Helen Close, WES Heritage Officer and Women's Historian, introduces us to a woman engineer, whose invention helped win the Second World War - Hampshire-born Beatrice ‘Tilly' Shilling.
WES Historian Ceryl Evans shares the story of the woman, Jeanie Dicks, who "lit up" Winchester Cathedral.
In a world before mechanisation, how did the Romans make the thread they needed to weave textiles – from clothing to mummy wrapping, from socks to ships’ sails? Join Dr Carey Fleiner to discover how this ubiquitous task translated into social custom.
A story to take us back over sixteen hundred years - involving accents, dialects and even food. The English Project’s lecture will show how Staffordshire English and Her Majesty’s English are related.
In 1403, Winchester was chosen to host an important royal event—the wedding of the new king Henry IV and his bride, Joan of Navarre. Hear all about this lavish celebration, and recreate some of the medieval dishes from the original menu.
Discover the stories of the Army and its people in the Air! Explore and discover how the army air corps and its people have changed over the past 100 years from the Royal Engineer Balloon section of the 1800s to the modern apache pilots!
Damian Dibben’s novels have been translated into twenty-seven languages, in more than forty countries. His young adult series, THE HISTORY KEEPERS, was described by The Observer as “one of the hottest properties in children’s fiction today.”
Place names imprinted a shared encyclopaedic knowledge on the landscape: where to find plants and animals; where to hunt; where to avoid because of pests or predators. Join Dr Eric Lacey to discover the knowledge that is hidden on your doorstep!
The Civil Wars in the 1640s and 1650s were some of the most destructive and catastrophic periods in British history. Listen to this talk to hear how Winchester College managed to survive thanks to a mixture of friends and sugarloaves.
