An illustrated talk about Genghis Khan and the Mongols

A talk and film show about volunteers making pizzas for villagers on the Ukrainian front line

The brain is the seat of our intelligence, emotions, language, memories and so much more. How does it work?

Chris tells a surprising story of courage, compassion, duty, - and preventative medicine - illustrated by historic and current photos.

Table bookings essential. No charge to enter, and a free round of drinks for the winning team. 

Poet and soldier, death on the Sambre-Oise Canal

Table bookings strongly advised. No charge to enter, and a free round of drinks for the winning team. 

This map appears to be a guide to the pubs of Victorian Oxford. But that wasn’t the original intention. Our speaker Stuart Ackland will talk about the Drink Map of Oxford and what it tells us about the social history of the city.

Piper, three-course haggis meal, and a wee dram, all for £29. To book, email theabingdonarmsoxford@gmail.com or call 01865 655667

Table bookings strongly advised. No charge to enter, and a free round of drinks for the winning team. 

Christmas decoration-making for children, wreaths for adults – all free! Email info@bacbs.org to book.

Table bookings strongly advised. No charge to enter, and a free round of drinks for the winning team. 

Jonathan Kingdon, artist, evolutionary biologist, and resident of Islip identifies a place, a time and a process for that first fateful rupture between apes and humans

Table bookings strongly advised. No charge to enter, and a free round of drinks for the winning team. 

Sandra Ruge and Marie Lehri will tell us about a social enterprise based in Oxford that tackles food waste and food poverty.

Mary Stuck from Horton-cum-Studley will talk about the novel, its author, and its association with Beckley and Stow Wood.

Anna Beer on crime fiction (especially ‘cosy crime’) and why there are, and have been, so many murder mysteries set in Oxford - including her own.

Andrew Myatt of Stanton St John will look at the forgotten stories of how Oxford was founded in about 700AD through some miracles, the turbulence of faith and politics in the Middle Ages, as well as some of the 'heroes of the faith’ right up to CS Lewis

Helen Weinstein will give an illustrated talk to tell the stories of those who lived & worked in the Beckley area from Victorian times onwards

Chris Pugh will talk about how bell-ringing works, its history, and the current state of bell-ringing in the UK

Local author, Amanda Roberts, will describe how her love of history and literature combine to provide the inspiration for her novels

Aris Karastergiou is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Oxford and a fellow at St Edmund Hall. 

Introducing a feature documentary film, two years in the making, about protecting Gabon’s precious rainforest.

A visual cornucopia of 75 images and 3 videos

The history of the orchard, the variety of trees, and how people can get involved

Rome, America and the future of the West

Photographing one hundred strangers who live in Oxford