Lecture
May 15, 2023
Real Dorset | Jon Woolcott
In this lecture, let Jon Woolcott take you on an amusing whistle-stop tour through some of the discoveries and oddities that make Dorset unique.
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November 4, 2022
Dating the Cerne Abbas Giant | Martin Papworth
In March 2020, in the final week before Covid lockdown, the National Trust excavated four small trenches across the feet and elbows of the Cerne Abbas Giant.
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October 13, 2022
The Secret Lives of Plants | Professor Jonathan Drori
In this copiously illustrated talk, Jonathan Drori brings to life the science, history, culture and folklore of plants by revealing how their worlds are intricately entwined with our own.
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October 13, 2022
Joanna Quinn in conversation with Tracy Chevalier
Spend an evening with Joanna Quinn and best-selling author Tracy Chevalier as they discuss Quinn’s debut novel, The Whalebone Theatre, a brilliant coming-of-age story set in Dorset before and during World War II.
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October 12, 2022
Bog Bodies | Dr Melanie Giles
Dr Melanie Giles shares the latest thinking about the phenomenon: explaining the science behind their preservation and the challenges this creates for museum curators, as well as discussing the ethics of displaying such remains.
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October 12, 2022
The Princess and the Slave: a Tale of Two Women in Iron Age Dorset | Dr Martin Smith
The modern county of Dorset is home to some of the best preserved and most iconic archaeological remains in Britain.
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October 12, 2022
Banksy in Dorset | Professor Paul Gough
Join Professor Paul Gough, as he draws specific references to Dorset through his examination of the artists’ work over the past three decades.
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July 5, 2022
John Cowper Powys: A Man Between Worlds | Dr Kevan Manwaring
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Dorset-based novelist John Cowper Powys, Dr Kevan Manwaring re-examines his influences, oeuvre, and legacy with a special focus on his ‘Wessex Quartet’ of novels (Maiden Castle; Weymouth Sands; A Glastonbury Romance; Wolf Solent).
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January 7, 2022
Mary Anning, the fossil woman
Join Tom Sharpe, formerly Curator of Palaeontology and Archives at the National Museum of Wales, and author of ‘The Fossil Woman: A life of Mary Anning’, to examine what we know of the life of this extraordinary woman.
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