Talk – “Lost Ship – Found”

Emsworth Museum 10b North Street, Emsworth, Hampshire, United Kingdom

By Dr Ian Friel The talk is about some of the shipwrecks Ian researched as a historian – an English ship from the 1400s, a Dutch vessel from the 1600s, and a British passenger liner from the 1850s. The last of the three remains lost, and its story has odd resonances with that of the...

£5

Talk – “Cross-Dressed to Kill”

Emsworth Museum 10b North Street, Emsworth, Hampshire, United Kingdom

By Vivien Morgan An exploration of women in the 17th to 20th centuries who went to war dressed as men. There were hundreds of known women cross-dressers in Britain, Europe and the Americas, yet they have been erased from both social and military history. Vivien tells some of their fascinating stories.

£5