Devon and Exeter Institution

A lecture by Dr Marnie Devereux and Dr Beth-Marie Lockwood on how Devon-based authors Michael Morpurgo, David Rees and Philip Reeve write about home, war and landscape in children's books. It suits readers with an interest in children's literature, Devon writing or the wartime novels of the period.

A guided tour by librarian Fiona of the Christmas Feasts through the Ages book display, looking at festive food history. Suits anyone with an interest in books, history or festive traditions.

A one-hour candle-lit tour through a library, where you meet figures who lived and worked around the Cathedral Close in times past. Refreshments are included, and it suits people aged 12 and over.

A one-hour candle-lit tour through a library, where you meet figures who lived and worked around the Cathedral Close in times past. Refreshments are included, and it suits people aged 12 and over.

A one-hour candle-lit tour through a library, where you meet figures who lived and worked around the Cathedral Close in times past. Refreshments are included, and it suits people aged 12 and over.

An evening lecture in the Roots & Networks series, where Dr Katie Brown explains a vast 13th-century universal history that drew on Christian, Muslim and Jewish sources. Suited to anyone interested in medieval history, translation and scholarship, with a drinks reception beforehand and time for questions afterwards.

An evening lecture in the Roots & Networks series in which Maisie Corkhill examines how 19th-century enclosures shaped the landscape and characters of Thomas Hardy's novels. Suited to readers of Hardy and anyone interested in rural history and land ownership, with a drinks reception before and questions after.

Librarian Fiona gives an insight into the 'Women Writing History' book display and what the collections reveal about 19th-century women historians. Suited to anyone interested in women's history and historical writing.

Chiedozie Obia presents a paper on Native Courts in colonial Eastern Nigeria during the First World War, focusing on sexual violence and accountability. Suited to those interested in colonial history, African history and gender.

A lecture by Sir Denis Pereira Gray on how university medicine developed in Devon and Cornwall, from the postgraduate institute in Exeter to today's two medical schools. Suited to anyone interested in medical history or the region's academic past, with time for questions afterwards.