PAST EVENTS - Literature (talks, poetry sessions, etc)
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
A history of Palestine in 12 photographs by Roger Hardy
Menopause - Sapna Shah & Peter Hinstridge