Vaughan Forum
A series of talks, workshops and discussions which are open to anyone who is curious and wants to find out more.
Sessions cover topics from the arts, humanities, social sciences and counselling, and also discuss adult education and co-operative issues. They usually take place once a month on a Thursday evening. There is a mix of online and in-person Forums.
Upcoming Events
April Forum: Artists of the North West: The Lake District and LiverpoolÂ
A talk about the works of art by Lakeland and Liverpool artists which are in the Lakeland Arts, the National Trust and Liverpool Record Office collections.
Past Events
March Forum: Promoting Leicester – A City of History and Progress
A Forum about how Leicester has been promoted to visitors and residents since the City Council established its Publicity and Development Committee in the 1930s.
February Forum: Piecing Together Traces of a Lost Coventry Mystery Play
Miriam Gill shares how fragmentary stained glass may develop our understanding of the spectacular finale of Coventry's missing Mystery Plays, the Drapers' play of the Last Judgement.
January Forum: Sudden Death – Nineteenth-Century Coroners Inquests
A talk by Sophie Michell about how the inquest worked in the nineteenth century. The talk is illustrated with examples from Leicester.
October Forum: 999, CCTV and Computers: the History of Police Control Rooms
Chris Williams explains about the history of police control rooms and how the 999 emergency telephone system came into operation
June Forum: Medieval Charnwood Forest
A talk by Dr Ann Stones which considers contemporary medieval perceptions of Charnwood using maps, place-names, landscape and archaeological evidence.
May Forum: Returning colonials at home
Dr Denise McHugh explains how returning British colonisers tried to find a 'place in the sun' when they returned to Britain from India. She explores the households and habits of self-identifying 'Anglo-Indians'.
Please click here to view all historic Vaughan Forum events.