Start your evening by dropping in to view West Country to World’s End between 5.30 and 6.30pm followed by author Alison Weir’s keynote lecture at 7.30 pm at the Thistle Rougemont Hotel where she will discuss the events and circumstances that shaped a great queen. Elizabeth I`s genius and statesmanship were, in no small measure, the product of her turbulent childhood and youth. Elizabeth was meant to be the son that Henry VIII urgently needed. Declared a bastard at only two years of age, after her mother, Anne Boleyn, had been beheaded, and disinherited, she was to face loss, scandal, accusations of treason and imprisonment. Yet she survived them all, and at the age of 25, triumphantly ascended the throne of England.

RAMM Galleries 20 and 21 followed by the Devonshire Suite at the Thistle Rougemont Hotel, Queen Street

£12 (£10)

Tickets available above or from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum reception in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm.

Details here.