October 2025: Cold War Talks & Events

06/10/2025
NEWS

This October, a number of UK institutions are hosting hybrid lectures, exhibitions or events that shine a light on Britainโ€™s Cold War experience and its global legacy.

848 ROYAL NAVAL AIR SQUADRON HELICOPTERS WORKING IN MALAYA. OCTOBER 1956, MALAYA. THE HELICOPTER SQUADRON, WHICH WENT TO MALAYA IN JANUARY 1953 STILL IN SERVICE. (A 33587) Helicopters of 848 Royal Naval Air Squadron operating over dense Malayan jungle. Copyright: ยฉ IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205163981

TALKS:

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ: ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜ – ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
On Friday 10 October 2025, join co-curators Jessica Douthwaite and Federico Varese to discuss the John Le Carrรฉ archive at the Bodleian and the development of this exciting exhibition.
More information: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/…/tradecraft-the…

๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: ๐—ข๐—ณ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐˜†๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜€
On Tuesday 14 October 2025, explore the extraordinary technology and architecture behind Britainโ€™s Cold War radar defences with Thomas Withington.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/s/lunchtime-lecture-of-golf-ball/1485016132642826

๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜† ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ: ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฏโ€“๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฒ
On Thursday 23 October 2025, discover how British forces engaged in one of the Cold Warโ€™s most overlooked conflicts with Geraint Hughes.
More information: https://www.nam.ac.uk/…/unknown-war-britain-and-dhofar…

BRITISH FORCES IN CYPRUS 1960 – 1974 (CT 17) The Grenadier Guards undertake urban riot drill training in Cyprus, probably while serving with the Cyprus Truce Force, December 1963 – March 1964. Copyright: ยฉ IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205191069

EXHIBITIONS & EXPERIENCES:

(๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช) ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜
Bodleian Libraries, Oxford // Open until 6 April 2026

This exhibition delves into the authorโ€™s personal items, sketches, manuscripts, and correspondence, shedding light on how his experiences informed his writing.
More information: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lecarre

(๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช) ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ, ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€
Imperial War Museum, London // Open until 29 March 2026

This exhibition explores how these Cold War โ€˜Emergenciesโ€™ in the1950s became complex civil wars, with a profound effect on those involved.
More information: https://www.iwm.org.uk/…/emergency-exits-the-fight-for…

(๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐— ๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜๐—— ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ) ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ
York Cold War Bunker // Booking for 29-31 October 2025

Step into a simulated 1983 Cabinet meeting during a nuclear crisis in this immersive audio event.
More information: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/…/york-cold-war…

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