May 2025

• 9 May, 7.00-8.30, Dance of Death, Hexham Style, evening talk and tour of Hexham Abbey exhibition (running 29 April- 18 May), Molly Kady, £8, to include a glass of wine. Follow this link to book, or buy on the door. Hexham Abbey, Beaumont Street, NE46 3NB.
• 13 May, 7.00, Who Stopped the War? Women and the Jolly George in 1920, Katherine Connelly, author and lecturer. North East Labour History Society talk, all welcome. Irish Centre, 43 Gallowgate Street, Newcastle NE1 4SG.
• 13 May, 7.30, Milburn, Blackett and Commonwealth Newcastle; Quiet Royalists? Dr Greg Finch. Tom Corfe memorial lecture, Hexham Local History Society, Trinity Methodist Church, Beaumont Street, Hexham, NE46 3LS. £2 for non-members, including tea and coffee.
• 14 May, 5.00-7.00 and subsequent Wednesdays to 18 June, Community Course: Memory in the Medieval & Early Modern Worlds, at Durham University. Organised by Durham’s Medieval and Early Modern Student Association, £15 (concessions available), must book.
• 14 May,  6.00-8.00, Small Pipes, Big History, a series of vignettes to illustrate the significance and history of the Northumberland Small Pipes. In the Great Hall of Northumbria University’s Sutherland Building, College Street, NE1 8ST. Free, booking not required. Follow this link for details.
• 15-17 May, ClassicsFest 2025: Why Cicero Matters, Lit and Phil, Westgate Road, Newcastle. Follow this link for the full programme and booking details. There are also satellite lectures earlier in the month.
• 15 May, 10.30, The Quayside Project; Amber and the Listing of Newcastle’s Quayside, talk by AmberSide Trust’s Managing Director, Laura Laffler, exploring how Amber Films’ photography and film work contributed to the preservation of Newcastle’s Quayside. Farrell Centre, Eldon Place, NE1 7RD. Free but booking essential. Part of the Farrell Centre’s current exhibition and events programme, Amber: Documenting Place.
• 15 May, 7.00, Early Christian Churches and Landscapes (ECCLES); Co-Creating a Database with Educational and Infrastructural Resources, Prof Tom Pickles, (University of Chester), introducing a project to create a publicly accessible searchable database of the evidence for churches in Britain and Ireland before about AD 1100. Society for Church Archaeology online talk, £3 + booking fee for non-members.
• 16-17 May, The Late Shows,‘the annual after-hours culture crawl’ covering over 70 venues across Newcastle and Gateshead. Follow this link for details.
• 17 May, 11.00, 150 Years of Arbeia Roman Fort, David Kidd, Segedunum Roman Fort, Buddle Street, Wallsend, NE28 6HR. Friends of Segedunum lecture, £3 to visitors. Refreshments available from 10.30.
• 19 May, 6.00, Excavating in Egypt in the 21st Century - Sais, Penny Wilson, venue Lit and Phil, Westgate Road, Newcastle NE1 1SE. North East Ancient Egypt Society meeting, but part of Lit and Phil Bicentenary Celebrations. Follow this link for the rest of the 2025 programme.
• 22 May, 7.30, The Battle of the Nile, 1798, George Cansino, Trinity House, Broad Chare, Newcastle. Collingwood Society event, £3 for non-members, no need to book. Follow this link for their 2025 programme.
• 24 May, 2.00, Durham Cathedral: an Eyecatcher in the Landscape, Martin Roberts, Room ER201, Elvet Riverside, New Elvet, Durham. City of Durham Trust spring talk, free and no need to book.
• 31 May, 11.00, Architects of the Lit and Phil, Richard Pears. Lit and Phil, Westgate Road, Newcastle NE1 1SE. Part of Lit and Phil Bicentenary Celebrations. Free but must book.

 

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