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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