SCHEDULE OF TALKS FOR 2026-2027

From 2.15 Notices, The Talk

Dean Court Community Centre

Tea and biscuits to follow

 

                   Dean Court Community Centre, Pinnocks Way, OX2 9DG 

2026	SPEAKER	TITLE
September
14 Sep	Jan Marshall	Town Twinning: ”A Tale of Twin Cities”
28 Sept	Dr Jennifer Foster	Sutton Hoo: The Burial of an Anglo-Saxon King
October
12 Oct	Riki Therivel	Botley Pantry: 17 Years of Reducing Food Waste in West Oxford
26 Oct	John Tyler	The Ridgeway: One of the Oldest Trackways in Europe
November
09 Nov	Jim Donahue	The Thames Valley: Past, Present and Future
23 Nov	Chris Church	Caring for our Planet: How we can make a Difference
2027
January
11 Jan	Gilliane Sills	Building the Divinity School in Oxford: The Craft of the Medieval Stone Mason
25 Jan	Ailsa Claybourne	Birds, Bins and a Brew
February
08 Feb	Dr Lawrence Hll	Tinnitus
22 Feb	Steve Dimmer	Sherlock Holmes: ”Elementary my Dear Holmes”
March
08 March	Lucy Goldman Co-op Estates	Tax, Care and Estate Planning
22 March	Laurence Waters	The Railway in Oxford
April
12 April	Dr David T Jones	The Evolution of All Life on Earth
26 April	Julie George	Cancer: The Progress of Research and the Importance of Screening
May
10 May	Martin Lloyd	Passports, Assassins, Traitors and Spies
24 May	Jeremy Holmes	The Life and Work of Ernest Shackleton
June
14 June	Nick Gill	The Life and Songs of Irving Berlin
28 June	Mike Grundy	The Dramatic Art of the London Underground