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Around 9pm on Saturday 24 April 1920, Salisbury taxi driver Sidney Spicer collected a fare of five people from the centre of the city and was asked to take them to nearby Bulford. Fearing he was running low on fuel in his Darracq motor car, he stopped at Amesbury to check his tank level. While Read more

This talk skirts round many of the extraordinary achievements in engineering of this remarkable but flawed man, and focuses on the visions, dreams, frustrations and even the failures of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Why did the man who was declared in a 2005 BBC poll to be the 2nd greatest Briton who has ever lived win Read more

A 'personal' view about life on the dry hill of Sarisberie leads to why we moved to our present location and built a minster, surrounded by a City. What we inherited and what we created is followed by a notional walk round Salisbury's Medieval City, looking at the meanings of the City’s Street names. No, Read more

Following a career in movie special effects, Richard now spends most of his time writing, talking, and thinking about bees. He is editor of BeeCraft, the national beekeeping magazine (established in 1919, and the World’s oldest beekeeping journal) and author of Beekeeping for Gardeners (Bloomsbury, 2023). He keeps around 30 hives of his own bees Read more

'Going to Blazes' is a selection of amusing anecdotes from the 36-year career of JOHN CRAIG. He gives a glimpse of the amusing side to the work of the fire and rescue service.  Read more

Autumn in the New Forest reveals one of its most magical secrets: the extraordinary world of fungi. With over 2,700 recorded species, this ancient landscape is one of the richest places in Britain to spot mushrooms, toadstools, and other weird and wonderful fungi. You’ll find them peeking through leaf litter, clinging to dead wood, or Read more

Roger Browne is a professional raconteur, writer, director, vocalist, and pianist. He has appeared in jazz clubs and jazz festivals in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Norway, The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and across North America and Canada, and provided piano accompaniment for many national and international legends such as Stefane Grappelli, Marion Montgomery, Wild Bill Davison, Read more

The (surprising) psychology of misinformation'. It's a fun and informative talk, covering the reasons why misinformation is more prevalent now and the psychological factors that make us susceptible to misinformation, both individually and as a society. It concludes with some advice on how best to avoid being drawn in by misinformation. Read more

Men s fashion, particularly the trends involving undergarments, was once reserved for the elite; today it has become democratised, clear proof of social progress.The aestheticism of the body so highly valued by the Greeks seems to have regained a prominent place in the masculine world. Mirroring the evolution of society s values, the history of Read more