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What's On Winchester Catholic History Society, Winchester

What's On

Programme of Talks
September 2024 - June 2025

Talks will be held in the

Parish Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester, SO23 8RY

at 6.30pm (unless indicated otherwise)

and others at Winchester College, starting at 7pm.

September

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Dr NICOLA TALLIS

'Young Elizabeth: Princess, Prisoner, Queen'

An informative and engaging account of the life of Queen Elizabeth 1 of England from her birth to the time she came to the throne.

Wednesday 18th September 2024

Starts at 6.30pm

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October

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Professor ALICE HUNT

'Republic: Britain's Revolutionary Decade, 1649 - 1660'

A dazzling new history of the Interregnum, a turbulent decade of Republican rule.

Wednesday 16th October 2024

Starts at 6.30pm

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November

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The Revd Professor

Diarmaid MacCulloch

Kt FBA

'Thomas Cromwell, post Wolf Hall'

Thomas Cromwell is one of the most famous, or notorious figures in English Tudor history. A 16th Century fixer to Henry VIII, loathed by the nobility, who was intent on revolutionising the Church.

Wednesday 27th November 2024

at Winchester College 

Starts at 7pm

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December

The Annual General Meeting starts at 6pm

Dr SIMON ROFFEY

'Suffering & Sanctity: The Excavations of St Mary Magdalen Leprosy Hospital, Winchester'

The archaeology and history of an English Leprosarium and Almshouse.

Wednesday 11th December 2024

Starts at 6.30pm

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OUR NEXT SPECIAL EVENT

Tuesday 24th September 2024

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The Hyde Walk

A guided wander around the Hyde area of Winchester from the ancient City walls at the top of Hyde Street to

St Bartholomew’s Churchyard. 

Enjoy seeing the various remains of Hyde Abbey, finishing in Hyde Abbey Garden and learn how we lost the bones of King Alfred.


Price £10 per person

For all enquiries and bookings please contact:

win.cath.history@gmail.com

OUR NEXT TALKS 2025 

January

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CHARLES HARRIS

'Posters of the Belle Epoque, the Great Age of the Poster'

Hear how the poster became the world’s first effective method of mass communication.

From Manet to Cheret to Mucha, Steinlen and Toulouse-Lautrec. You will see inspirational work

by great artists who made the poster great.

Wednesday 15th January 2025

Starts at 6.30pm

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February

COLIN COOK

'Faith in the City - a Secret History of St Peter Street'

Learn more about how religion has played a large part in the City’s heritage from a Winchester Green Badge Guide.

Tuesday 18th February 2025

Starts at 6.30pm

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March

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RUFUS BIRD

LVO FSA

'Royal Collection'

Rufus Bird is the former Surveyor of the late Queen's Works of Art.

Friday 7th March 2025

at Winchester College 

Starts at 7pm

April

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The Rt Revd

Dr CHRISTOPHER HERBERT

'Baroque Around the Clock: Understanding Baroque Art'

Christopher Herbert was the Bishop of St Albans from 1996 to 2009. He has had a life long interest in Art History and has lectured at the National Gallery and the Courtauld Institute. He has published extensively on Art History and Spirituality..

Wednesday 23rd April 2025

Starts at 7pm

May

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Professor

JOHN McALEER

'The East India Company:

The Corporation that Changed the World'

The East India Company is the story of wealth, power and the pursuit of fortune.

Wednesday 21st May 2025

Starts at 6.30pm

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June

Dr JOANNE PAUL

'Thomas More: Life and Death'

A remarkable book about the life and philosophy of Thomas More. It is a revelatory introduction to this most complex of figures.

Wednesday 18th June 2025

Starts at 6.30pm

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