Resources

Forthcoming Events

1 May, 2018, 7.30 p.m.
Dr Graham Harding, Wine Tasting
If you want to learn more about sparkling wines with an expert on May Day, this is the chance.
St. Hugh’s College, St. Margaret’s Road, Oxford.
£15 – to be pre-booked. Information to follow very shortly.

8 May, 2018, 5.00 p.m.
The Clara Florio Cooper Memorial Lecture, Emeritus Professor Diego Zancani, Britalian: Italian Renaissance Food, and its representation in Britain and in Italy. Taylor Institution, Main Hall, St. Giles, Oxford.

9 May, 2018, 11.00 a.m.
Celebration of Europe Day and twinning of Padua and Oxford. Flag raising at 11.00 am at Carfax with dignitaries from both the Comune and University of Padua and their Oxford counterparts.

17 May, 2018, 7.30 p.m.
Katia Lysy, Iris Origo’s granddaughter, and Lucy Hughes-Hallet, cultural historian and author of The Pike on Iris Origo’s previously undiscovered diary (A Chill in the Air).
St. Hugh’s College, St. Margaret’s Road, Oxford.

30 May, 2018, 7.30 p.m.
Erica Benner: Be Like a Fox
Have we got Machiavelli all wrong?
What if the Italian civil servant whose name became shorthand for devious politics was trying to warn us about the despots, not advise them?
St. Hugh’s College, St. Margaret’s Road, Oxford.

30 June, 2018, 5.00 p.m.
TOIA Garden Party: enjoy a fair summer evening in likeminded company. Venue to be unveiled.

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