Blenheim Palace launches regular event series at The Stables Cafe
Oxfordshire attraction and UNESCO World Heritage Site, Blenheim Palace, is excited to announce an all-new event series, Armchair Talks, hosted monthly at The Stables Café.
Each session, typically on the last Tuesday of the month at 6pm, will feature expert speakers covering a diverse range of topics, from nature conservation to historic preservation.
The series began in February, with a fascinating discussion on the Blenheim Palace roof project, the most ambitious restoration initiative in the Palace’s history. Head of Built Heritage, Kelly O’Driscoll, who was joined by architect Edward Lewis to explore the monumental £12 million renovation aimed at protecting the roof and priceless artworks at Britain’s Greatest Palace.
Future Armchair Talks include topics such as Blenheim’s gardens, the mysteries of lichen, and the fascinating world of bats and bees.
- Tuesday 25th March: Antonia Kenney – Social history at Blenheim
- Tuesday 29th April: Filipe Salbany – Bees and Trees at Blenheim
- Tuesday 27th May: Andy Mills – Gardens at Blenheim
- Tuesday 24th June: TBC
- Tuesday 29th July: Dave Gasca – How water moves – Water and the landscape
- Tuesday 26th August: Dr Nick Carter – Lichen at Blenheim
- Tuesday 30th September: Peter Shepherd – Bats and Blenheim (with evening walk)
Tickets to Armchair Talks are free for annual pass holders, or £5.00 to visitors without a valid annual pass.
For more information about the new series and Blenheim Palace, please visit www.blenheimpalace.com/whats-on/events/armchair-talks/
To purchase tickets, visit https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/blenheim-palace/armchair-talks-at-blenheim/2025-02-25/18:00/t-avnoqam?fbclid=IwY2xjawIS9xhleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHa_rTRLnLtyDViTsDaqqQtb_vHqfuU8AJ5RvoKZpF12Wa_MNdU42P1Z6MQ_aem_cRre7j-7Uj_JcaUQEAEZnw
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For more information, contact Cab Campaign – blenheim@cabcampaign.co.uk
About Blenheim Palace
Home to the Dukes of Marlborough since 1705, Blenheim Palace was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
Set in over 2,000 acres of ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped parkland and designed by Vanbrugh in the Baroque style, it was financed by Queen Anne, on behalf of a grateful nation, following the first Duke of Marlborough’s triumph over the French in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Today it houses one of the most important and extensive collections in Europe, which includes portraits, furniture, sculpture and tapestries.
Blenheim Palace is also the birthplace of one of Britain’s most famous leaders, Sir Winston Churchill, and it was his father who described the vista on entering the Estate from the village of Woodstock as the ‘finest view in England’.
