The following talks were given to the History Group
10
Dec
History Talks – A journey through the fascinating history of the “Royal Town” of Xàbia / Jávea.
Tuesday, Javea Players Studio
14
Nov
The Birth of a Nation: the American War of Independence and its Aftermath1750 to 1820
Tuesday, Javea Players Studio
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Below is a list of the talks given to the History Group from 2019 back to 2005 with the most recent first.
| Date | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | ||
| 10 Dec | Peter Atkinson | History of Spain Series Part III: The 16th to the 18th Centuries |
| 12 Nov | Angela Chantry | History of Spain Series Part II: The Moors in Spain |
| 8 Oct | Cheda Panajotovik | History of Spain Series Part I: Ice Age to the Romans |
| 11 June | Alan Hunton | The History of Crude Oil from Mesopotamian Origins |
| 14 May | Peter Atkinson | Intersecting Lives: John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 9 April | Barbara Craven | Food in Art |
| 12 March | David Thoms | Robin Hood |
| 12 Feb | John Hopwood | The history of glass |
| 8 January | Mike Granville | A light hearted look at the history of computing |
| 2018 | ||
| 11th December | Tom Stevenson | “Ten notable Scottish personalities, from the years 1000-2018”. |
| 13th November | Alan Oliver | “Simón Bolívar”. |
| 2nd October | Angela Chantry | “Carmen Amaya, the legendary Spanish flamenco dancer”. |
| 12th June | Peter Atkinson | Prohibition, 1920-1933: the Law of Unintended Consequences in Action. Peter’s last talk as Group Leader. |
| 8th May | Mike Rendell | Pride and Prejudice: from Printed Word to the Silver Screen. |
| 10th April | John Hopwood | The History of Woolworths and the Extraordinary Exploits of the Woolworth Family. |
| 13th March | Alan Hunton | John Flamsteed; the First Astronomer Royal. |
| 13th February | Christine Betterton-Jones | A Brief History of Xàbia (Jávea) as Reflected in its Archaeology. |
| 9th January | Mike Granville | The World in 1946. |
| 2017 | ||
| 12th December | Angela Chantry | Domenico Chiocchetti and Orkney’s Italian Chapel. |
| 14th November | Alan Oliver | The Vikings. |
| 10th October | Cheda Panajotovic | Old King Coal. |
| 6th June | Mike Rendell | Castaway: the Real Stories behind Robinson Crusoe and the Mutiny on the Bounty. |
| 9th May | Mike Frost | Lord Nelson, Lady Hamilton and HMS Victory. |
| 11th April | Peter Atkinson | Moors and Christians: Conquest, Reconquest and Architectural Legacy. 100th History Presentation. |
| 14th March | Mike Granville | Duende: the History of Flamenco. |
| 14th February | Angela Chantry | Casanova: the World’s Greatest Womaniser. |
| 10th January | Peter Atkinson | A Tale of Three Cities Beginning with S: Seville, Salamanca and San Sebastián. |
| 2016 | ||
| 13th December | Tom Stevenson | The Jacobite Rebellions (or Risings). |
| 8th November | Alan Oliver | Portuguese Maritime Explorers, followed by Columbus and Magellan. |
| 11th October | Cheda Panajotovic | The Borgias. |
| 14th June | Mike Rendell | Royal Shenanigans in the 18th Century. |
| 10th May | Angela Chantry | Femme Fatale: the Intriguing Story behind the Life and Death of Mata Hari. |
| 12th April | Dee Craig | Cecil Rhodes. |
| 8th March | Peter Atkinson | The Life and Work of the Catalan Architect, Antoni Gaudí. |
| 9th February | David Thoms | Upstairs, Downstairs: English Landed Society in the 19th & 20th Centuries. |
