Lectures from previous years may be found on the Past Lectures page in the Archive section.

Programme of Lectures 2024

Lectures usually start at 7.45 for 8.00pm.  It is intended that lectures for 2023 may be attended by an audience both at Avenue House and on Zoom. This ‘Hybrid’ technology is being trialed so please check nearer the time for confirmation. 

Lectures are held in the in the Drawing Room, Avenue House (also known as Stephen’s House) , 17 East End Road, Finchley N3 3QE. Buses 13, 143, 326 & 460 pass close by, and it is five to ten minutes walk from Finchley Central Station (Northern Line).  Tea/coffee and biscuits follow the talk.

Lectures held at Avenue House will be free for Members of the Society and the fee for visitors is £2.

Tuesday February 13th 2024

Jacqui Pearce: Topic TBC


Tuesday March 12th 2024 

Robin Densem: “The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest AD9: The massacre of a Roman army”


Tuesday April 9th 2024

Ian Jones:Traders, Bargees, Ferrymen and a Seagull; Life and Work in Roman Pisa


Tuesday May 14th 2024

Owen Humphreys: London’s Roman Tools


Tuesday June 11th 2024

AGM followed by a lecture by Jacqui Pearce (Topic TBC)