Friday Morning Talks

Talk Postponed - We have had to make the difficult decision to postpone this talk until later in the year. We will email ticket holders once a new date is known and will advertise it in our future 'What's On' leaflet. Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. Join us for our Friday morning … Continue reading * Postponed* -Friday Morning Talks: The Stanmores and Harrow Weald – With John Williams- *Postponed*

Join us for our Friday morning talk, with Public Engagement Coordinator for the Southern Region from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Will Reid.   Will's presentation will provide an overview of the organisation from past to present with reference to the sites and casualties they care for. It will begin by discussing the conception of the CWGC … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission – With Will Reid

Join us for our Friday morning talk, with historian Chris Goss a who will be speaking about the Luftwaffe bombing campaign against mainland Britain. Chris has successfully published many books under Pen and Sword. When war was declared in September 1939, most German bombers were unable to reach mainland Britain but could attack shipping in … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Bombing Britain – With Chris Goss

Join us for our Friday morning talk, with those behind the creation our current temporary exhibition, 'Forgotten Force: Art and Memory'. Artist and art conservator Zofia Wyszomirska-Noga will talk about her art response in the context of an oral history project and about processes she used. Olga Topol will talk about her experience of curating … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Forgotten Force: Art and Memory -With Zofia Wyszomirska-Noga & Olga Topol

Join us for our Friday morning talk with Dr Jonathan Lewis, who will be talking about the role of Jewish Chaplains in the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. Of the 56 Jewish Chaplains who served in British Forces in the Second World War, seven were in the Royal Air Force. Two served … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: The Jewish Chaplains of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War – With Dr Jonathan Lewis

Join us for our Friday morning talk, where RAF Museum Head of Collections and Research Dr Harry Raffal will be taking us through the use of airpower during the evacuation of Dunkirk, Operation Dynamo. Taking place on the 83rd anniversary of the first day of the evacuation, Harry will draw on the research presented in … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Air Power and the evacuation of Dunkirk: The RAF and Luftwaffe during Operation Dynamo – With Dr Harry Raffal

Join us for our Friday morning talk about the Commonwealth War Graves Commission archives, with Chris Leach. The presentation will begin by introducing why the CWGC was founded with particular focus on the contents of their archives during the conception of the commission. It will then explore the contents of their archives today and how … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Research and Records using the CWGC Archives – With Chris Leach

Join us for our Friday morning talk, where historian Mark Amies will be talking about the important early aviation history taking place locally, which forms the basis of his book 'Flying up the Edgware Road'.  Flying up the Edgware Road tells the story of how an area of what is now north-west London became a … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Flying up the Edgware Road -With Mark Amies

Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Research Historian and Ex-Creative Producer at JWT, Tony Rich, will take us through the work of the Ministry of Information and War Artists in the 2nd World War.  Tony's research has been focussed around artists’ agents, ‘War Artists and Illustrators Ltd’.  These agents represented artists including Frank … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: The Ministry of Information and the Forgotten War Artists of the Second World War – With Tony Rich

Join us for our Friday morning talk, where AIR MARSHAL GA ‘BLACK’ ROBERTSON CBE BA FRAeS FRSA, will join us to talk about the remarkable career of  New Zealand ace Owen Hardy, the feature of his latest book. World War Two Spitfire pilot Owen Hardy was probably the last New Zealand ace to tell his … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: From SPITFIRES to VAMPIRES and BEYOND – With Air Marshal GA ‘Black’ Robertson CBE