Availability: Open to new members
Group leader: Richard North - Contact Richard
We take it in turns to choose an historical subject, research it and deliver a talk on it.
We are "History Magpies" - it can be anything historical - British, European, World - Ancient or Modern.
We have to admit that the research sometimes only extends as far as printing and reading out a piece from History Reclaimed!
We also challenge each other to make a case for e.g. Who was the best King Henry?Who was the best English/British Queen? Who was the best peacetime Prime Minister of the 20th century?
From April 2026 we will meet at the British Legion. The contribution towards room hire will be £2 each and in addition we are all expected to buy a drink.
Recent topics have included Spain's Unipolar Moment, the 2nd Duke of Richmond, Greatest American Presidents, Lord North, The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire, The History of Racism, Rorke's Drift, Margaret Thatcher, the Portsmouth Forts, the Battle of Trafalgar, Dick Whittington, Queen Victoria and the Irish Famine.