Join Prof Anthony Glees and Patrick Marnham and discover the Oxfordshire life of Soviet ‘Agent Sonya’. Born Ursula Kuczynski, Agent Sonya lived in many places under many names, including nearby Oxfordshire villages of Glympton, Kidlington as Ursula Beurton - on the doorstep of Blenheim, the wartime HQ for MI5. She was described by Ben McIntyre […]
Online Talk and Live Q&A with Dr Myfanwy Lloyd Streaming Live: 7pm, 14th April 2022 Commemorating the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, 15th April 1945. Join Dr Myfanwy Lloyd to find out how Oxfordshire Yeomanry soldier Arthur Tyler met Polish Holocaust survivor Naomi Kaplan at the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, and how that meeting […]
The Falklands War 1982 - 'A Close Run Thing' Online Talk and Live Q&A with Brigadier David Chaundler Streaming Live: 7pm, 18th May 2022 David Chaundler took over command of the Second Battalion of the Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) after his old friend ‘H’ Jones was killed in the Battle for Goose Green. David was […]
On Saturday 22 June we'll be holding a Garden Party in the beautiful gardens of The Oxfordshire Museum, just outside our front door! Our museum galleries, including our recently updated permanent galleries and our trio of brand new temporary exhibitions, Oxfordshire to the Orne: The 80th Anniversary of D-Day, the 10 Year Anniversary Showcase and […]
