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Public Lectures

For well over a decade Dillington House has been providing a programme of Sunday afternoon public lectures across a wide range of subjects.

Previous speakers have included the likes of Germaine Greer, Sir Roy Strong, Kate Adie, Rosie Boycott, Dr David Starkey, Claire Tomalin, Fay Weldon, Lucinda Lampton,Tristram Hunt, Michael Mansfield QC, Fred Dibnah, Professor Ronald Hutton, Dame Margaret Drabble, Brian Sewell, Sir John Keegan, George Melly, Michael Fish, Adrian Tinniswood, Gijs van Hensbergen, Claire Fox, Jonathan Meades, Professor Richard Holmes, Michael Wood, Professor Mike Parker-Pearson, Professor Christopher Tilley and Sir Michael Holroyd.

"I had a wonderful afternoon at Dillington House - exactly the sort of audience that authors hope for when speaking about their books. The questions were not only well informed but enabled me to fill in the gaps left by my original talk. I look forward to coming back. "

Roy Hattersley