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Christopher de Hamel on The Manuscripts Club. Friday 17 May at 7:30pm
£20.00
In his most recent book, The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club, Christopher de Hamel gathers, into the club, the people throughout history who have devoted their lives to manuscripts - scribes, monks and patrons, as well as collectors, curators and forgers. Using research and imagination, he brings them to life, taking the reader on visits in time and location, to discuss and share the delight in making and using illuminated manuscripts. We will visit castles, monasteries, synagogues, and museums, to meet fellow enthusiasts from Saint Anselm in the eleventh century to the mysterious American femme fatale Belle Da Costa Greene in the twentieth, all with stories and wonderful books to show.
Followed by a book signing with The Little Ripon Bookshop.
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David Allot on Wentworth Woodhouse: its history, survival and future. Friday 24 May at 3:00pm
£12.00
Join us for a journey through the history of this remarkable, and truly immense, stately home. From Thomas Wentworth, the marquess of Rockingham, its builder, through its time as the Fitzwilliam family home, then a teacher training college, and finally its sale in 2017. Now safely in the hands of the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust, there are even bigger plans in place for its future. Why not follow up on the talk with a visit the following week.
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David Starkey: Beyond the Portraitist – Holbein, his wordsmiths and the bigger picture. Friday 9 August at 7:30pm
£20.00
We think of Holbein as the greatest portraitist of the northern Renaissance. This talk explorers another aspect of his multifaceted genius: his creation of the supreme propaganda “posters” of the Tudor dynasty. Here Holbein, the artist, worked with Richard Morison, the Latin wordsmith, to create mixed-media messages in which Morison’s words were, to contemporaries at least, as important as Holbein’s resplendent images.
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Miles Young: Reflections of an Oxford Head of House. Friday 7 June at 7:30pm
£20.00
Miles Young was elected 48th Warden of his alma mater, New College, Oxford, in 2016. The first person from the world of business to hold the role, he is now Chair of the Governance Forum of the Conference. His business career has been spent in advertising and marketing, most recently as Chairman and CEO of Ogilvy and Mather, a leading global communications network. More than half of that was spent outside the UK, in China, and then in North America.
He is currently overseeing the construction of New College's £36m new campus, the Gradel Quadrangles, which includes additional student accommodation, student study space, a 100-seat music hall and facilities for the adjacent New College School, plus a tower and gatehouse. Join us to hear his reflections on this bastion of British education, his life there and its future.
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Study Day with Cristina Figueredo: Clifford Tower, York. Wednesday 25 September from 10:00am
£35.00
Clifford Tower stands on York Castle’s mound built by William the Conqueror. In its almost thousand years of history, the Great Tower witnessed every rebellion and siege in the city. As the castle’s dungeon, it hosted prominent criminals throughout the centuries, and its appearance changed almost beyond recognition. Explore the history of Clifford Tower from Norman times to the present day, by studying medieval sources and photographic evidence. Price includes refreshments and lunch.
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The Friends of Markenfield AGM: Friday 26 April at 7:30pm. Followed by Sir Richard Dalton
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The Friends of Markenfield AGM. Members only. Followed by Sir Richard Dalton was a British diplomat from 1970 to 2006 and had early experience in Lebanon, Jordan and Oman. He was responsible for dealings with the Palestinian Authority after the Oslo Accords, as Consul General in Jerusalem from 1993-1997. He returned to London as Director of Personnel at the Foreign Office in 1998. In 1999 he re-established UK diplomatic relations with Libya as the first UK Ambassador to Tripoli for 17 years. In 2002 he was appointed Ambassador to Iran, where he played a role in European efforts to negotiate with Iran, including the 2003 - 2006 diplomatic initiatives to prevent the development of an Iranian military nuclear capability. In late 2008 he co-wrote the Chatham House Middle East Program report, “Iran: Breaking the Nuclear Deadlock”. From 2011 to date he has Chaired Chatham House’s Round Table on Libya.
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Visit to Wentworth Woodhouse. Wednesday 29 May
£27.00
Join us on a visit to Wentworth Woodhouse - the largest private home in the UK. The façade is the longest of any country home in Europe. At 600ft long, it is twice the length of a standard football pitch, and twice the length of Buckingham Palace. If you were to walk every inch of the mansion, it would take nearly two hours, as there are over five miles of corridors, and over three hundred rooms. No one can really agree on a true number of rooms, since some argue whether cupboards should count and the like. Don't worry - we don't expect you to cover it all!
The visit includes coach travel from central Ripon (11:00am), lunch and a talk on arrival, and then time to explore as much of the house and grounds as you can - good luck!
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Watch the recording: Lucy Beckett on Bloodlands (in aid of Ukraine)
£5.00
Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus; these are the Bloodlands - between empires, between dictators, that suffered the worst horrors of the European 20th century and are now deep in the horrors of the 21st. Lucy Beckett has written two novels set in and around this tragic part of Europe, and has for years studied its history.
100% of online ticket sales will be donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee, and so far we have raised over £700.
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