| 12th January | Tom Stevenson | History of Scotland 1603-1714: the Stuarts. |
| 2015 | ||
| 9 Dec | Mike Granville | What About Magna Carta? Did she die in vain? |
| 10 Nov | Alan Oliver | The Battle of Waterloo. |
| 13 Oct | Cheda Panajotovic | The Plundering of Old Egypt. |
| 9 June | Fabio Bezoari | Alpi at War. |
| 12 May | Dee Craig | Catherine the Great. |
| 14 April | Angela Chantry | Eva Perón (1919 –1952): Her Life, Her Legacy and the Legend. |
| 10 March | David Thoms | The Roaring Twenties and The Making of Modern America. |
| 10 Feb | Mike Frost | Life in the Royal Navy, 1600-1970. |
| 13 Jan | Cheda Panajotovic | Whilst London Sleeps, Samual Pepys. |
| 2014 | ||
| 9th December | Peter Atkinson | A Tale of Two Cities: Madrid and Barcelona. |
| 11th November | Alan Oliver | The Peninsular War, 1808-1814. |
| 14th October | Tom Stevenson | A History of Scotland Prior to the ‘Union of the Crowns’ in 1603. |
| 10th June | Mike Granville | What If? Some Alternative Histories. |
| 13th May | Cheda Panajotovic | Yugoslavia: The Country That Almost Was. |
| 8th April | Mike Rendell | Slavery and the Abolition Movement. |
| 11th March | Dee Craig | Catherine de Medici. |
| 11th February | David Thoms | The American Wild West, 1865-1890: Myth and Reality. |
| 14th January | Angela Chantry | Amelia Earhart. |
| 2013 | ||
| 10th December | Peter Atkinson | A History of Andalucía. |
| 12th November | Mary Connatty | The Spanish Armada. |
| 8th October | Peter Atkinson | The Birth of a Nation: the American War of Independence and its Aftermath. |
| 10th June | Angela Chantry | Who Killed the Princes in the Tower? Part 2: The Red Queen, Margaret Beaufort. |
| 13th May | Dee Craig | Victoria’s Children. |
| 15th April | Angela Chantry | Who Killed the Princes in the Tower? Part 1: the White Queen, Elizabeth Woodville. |
| 11th March | Cheda Panajotovic | The Causes of World War I. |
| 11th February | Larry Sherrington | The British Empire in India and the part the East India Company Played in It. |
| 14th January | Fabio Bezoari | Sicilian Pilgrimage. |
| 2012 | ||
| 10 Dec | Peter Atkinson | Four Times a Pilgrim: the Medieval Routes to Santiago de Compostela. |
| 12 Nov | David Thoms | Buckets and Spades: a Social History of the British Seaside Holiday. |
| 5 Nov | Peter Atkinson | The Making of The President: A Brit’s Guide to American Elections. |
| 8 Oct | Mike Rendell | Vignette of life in 18th Century England. |
| 11 June | Clive Hedge | Mrs Wallis Simpson |
| 14 May | Mike Granville | The Decline of the Spanish Empire |
| 2 April | Geoff Woodward | Juan Carlos I: The Reason That Spain Has a Democracy Today |
| 12 March | Fabio Bezoari | From Bushman Land to … Namibia |
| 13 Feb | Peter Atkinson | From Ancient Greece to London E15: a History of the Olympics |
| 9 Jan | Cheda Panajotovic | Mary Tudor: the NICE ‘Bloody Mary’ |
| 2011 | ||
| 5 Dec | David Thoms | Gotcha! Law & Order in Victorian England |
| 14 Nov | Mike Frost | Peter the Great and Saint Petersburg |
| 17 Oct | Angela Chantry | The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. |
| 13 June | Clive Hedge | Jack The Ripper, Motivator or Manipulator? |
| 9 May | Fred Crowson | The Last British Civil War. The road to Appomattox courthouse. |
| 11 Apr | Fred Crowson | The Last British Civil War. The rise of Confederacy. |
