History
Rupert Tower – Between Two Worlds: Inside Daphne du Maurier’s House on the Strand
Fowey Town Hall Market Street, Fowey, Cornwall, United KingdomDaphne du Maurier’s grandson, Jungian analyst, Rupert Tower, will explore Daphne du Maurier’s novel in the context of her inner life preoccupations, including dreaming in time, identity, and loss, together...
Dr Helen Doe – One Crew: 200 Years of Saving Lives at Sea
Fowey Town Hall Market Street, Fowey, Cornwall, United KingdomIn the 200 years since it was founded, the RNLI has saved more than 144,000 lives and is one of the most respected organisations in the UK and Ireland. It...
Sarah Harkness – Literature for the People
Fowey Town Hall Market Street, Fowey, Cornwall, United KingdomFrom an impoverished childhood in the Scottish Highlands to Victorian London, this is the inspiring story of Daniel and Alexander Macmillan, who created a publishing empire. Daniel and Alexander Macmillan,...
David Gibbins – A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
Fowey Town Hall Market Street, Fowey, Cornwall, United KingdomDrawing on decades of experience excavating shipwrecks around the world, renowned maritime archaeologist, David Gibbins, reveals the riches beneath the waves and shows us how the treasures found there can...
Galen Bartholomew – The SS Suevic and the night the RNLI saved 611 lives
Fowey Town Hall Market Street, Fowey, Cornwall, United KingdomJoin family historian Galen Bartholomew, for a remarkable account of shipwreck and survival. The SS Suevic, one of five White Star Line ‘Jubilee Class’ liners, ran aground in a storm...
Dr Helen Doe – From the Battle of Britain to the Great Escape
Fowey Town Hall Market Street, Fowey, Cornwall, United KingdomThe first full reappraisal of one of Britain’s great fighter aces, this bestselling book examines the truth behind Stanford Tuck’s 1956 biography to reveal the real person rather than a...
Kate Strasdin – The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes
Fowey Town Hall Market Street, Fowey, Cornwall, United KingdomThe hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life, told through her unique scrapbook. In 1838, Anne Sykes was given a diary on her wedding day. Using it to collect snippets of...
David Parker – For Those in Peril
Fowey Town Hall Market Street, Fowey, Cornwall, United Kingdom‘And that’s when things got a bit rough because I knew I was the one who was going to have to go into that hold to rescue the two men...
Iain Dale and Friends – Kings and Queens: 1200 years of British and English Monarchs
Fowey Town Hall Market Street, Fowey, Cornwall, United KingdomThe British monarchy is one of the oldest in the world – dating back so far that its very origins are the subject of debate: was William the Conqueror the...
Robert Hardman – Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story
Fowey Parish ChurchFaced with family dramas, political crises and questions about the future of the monarchy in Britain and elsewhere, the new King had no shortage of challenges. During this talk, acclaimed...
