May 7, 2024
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church and on Zoom
Martin Holmes, a leading Oxford University academic, re-examines the reputation of Harold Macmillan, who despite the image he projected of a kindly uncle, was a strategic innovator, overseeing a stunning electoral victory in 1959, accelerating the process of decolonisation in Africa, and applying for UK membership of the EEC in 1961.
May 14, 2024
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
St Saviour's Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans
Professor Geraint John will discuss the arts and crafts movement of the latter part of the nineteenth century, which advocated a return to a simpler, more fulfilling society. This involved architecture, the decorative arts and the importance of beauty and craftsmanship, instead of mass production. This is a public lecture so there is no charge for non-members to attend.
May 21, 2024
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Dagnall Street Baptist Church and Zoom
It is now generally accepted that the Bayeux Tapestry was produced in England, probably in Canterbury, and dates from the first decades after 1066. John Morewood, President of the St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural & Archaeological Society, looks at some other fascinating aspects. How was it manufactured? Where are the embroidery errors? What restorations were made and how have these distorted our understanding of the story it portrays?
June 3, 2024
9:45 AM - 4:00 PM
This outing to Hitchin includes guided visits to St Mary's church and the town itself and is open to members and non-members alike.