| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| When: | Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm 2nd Mon |
| Venue: | Len Evans Hall |
FACT OR FICTION
If you have a general interest in all things historical this could be the group for you. We take a broad approach rather than focus on specifics such as local or family history, and the emphasis is on accessibility and inclusivity – exploring how events of the distant and more recent past can be relevant to our lives today
Our theme for the next year will be Fact or Fiction. Each month I will issue a statement, and in our meetings we will discuss whether we think this is fact, fiction, or … we simply don’t know. The focus each month will be on a person or event that has typically attracted a great deal of attention, be that from academic historians, in popular media (websites, documentaries, podcasts etc), or often dramas, novels and so on.
We are starting with a trilogy (October to December) – Mary Queen of Scots, the Gunpowder Plot, and Mary's son, James I and VI. At our meeting on Monday, 9th November, 2.00pm at the Len Evans Hall, Aberkenfig, we will discussing the following statement: Guy Fawkes was the brains behind the Gunpowder Plot.
Determining whether that statement is fact or fiction may be relatively straightforward, but there are many uncertainties associated with the Plot, not least, who were the 'goodies' and who were the 'baddies', so there will be plenty to discuss. As with subject, much has been written about the Plot, and there are numerous TV documentaries, podcasts, dramas and books (academic or otherwise) on the subject.
Enjoy your researching and looking forward to the discussion in November.