Antonio Pattori is a Research Fellow at the British School at Rome and a DPhil student at University College, Oxford.
His lecture will draw upon his ongoing study of diplomacy in Early Modern Europe and political conspiracies in mid-sixteenth century Italy.
Join us for the branch's first event of the year. Dr Fern Riddell's lecture is based on her highly acclaimed recent book Victoria's Secret: The Private Passion of a Queen (2025), a provocative re-evaluation of Queen Victoria's relationship with her servant John Brown.
Welcome to our first event of the year. Dr Fern Riddell's lecture is based on her highly acclaimed recent book Victoria's Secret: The Private Passion of a Queen (2025), a provocative re-evaluation of Queen Victoria's relationship with her servant John Brown.
Trains permitting I shall be talking about The Real Nigel Farage at a @LibDems fringe at St Paul’s Church, off Russell Place, Brighton at 1pm.
It’s outside the security zone so the public are welcome.
No KGB.
Welcome to our first event of the year. Dr Fern Riddell's lecture is based on her highly acclaimed recent book Victoria's Secret: The Private Passion of a Queen (2025), a provocative re-evaluation of Queen Victoria's relationship with her servant John Brown.
@YouGov How many people don't know which party they support and don't know about Starmer's stance on Gaza? To get to a 41% don't know average, there must be quite a lot of them. These double agnostics deserve to be heard!
The Real Nigel Farage: today we reveal the cover of my book on the man who would be our prime minister.
I have spoken to a galaxy of Farage's former political allies, his one-time best friend in UKIP and a woman who loved him, once.
Together, they paint a picture of a man defined by charisma, cruelty and chaos.
And that is not good.
The Real Nigel Farage is published by @headlinepg on September 10.
Pre-order it here: https://t.co/XEGmwK8j5n
Our next talk: Nick Guyatt (Prof of North American History at the U of Cambridge) will investigate Thomas Jefferson's "paradox of liberty". His most recent publication (with Christa Dierksheide) is Jefferson's Wolf: A Founding Father's Troubling Answer to the Problem of Slavery.
The 5th Annual Lecture in Ecclesiastical History organised by the Centre of Anglican History and Theology (University of Kent & Canterbury Christ Church University & Canterbury Cathedral).
Admission free.
In our next lecture, John Guy and Julia Fox will discuss their latest collaboration ‘Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage That Shook Europe’ (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023), a critically acclaimed re-examination of the Boleyn courtship and marriage.
@ClarkeMicah John Charmley, Chamberlain and the Lost Peace, rehabilitating NC's reputation. Published in 1989. You're a bit late to this rodeo, Mr Hitchens.