Synopsis

Participants included Richard Harris, an insurance official, who specialized in the history of Communism in Eastern Europe from 1935; Gill Reid, a housewife, interested in *The Life and Times of Dorothy Wordsworth*; Roger Woods, a farmer, with a focus on *The Life and Work of Isambard Kingdom Brunel*; Arthur Scruton, a retired civil servant, who studied *The History of Cheltenham from Roman Times*; and Magnus Magnusson from the Cheltenham Ladies' College.