A Folk Concert of Devon Folk Songs from the collection of Rev Sabine Baring-Gould and the first part of the story of his life given by Mike Bosworth.
This will be the first concert in a South Devon Church in the Centenary year of Sabine's death.
SABINE BARING-GOULD was a songman not a musician "A Most Remarkable Devonian", who was a pioneer in the field of Folk Song. His life story is not often told in song and tales. Some of the songs you may even know and there will be opportunity to sing along.
Archaeological artefacts recovered from shipwrecks in Plymouth Sound that reveal Plymouth’s links to empire, slavery and indenture have been brought to life through 3D scanning at Fab Lab Plymouth, in a collaboration between Plymouth College of Art’s Smart Citizens Programme, local archaeological team the SHIPS Project and internationally-renowned artist and photographer, Dr Mohini Chandra...
Join a discussion with Randal Charlton, son of Warwick Charlton, famed for the Project Mayflower and the construction of the Mayflower II, a replica of the original vessel.
Join an insightful discussion with Randal Charlton, son of Warwick Charlton, famed for the ambitious Project Mayflower and the construction of the Mayflower II, a replica of the original vessel built to recreate its voyage.
The building of the Mayflower ll happened to coincide with the 1956 Suez Crisis and a major rift in US/UK relations. At the same time France and other European countries committed to...
A Historical Association & University of Plymouth History department talk.
Fake news is not a modern invention. The Tudor regime deliberately and carefully projected a specific version of people and events to the public, to bolster and secure itself. Unflattering or unhelpful publications or images were ruthlessly suppressed and their creators suffered for their presumption. This talk from Dr Rebecca Emmett will focus on the reign of Elizabeth I and explore how the regime disseminated propaganda and repressed dissenting voices.
A Historical Association & University of Plymouth History department talk.
In this fascinating talk Rebecca Smith, will give us an insight into the work and history of the commission since its inception in 1917.
The Commission honours the 1.7 million men and women of the armed forces of the British Empire who died during the First and Second World Wars.
It has a large public archive and aims to connect with local people and places, particularly reconnecting neighbourhoods with the First World War and Second World War stories held within their local cemeteries...
Plymouth’s popular annual History Festival is going online this year. It will run from Friday 8 to Sunday 31 May with new content published daily on its website and social media channels to highlight the city’s brilliant heritage sector and history.
The festival will provide 24 consecutive days of information and insights.
Highlights will include online exhibitions and tours...
Can you help shed light on the city’s past using information and images you have at home?
Throughout May, local history enthusiasts would normally be taking part in the many walks, talks, exhibitions and special events that are on offer during our annual Plymouth History Festival.
Although the physical festival is being replaced with a digital one this year due to the...
What was it actually like to grow up and work in rural West Devon during the 20th century?
Almost beyond imagination - but you can find out for yourself in a new book 'Farming and Rural Life' (£3 recommended donation or £4 posted) published by The Life Stories Project - part of Tavistock Area Support Services (TASS) a registered charity ( http://tasstavistock.org.uk/category/...
The annual Christopher Durston Memorial Lecture brings an exciting and local historical topic to life with visiting academics and historians coming to Plymouth every year.
A not to be missed for all history lovers.
Tickets: £6 (standard), £4.20 (concessions), Peninsula Arts Friends free/ Free to Plymouth University students via SPIA
Professor Brian Ward of Northumbria University assesses the life and legacies of Martin Luther King on the eve of the 50th anniversary of his assassination in Memphis in April 1968.
He will be discussing Dr King’s changing sense of his role in a global struggle for peace, justice and equal opportunity. This talk will pay particular attention to his impact on British race relations and politics, and on the ways in which King and the Civil Rights movement have been memorialised in Britain and the US since his death.
