Online Talks and Podcasts
Toby Driver U-Tube talk – Archaeology of the Gwent Levels
Blog
It’s time for our AGM again! Who could believe that we have already come to the final lecture of the 2025-26 Lecture Series? And what an interesting and wide-ranging selection of lectures we have enjoyed. There have also been 12 fascinating monthly short articles relating to the lectures on our ‘This Month’ page and also in the Abergavenny Focus.
As the lectures finish, so the Summer Visits begin, with as always a tempting range of destinations. There are still a few places left on three of the visits, so if you have not done so already, do get your form sent to the Visits Team very soon.
Over the past year, along with their monthly emails, our members have received a copy of the second edition of our children’s stories Abergavenny Tales and Trails, the third edition of our journal Gobannium Gazette, and our special publication Wendy Boston and the Bears, the History of the Toy Industry in Abergavenny and Crickhowell. You can find the download button here
Our £20 subscriptions represents excellent value for money!
Other Organisations' Events in May
More events can always be found on our Facebook page
Women’s Archive Wales
History Day School: Salt of the earth
12 May, 9.30-3.30, St Michael’s Centre, donation of £10 at the door
The full title of the Day School is ‘Salt of the Earth?’ Discovering the History and Heritage of the Women of north Monmouthshire and there will be an opportunity to learn more about some of the remarkable women of the area, including those who campaigned for the vote for women; a workshop on the 1924 Peace Petition; films from the ‘Women and Sport’ and ‘ The Commemoration of the Equalities Legislation of the 1970s’ projects and a glimpse into the women recorded in Gwent Archives. Please register through emailing info@womensarchivewales.org or via Eventbrite. https://www.womensarchivewales.org/en/news.htm?id=378
Art Shop and Chapel
Conversations at the Chapel: Prof Dai Smith in conversation with Peter Wakelin
14 May, 8pm, Upstairs at the Chapel, £15.81 (online booking)
Historian, teacher, broadcaster, novelist and poet Professor Dai Smith will discuss his life and career with a particular focus on his acclaimed biography of the writer, critic and academic Raymond Williams. The continuing influence of Raymond Williams as a thinker is global but Abergavenny was his home town and his novels Border Country and People of the Black Mountains were among many expressions of his strong connection with the area throughout his life. https://artshopandgallery.co.uk/events/conversations-at-the-chapel-raymond-williams-with-professor-dai-smith/
