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Previous Speakers

2019 highlights

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Liz Mitchell, - Weaving

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Olivia Payne - An introduction to Oxfam's work and reflections from Bangladesh

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Peggy Williamson - felt flowers workshop​​

 

Liz Woolley - Beer, Sausages and Marmalade

 

​Louise Chantal - The Oxford Playhouse

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​Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, Principal of Somerville College, Oxford - On the Shoulders of Giants​

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Peggy Seeger - First Time Ever

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2020 highlights

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Georgina Ferry - Dorothy Hodgkin, Scientist

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Grape Minds - Wine!

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Gillian Walnes Perry  - the Legacy of Anne Frank

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Sabita Banerji and THIRST - The International Roundtable for Sustainable Tea

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Lucy Atkins, author and journalist

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2021 highlights

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Marie-Louise Kerr - Oxfordshire on Canvas

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Jo May, percussionist - Spoons Workshop

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Tess Taylor - the work of Tap Social

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Jim Godfrey - Meadow Road and the plans to build a road through Christ Church meadow

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Susan Roaf - Future-proofing your life in a changing climate

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Annelie Talent - Beatrix Potter​

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Uncomfortable Oxford - Proctors and Prostitutes

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Ballet night

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Peggy Williamson - Christmas decorations workshop

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2022 highlights

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Tim Pocock - What is a Magistrate?

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Fiona Whitehouse - The Ghent Altarpiece

 

​Dr Marie Tidball - Representation of disabled people in the media

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Andrew Billen - Author, journalist and staff writer on The Times newspaper

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Richard O Smith - The Z-A of Oxford: 1000 Years of History in 26 Letters 

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Scientists from the UKAEA - Fusion: The Ultimate Energy Source 

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Marie-Louise Kerr - Curator without a Museum

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Armaleggan Border Morris Dancers

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​​​2023 highlights​

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Dr Eleanor Parker- Winters in the World

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Tom Seaward - Murder, Acrobats and the Home Secretary​

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Professor Dame Sue Black - The Real World of Forensic Anthropology​​

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Dr Anna Railton - AI for WI

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Tessa Rea  - Articulate - Performance and Persuasion​

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​Jane Fletcher - The Art of Giving

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2024 highlights

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Dr Ian Williams -  Women, Wives and  Witches in the Star Chamber

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Andrew Hall - the History and Philosophy of Hairdressing

 

​Kate Vigors, physiotherapist - Move beautifully for spinal health

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Chrissie's Owls

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Nic and Jo - Spring flowers demonstration

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Julia Hollander - Why We Sing

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Charles Foster - writer, naturalist, lawyer and lecturer

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RETURN OF THE FAMOUS SOWI CEILIDH

with the OU Ceilidh Band

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David Barber, Swan Marker to HM The King, aka the Chief Swan-Upper

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