| 8 Mar | Geoff Woodward | The history of Gata de Gorgos as a microcosm of the Marina Alta. |
| 14 Feb | Maureen Stanley | Hatsepshut Of Egypt: The Queen Who Would Be King. |
| 11 Jan | Clive Hedge | The White Star Line Featuring Olympic And Britannic. |
| 2010 | ||
| 02-Dec-10 | Peter Atkinson | Texas, Part 2, Reconstruction to Apollo XI. |
| 08-Nov-10 | Peter Atkinson | Texas, from Spanish Colony to NASA HQ: the story of the Lone Star State. Part 1, Pre-Columbus to Civil War. |
| 11-Oct-10 | Fabio Bezoari | The Anasazi or the Ancient Foreigners of the USA Four Corners region. |
| 07-June-10 | Sue Bentley | After Katherine – Henry and His Wives. |
| 10-May-10 | Angela Chantry | Boabdil, the last Sultan of Granada. |
| 14-Apr-10 | Alan Oliver | Spanish History, 1939 to the Present. |
| 8-Mar-10 | Alan Oliver | The second Republic 1930-1939 and the Spanish Civil War. |
| 8-Feb-10 | John Chun | Operation Grapple. |
| 11-Jan-10 | Cheda Panajotovic | From Cavemen to Emperors. |
| 2009 | ||
| 07-Dec-09 | Peter Atkinson | What Did the Romans Do for Spain? |
| 09-Nov-09 | Maureen Stanley | The Maya – Divine Kings of the Rain Forest. |
| 26-Oct-09 | Fabio Bezoari | I Have Seen Auschwitz. |
| 13-Oct-09 | Clive Hedge | Capt. James Cook – a Yorkshireman’s Tribute. |
| 08-Jun-09 | Angela Chantry | The Wonderful Adventures of Mary Seacole. |
| 11-May-09 | Alan Oliver | The Decline of the Spanish Monarchy 1814 to 1930. |
| 06-Apr-09 | Sue Bentley | Katherine of Aragon: “The Queen of Earthly Queens”. |
| 09-Mar-09 | Fed Crowson | The Indian Mutiny. |
| 09-Feb-09 | John Reynolds | Victorian Tourists in Spain. |
| 2008 | ||
| 08-Dec-08 | Larry Sherington | A history of punishment and imprisonment throughout the ages. |
| 10-Nov-08 | Peter Atkinson | The Spanish Inquisition. |
| 13-Oct-08 | Clive Hedge | Charles Herbert Lightoller. |
| 28-Jun-08 | Alan Oliver | The Peninsular War. |
| 30-May-08 | Clive Hedge | History Quiz. |
| 25-Apr-08 | David Thoms | Interpretations of the Spanish Civil War. |
| 28-Mar-08 | Sally Wells & Angela Chantry | Seville & Cordoba – History, Architecture. |
| 29-Feb-08 | Clive Hedge | The Defence of Rorke’s Drift. |
| 25-Jan-08 | Maureen Stanley | Queen Victoria and the Emperor of Ethiopia. |
| 2007 | ||
| 30-Nov-07 | Fred Crowson | Oliver Cromwell – Hero or Villain. |
| 26-Oct-07 | Clive Hedge | The Great Enterprise Featuring the Invincible Armada. |
| 28-Sep-07 | Peter Atkinson | The life and work of the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi. |
| 30-May-07 | Angela Chantry | The Borjas of Gandia. |
| 20-Apr-07 | Clive Hedge | Mutiny on the Bounty: exploding the Hollywood myth. |
| 02-Feb-07 | David Thoms | The modernization of Spain since the 19th century. |
| 2006 | ||
| 24-Nov-06 | Mary Sears | Our Own Moors and Christians. |
| 27-Oct-06 | Peter Atkinson | Moors and Christians. |
| 12-Jun-06 | Angela Chantry | The Monastery at Montserrat. |
| 05-May-06 | Peter Atkinson | Santiago de Compostella by bike. |
| 05-Apr-06 | Maureen Stanley | Eleanor of Aquitaine. |
| 03-Mar-06 | David Thoms | Shakespeare’s Stratford. |
| 27-Jan-06 | Maria Hollingsworth | Buried Treasure in Cirros de los Santos. |
| 2005 | ||
| 23-Nov-05 | Ron Daniels | The Spanish Armada. |
| 30-Jun-05 | Guided tour of Javea Pueblo. | |
| 11-May-05 | Peter Atkinson | Santiago de Compostella pilgrimage. |
| 14-Apr-05 | Angela Chantry | Women’s role in reform in 19th century. |
