Autumn 2006

THURSDAY LECTURES: AUTUMN 2006

All the talks take place at St Giles’ Church, at 12.30 pm

Festival Lift up Your Eyes: Roofscapes

Mini-series lectures

• September 28^th: Julian Munby Some medieval roofs of Oxford

• October 5^th: Richard Lethbridge Saxon to Victorian - beautiful churches of Oxfordshire
  (This lecture is in aid of the Roof Appeal and will cost £7.50, including a light lunch).

• October 12^th: John Crook Bishops and base crucks: 14^th century timber halls in Southern England, and their carpentry

Termly lectures

The Seven Deadly Sins in Literature and Life

• October 19^th: Professor Michael Dobson and Dr Nicola Watson Vanity: the case of Queen Elizabeth I

• October 26^th: Professor Val Cunningham Gluttony

• November 2^nd: The Rev'd Mary Bide Apathy: all Laodiceans now

• November 9^th: Ref Prof Michael Screech: Envy

• November 16^th: Lust and Law: sex and the city explored in “Measure for Measure"

• November 23^rd: Dr Martin Henig Avarice: and the Ancient Romans

•  November 30^th: Felicity Blair: Anger, a force for good as well as ill

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