Georgettes of Oxford is putting together a series of talks on many different aspects of the 18^th and 19^th centuries.

A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and vice – The Mysteries of Udolpho By Ann Radcliffe 1794

If you would like to volunteer to give a talk, or know an interesting speaker, please do get in touch.
Over 18s only.

Over the Summer Term in preparation for our 100 years of These old Shades celebration at The Bodleian on the 4^th of October we will be looking at a different novel by best selling book Georgettes Heyer in the months leading up to it.
Please bring a pound or two to donate towards venue hire.

Summer Term Book Group
Thursday 16^th of April: Frederica – Prof Anna Nekaris OBE – At the Gardeners Arms Pub
The Alastair/Worth Quintet by Georgette Heyer
Wednesday 20^th of May: The Black Moth – Dr Helen Davidge
Wednesday 10^th of June: These Old Shades – Nicholas Walker
Wednesday 8^th of July: Devils Cub – Susan Koffler-Sluijter
Wednesday 12^th of August: Regency Buck – Chris Ashbolt
Wednesday 9^th of September An Infamous Army – Dr Helen Davidge

Time: 8:15-9:15pm
Venue: The Old School Room, St Peter’s Church, Turn Turn, Wolvercote, Oxford, OX2 8AQ

Winter Term Book Group
November : Frankenstein – TBC
December: A Christmas Carol – TBC

Previous Talks

Saturday the 14^th of February 2026 – Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen by Alicia Martin online and at The Bodleian, Weston Library

Wednesday the 18^th of February 2026 – Talk and Discussion on Persuasion led by Chris Ashbolt – The Gardeners Arms

Saturday the 14^th of February 2026 – Talk on Regency Dancing by Dr Helen Davidge at The Bodleian, Weston Library,

Wednesday the 21^st of January 2026 – Talk and Discussion on Northanger Abbey led by Rebecca Knight-Morgan – The Gardeners Arms

Wednesday the 10^th of December 2025 – Talk and Discussion on Emma led by Miranda Stevens – The Gardeners Arms

Wednesday the 19^th of November 2025 – Talk and Discussion on Mansfield Park led by Prof Anna Nekaris OBE – The Gardeners Arms

Wednesday the 22^th of October 2025 – FREE Talk and Discussion Pride & Prejudice and Neurodiversity – Dr Helen Davidge – The Gardeners Arms

Wednesday the 24^th of September 2025 – Talk and Discussion on Sense and Sensibility led by Nick Walker – The Gardeners Arms

Thursday the 4^th of September 2025 – FREE Talk The Counter-Epistolary form used by Jane Austen in Emma by Dr Octavia Cox at Lynrace Cocktail Bar

Tuesday the 29^th of April 2025 – Traditional Chinese Dance of the 17^th-19^th Centuries By Lulu Lyu at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford

Thursday the 13^th of March 2025 – ‘Our new paper hangings’: Wallpaper in the eighteenth-century home by Prof Clare Taylor at The Six Bells, Kidlington

Thursday the 9^th January 2025 – ‘Styling the Eighteenth Century Woman’ by Alicia Martin at The Lynrace

Thursday the 5^th of December 2024 – ‘Baroque Moves: How Dance Revolutionised French Opera’ by Dr Lola Salem at the Harris Lecture Theatre, Oriel College

Thursday the 18^th of July 2024 – “Queen Charlotte’s Household: a Consort’s Family of Aristocratic Courtiers” by Amanda Westcott – The Gardeners Arms

Saturday the 8^th of June 2024 – ‘More than Romance: the Witty World of Georgette Heyer’ by Dr Jennifer Kloester at St Margaret’s Institute

Wednesday the 5^th of June 2024 – ‘AI and Bach: From Living Cell to Baroque Music’ by Shu Yang-Miyoshi at The Gardeners Arms

Wednesday the 17^th of April 2024 – ‘Good Things Come in Small Boxes: The Story of British Tea Chests and Caddies’ By Kate Richenburg at Kellogg College

Wednesday the 6^th of March 2024 – ‘Hacking the Regency Look’ By Jane Dougherty at The Gardeners Arms

Wednesday the 17th of January 2024 – ‘Hidden Stories – A History of Georgian Garters’ by Juliet Ashdown at Kellogg College

Wednesday the 6^th of December 2023 – A Georgian Christmas by Annette Ashton-Redlin at The Gardeners Arms

Monday the 22^nd of November 2023 – Mind your Manners, Mantuas, and Minuet steps! A How-To Guide for the Georgian Birthday Ball  – by Dr Hillary Burlock at The Gardeners Arms

Wednesday the 1^st of November 2023 – Georgette Heyer, her Readers and Data Science by Dr Helen Davidge at The Gardeners Arms

Monday the 18^th of September 2023 – The Dancing Master by Matthew Coatsworth at The Gardeners Arms

Wednesday the 9^th of August 2023 – Writing a Regency Novel by Regency Novelist Penny Hampson at The Gardeners Arms

Wednesday the 28^th of June 2023 – Historical Costuming by Lizzie Dawson at Kellogg College

Monday the 20^th March 2023 – ‘But are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?’ – Gothic Romance by Dr Sam Hirst at The Gardeners Arms

Saturday the 11^th March 2023 – 18^th Century and early 19^th Century art – William Andris Wood at the Ashmolean