Street · Stony Stratford

A unique compendium of biographies of people who flourished between 1485 and 1603. Not just a list of monarchs and politicians, it covers courtiers, soldiers, authors, sailors and criminals. Each biography outlines the individual’s achievements – some to amuse but always to inform and illustrate the richness of Tudor society. Melita Thomas is co-founder of Tudor Times (https://www.tudortimes.co.uk/), an online repository of information about the Tudors and Stuarts.

TheatreLiterature

Mon 25 Jan 2027Doors 18:45

MK at 60

The Library @ 5-7 Church Street · Stony Stratford

2027 is Milton Keynes’ 60th birthday. This talk will explain how and why MK was selected as a new town and what that meant in practice. Looking at other new towns and the aim to set out a new model for housing and town design, it will consider how MK developed compared to other new towns such as Irvine and Peterborough and how it aimed to build the urban society of the future. Alistair Fair is Reader in Architectural History at Edinburgh College of Art. He is the author of two books about the post-war New Towns.

TheatreLiterature

Wed 27 Jan 2027Doors 18:45

Stalin's Apostles

The Library @ 5-7 Church Street · Stony Stratford

Stalin’s Apostles is a radical new look at the way five people allowed their obsession with Communist ideology to overshadow any sense of morality or decency – or loyalty to Britain. Why did Maclean, Burgess, Philby, Blunt and Cairncross choose to betray their country? Their legacy is not just in the graveyards of Eastern Europe but at the heart of Putin’s Kremlin. Antonia Senior is a journalist, critic, podcaster and book reviewer for The Times newspaper. Stalin's Apostles is her first work of non-fiction.

TheatreLiterature

Sat 30 Jan 2027Doors 13:15

Tudor England

The Library @ 5-7 Church Street · Stony Stratford

Across the cities, towns and villages of England, Tudor families and communities lived through a time of great upheaval. Lucy Wooding lets their voices speak showing not just a monarchy under strain but how ordinary men and women thought, wrote and lived and died during that period of turbulence and international unrest. Lucy Wooding is Langford Fellow and Tutor in History at Lincoln College, Oxford.

TheatreLiterature

Sat 23 Jan 2027Doors 14:00

Robin Hood

Congregational Church · Oakham

A fun filled traditional pantomime for all the family. Robin Hood and his Merry Men take 0n the Wicked Sheriff of Nottingham. There is singing, dancing, laughter and lots of audience participation.

Theatre

Sat 23 Jan 2027Doors 18:30

Defying Gravity - West End Women

Corn Exchange · Ipswich

Theatre

Sun 24 Jan 2027Doors 13:30

Noel Streatfeild

All Saints Arts Centre · Lewes

Our annual celebration of a children’s writer with local connections features Noel Streatfeild and her first children’s book, Ballet Shoes (1936). Kim Reynolds will discuss this richly layered book and its many adaptations. Image reproduced by kind permission of Inga Moore and The Folio Society

TheatreLiterature

Sun 24 Jan 2027Doors 14:00

Target Book Club North

53Two · Manchester

Target Book Club is coming to Manchester with an afternoon of talks (some academic, some fun, many both) bombarding attendees with new information, questionable theories, rampant speculation and jaw-dropping facts about Target Doctor Who Books. In addition, we'll be celebrating the launch of Simon Guerrier's The Six Doctors - he'll be reading from the book and signing copies (hopefully!). There'll be talks, there'll be readings, there'll be lots of discussion.

TheatreLiterature