2ND OCTOBER – TONY SHERWOOD – NOT SO SECRET ND AGENT: PART 3
 

TONY SHERWOOD RETURNS WITH THE THIRD INSTALMENT OF HIS POPULAR NOT SO
SECRET AGENT SERIES. CONTINUING HIS FASCINATING COLLECTION OF STORIES
AND EXPERIENCES, TONY OFFERS FURTHER INSIGHTS INTO A WORLD OF INTRIGUE,
UNUSUAL ENCOUNTERS AND MEMORABLE CHARACTERS. AN ENTERTAINING AND
ENGAGING CONTINUATION, WITH PLENTY OF STORIES TO KEEP THE AUDIENCE
INTRIGUED FROM BEGINNING TO END.
 

9TH OCTOBER- IAN MORGAN – THE FOSSDYKE: A WATERY TALE OF MYSTERY AND
INTRIGUE

IAN MORGAN TELLS THE FASCINATING STORY OF BRITAIN’S OLDEST CANAL AND
THE TALES OF MURDER, MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE THAT HAVE UNFOLDED ALONG ITS
BANKS OVER THE CENTURIES. FROM TOM OTTER AND THE SLAYING OF MARY
KIRKHAM TO THE BEAUTY AND HISTORY OF THE CITY OF LINCOLN, THIS TALK
BRINGS TOGETHER CRIME, LEGEND AND LOCAL HISTORY. AN ATMOSPHERIC
JOURNEY ALONG ONE OF BRITAIN’S MOST HISTORIC WATERWAYS, DESIGNED TO
LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD.
 

16TH OCTOBER – KEITH SMALL – BRITAIN’S ROYAL NAVY TOLD THROUGH THE
HISTORY OF TWO FAMOUS ADMIRALS: 1805 AND 1916 – PART 1

KEITH SMALL BEGINS A TWO-PART EXPLORATION OF BRITAIN’S ROYAL NAVY
THROUGH THE STORIES OF TWO FAMOUS ADMIRALS AND TWO DEFINING MOMENTS
IN NAVAL HISTORY. BEGINNING WITH THE EVENTS OF 1805, KEITH LOOKS AT THE
PERSONALITIES, SHIPS AND BATTLES THAT HELPED ESTABLISH BRITAIN’S
DOMINANCE AT SEA. A FASCINATING JOURNEY INTO NAVAL HISTORY, LEADERSHIP
AND THE MEN WHO SHAPED THE ROYAL NAVY.
 

23RD OCTOBER – KEITH SMALL – BRITAIN’S ROYAL NAVY TOLD THROUGH THE
HISTORY OF TWO FAMOUS ADMIRALS: 1805 AND 1916 – PART 2

IN THE CONCLUDING PART, KEITH SMALL MOVES THE STORY FORWARD TO 1916
AND THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. THROUGH THE CAREER OF
ANOTHER FAMOUS ADMIRAL, HE EXPLORES HOW NAVAL WARFARE HAD CHANGED
DRAMATICALLY SINCE THE AGE OF SAIL AND EXAMINES THE CHALLENGES FACED BY
BRITAIN AT SEA. AN ENGAGING CONCLUSION TO A STORY SPANNING MORE THAN A
CENTURY OF BRITISH NAVAL HISTORY.
 

30TH OCTOBER – ANN FEATHERSTONE – MORE GHOSTLY TALES
 

PERFECTLY TIMED FOR HALLOWEEN, ANN FEATHERSTONE RETURNS WITH ANOTHER COLLECTION OF GHOSTLY TALES AND MYSTERIOUS HAPPENINGS. DRAWING ON STRANGE STORIES, EERIE ENCOUNTERS AND UNEXPLAINED EVENTS, ANN TAKES US INTO A WORLD WHERE FACT, FOLKLORE AND THE SUPERNATURAL MEET. ATMOSPHERIC, INTRIGUING AND WITH JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF SPOOKINESS, IT PROMISES TO BE A WONDERFULLY ENTERTAINING HALLOWEEN TALK.