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).
The Dudleys and the Howards with Authors and Historians Joanne Paul and Nicola Clark
Date: Thursday 29 January 3-4pm
Venue: ONLINE
This one is for our history buffs out there! Join authors and historians Joanne Paul and Nicola Clark (both of whom we've hosted before!) as they discuss their books, "The House of Dudley" and "The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens". "The House of Dudley" is the story of England's Borgias, a noble house competing for proximity to the throne through cunning, adultery and sheer audacity, revealing some of the period's most talented, intelligent and cunning individuals. "The Waiting Game" explores the daily lives of ladies-in-waiting, revealing the secrets of recruitment, costume, what they ate, where (and with whom) they slept. Where do their paths cross? Let's find out!
Register here.
“A Good Servant of the Queen”: Thomas More and Katherine of Aragon
Katherine of Aragon Festival 2026
Date: Saturday 1 February noon-1pm
Venue: The Knights Chamber, Peterborough Cathedral and ONLINE
The lives and deaths of Thomas More and Katherine of Aragon appear inexorably intertwined. More’s first surviving letter detailed the Spanish Princess’s elaborate entrance into London to marry Prince Arthur. And his final, fatal stand against Henry VIII has long been seen as a defence of the marriage between Katherine and the king. But was More such a stalwart defender of Katherine as has long been perceived? Or did he too, in the end, abandon her?
Join award-winning historian Dr Joanne Paul as she explores the complicated, influential, and occasionally treasonous relationship between the Queen of England and her Lord Chancellor, drawing on new research published in her latest book: Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England.
Book in-person tickets here.
Register online here.
Discovering Thomas More’s Utopia
Date: Tuesdays, 2 Feb-10 March 2/17-3/10
Venue: ONLINE
For over 500 years, Thomas More’s enigmatic text has inspired and mystified readers. Is it a blueprint for a new society, a manifesto for communism, an argument for liberalism or a portrait of authoritarianism? Or perhaps it is all one big joke played by More on his readers, then as now. To discover the truth, we must journey to More’s own time, to 16th century Europe, and the world that inspired Utopia.
Join award-winning historian and broadcaster Dr Joanne Paul as she reveals the secrets of Utopia, buried deep within the text. From laughing at tyrants to contemplating skulls, this course will approach Utopia in all its complexity, hilarity, and morbidity.
Register here.