Events Archive: May 2025

Words Take Wing: an evening of words and music inspired by Thomas Hardy

21^st May 2025 Join us for an intimate evening - a unique take on Thomas Hardy's imagination and his creative process in his novels and poetry. Wessex-based 'Wyvern' draw on Hardy's love of the land, its people and the music around him, infusing it with their voices, visuals and instruments.Tickets include wine and nibbles. Wessex-based 'Wyvern' draw on Hardy's love of the land, its people and the music arou ... click for more

Drax of Drax Hall: A Talk by Paul Lashmar - SOLD OUT

22^nd May 2025 SOLD OUT How one British family got rich (and stayed rich) from sugar and slavery - Thursday 22 May 2025, 7.00 - 8.30pm at Dorset History Centre Guardian journalist Paul Lashmar is the author of a new book published in March 2025 about the Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax family of Dorset and theirrole in slavery and the British sugar industry in Barbados. Spanning 400 years and 18 generations,Drax ... click for more

Exclusive Behind the Scenes Members Event

3^rd May 2025 Behind the Scenes at Dorset History Centre,Saturday 3rd May 2025 2:00 - 3.00pmat Dorset History Centre, Dorchester, DT1 1RP A tour of Dorset History Centre with a chance to see the areas normally closed to public access, including the strong rooms housing over a thousand years of history and our conservation laboratory and digitisation suite. Led by Principal Archivist, Claire Skinner. This ... click for more