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.

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

Join Georgettes over the winter for a special book group to mark the 250^th birthday of Jane Austen, when we shall be discussing a different Austen novel each month. Join us in the front room of the Gardens Arms, Plantation Road, whether it is your favourite Austen novel, if you have just watched a film version, or listened to the audiobook – All are welcome to join us.
At the start of the session a member of Georgettes will introduce the book, and give a short talk, before opening it up to a general discussion.

In January we will be looking at Northanger Abbey.

Time: 8-9pm
Price: FREE
Venue: The Gardeners Arms, 39 Plantation Road, Jericho, Oxford OX2 6JE

Wednesday the 18^th of February – FREE Talk and Discussion on Persuasion – led by Chris Ashbolt

Join Georgettes over the winter for a special book group to mark the 250^th birthday of Jane Austen, when we shall be discussing a different Austen novel each month. Join us in the front room of the Gardens Arms, Plantation Road, whether it is your favourite Austen novel, if you have just watched a film version, or listened to the audiobook – All are welcome to join us.
At the start of the session a member of Georgettes will introduce the book, and give a short talk, before opening it up to a general discussion.

In February we will be looking at Persuasion.

Time: 8-9pm
Price: FREE
Venue: The Gardeners Arms, 39 Plantation Road, Jericho, Oxford OX2 6JE

Previous Talks

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