Talks
Discover more with our expert staff and guest speakers. Join us for Munch and Listen (lunchtime talks), Hear, Here (evening talks), and Curator's Pick (in-gallery talks).
Munch and Listen
Enjoy our monthly lunchtime talks programme – just bring your lunch and listen!
Holy Wells, Hammermen and Holding the Devil By the Nose: A History of St Loys Road, Tottenham
- Monday 23 February, 12.15pm
Free, all welcome. Booking required. Arrive 12 noon for a 12.15 start.
In an ordinary street, close to Bruce Grove Station, hidden beneath a row of late 19th century housing, lies an ancient relic of Tottenham’s past.
You may have walked past without a second glance, scarcely noticing the road name, or perhaps even wondered who is St Loy? Here is meant to be a holy well, given a French saint’s name.
Where is the well now? And what on earth do horses have to do with it?
Bring your lunch, sit back and let life-long Tottenham resident and local historian Val Crosby answer these intriguing questions and many more.
Please book your free ticket for this in-person talk via Eventbrite.
For any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk
William Bedwell and his World: In Conversation with Alastair Hamilton and Samantha Brown
- Monday 9 March, 12.15pm (doors open 12 noon)
Free, all welcome. Booking required.
A chance to see the current exhibition about Bedwell, as well as a visit to All Hallows Church after the talk.
Join the curators of Bruce Castle Museum & Archive’s current exhibition, Getting the Measure of William Bedwell, in conversation with Alastair Hamilton and Samantha Brown.
William Bedwell was the Vicar of Tottenham at All Hallows Church, who was a leading figure in the study of Arabic in the early 1600s, as well as having a great interest in mathematics and its application.
The discussion at this lunchtime talk explores the shared interest of Hamilton and Brown in Tottenham’s 17th century vicar. It considers what Bedwell’s manuscripts and books reveal about his life and times, and examines how Bedwell connected early modern Tottenham to the wider world.
Please book your free ticket for this talk via Eventbrite.
For any queries, contact Bruce Castle Museum & Archive on museum.services@haringey.gov.uk
Alastair Hamilton has held professorships at the universities of Leiden and Amsterdam, as well as at the Warburg Institute at the University of London. He has worked for many years on the relations between Europe and the Arab world, and he is the leading authority on the life and work of William Bedwell.
Samantha Brown is a PhD student at UCL whose research examines engagement with the Arabic language in early modern England. Her work develops new perspectives on William Bedwell, and she assisted our curators with the Getting the Measure of William Bedwell exhibition.
Hear, Here
Come along and Hear, Here at our monthly evening talks programme.
Talks will either be on-site or online. Please check carefully for details of each event, as these may vary.
Curator's Pick
A monthly series of bite-size talks by the curator or invited guest as they share stories inspired by their choice of objects or art from the galleries.