Talks and Events
Joanne gives various talks throughout the year. To arrange a speaking event, use the contact page. For recorded events and podcasts, see the Youtube playlist below.
UPCOMING EVENTS
See links below to purchase tickets.
(all times BST unless otherwise noted).
Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell
Tudor Times presents Thomas Cromwell: The Rise & Fall
Date: Thursday 11 September - 6:30-9:30pm
Venue: Southwark Cathedral
Join us for an evening of talks delving into the fascinating life of Thomas Cromwell at Southwark Cathedral in partnership with Tudor Times the online repository for all things Tudor and Stewart (1485–1625).
Hear from three experts as they explore Cromwell's impact on British history. Each talk will be 40 minutes long followed by audience Q&A. This event will be taking place in the Cathedral library and is in-person only.
Don't miss this unique opportunity to learn more about one of the most intriguing figures of the Tudor period.
Book tickets here.
Thomas More: Saint or Sinner?
Date: Wednesday 17 September - 12:00-1:00pm
Venue: Blackfriars Priory
Henry VIII’s Lord Chancellor Thomas More is one of the most famous – or infamous – figures in English history. Worshipped as a saint, detested as a torturer, admired as a revolutionary, condemned as dogmatic. So is he a saintly scholar or the stubborn zealot famously portrayed in Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall? Join leading historian Joanne Paul to hear the story of the man who opposed Henry’s break from Rome, was executed in the Tower yet dominated England in the first half of the 16th century.
‘Paul Schofield, Hilary Mantel step aside, Joanne Paul’s fastidious biography restores More’s ideas and work to their full range of colour.’ – Helen Castor
Book tickets here.
Thomas More: Conversation with Dr Owen Emmerson
Date: Saturday 20 September, 2:00-3:00pm
Venue: Hever Castle, Two Sisters' Theatre
Saintly scholar, zealous persecutor, ambitious statesman – who was the ‘real’ Thomas More? Drawing on new archival research from her biography of More, Dr Joanne Paul will separate the man from the myth to discover the real Thomas More. Join us as we delve into the fascinating world of the sixteenth century to separate fact from fiction and uncover the enduring legacy of one of history’s most enigmatic and divisive figures.
Book tickets here.
Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England
Date: Wednesday 1 October, 10:30-11:30am
Venue: Castle Hill Baptist Church
Saintly scholar, zealous persecutor, ambitious statesman – who was the ‘real’ Thomas More?
The hero of A Man for All Seasons or the villain of Wolf Hall?
Joanne Paul recovers the living, breathing, complex historical individual who walked London’s streets, wrote Utopia, and daringly spoke truth to Henry VIII.
Drawing on new archival research from her biography of More, Joanne will explore the man and the myth.
Book tickets here.