Reviews of Past Talks

Please note: All previous reviews of Society talks can be found In each LHS Newsletter. For these, please click here.

The Social Survey of Merseyside 1929 – 1934

Dr Michael Lambert, Fellow in Social Studies at Lancaster University – Friday 13th May 2022 An interesting talk was delivered […]

Robertson Gladstone: Demerara and Back 1828-1829

Dr Janet Hollinshead – Friday, 8 April 2022 from 11:30 to 13:00, at The Athenaeum, Liverpool Dr Hollinshead, a well-known […]

Key Events in Liverpool Newspaper History in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.

Dr Nick Foggo, on Friday 11th March 2022 Dr Foggo informed the meeting that Liverpool newspapers digitised by the British […]

The Art Collections of the Liverpool Royal Institution and the Gregson Memorial Institute.

Andrew Williams, B.A., on Friday 11 February 2022 Our speaker, Andrew Williams, who works for the Victoria Gallery and Museum […]

The Archives of Liverpool Cathedral

Canon Val Jackson of Liverpool Cathedral – Friday 10th December 2021 A well-attended meeting of the Society on 10th December […]

Duke Street from Cumberland to China

Marie Passey, 12 November 2021 Our second meeting in the Athenaeum Library was addressed by Marie Passey, who was at […]

Liverpool: A Study in Theocracy – Friday 8 October 2021

God’s Town – Liverpool & her Parish since 1207 Canon Dr Crispin Pailing was the star turn at the Annual […]

Equestrian Drama in Liverpool.

8th March 2020 – Talk by John Pinfold. The talk covered the following aspects:A definition of equestrian theatre, or ‘hippodrama’ […]

Herbert Rowse (1887-1963).

9th February 2020 – Professor Iain Jackson We were grateful to Professor Jackson of Liverpool University, School of Architecture for […]