Our April meeting will be held in a new venue: the Tower Arts Centre, which is off Romsey Road not far from the University. For more information, see the web page here, and the map is here.
As usual, the meeting starts at 7:30pm. Entry to the talk is free for members, £10 for non-members, students £2.
Our main speaker is Cheryl Butler. She is a historian, writer, former Head of Culture at Eastleigh, Honorary Fellow of the University of Winchester, Fellow of the Royal Historical Association and has written extensively on the history of Southampton as well as being an editor for the Southampton Records and member of the Southampton Tourist Guides Association.
In Cheryl’s talk, Shakespeare, Travelling Players & The Historic Henry, she’ll be looking at the events of 1415, which had a big impact on Hampshire, Shakespeare’s interpretation, and at his potential knowledge of the area via the travelling players routes.
Our guest speaker is Chris Heal, discussing his latest book: The Winchester Tales. Chris Heal completed his history PhD at Bristol University in 2012 when he was sixty-five-years-old.
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