with speakers Colin Thomas & Geoffrey Robertson

(Mon 27th / 7.30pm / £4/3)

It must be the poor, the simple and mean things of this earth that must confound the mighty and strong. The Levellers inspired much of the opposition to King Charles I during the Civil War but they also resisted those who tried to take over the Kings dictatorial powers. Colin Thomas will talk about the way their influence lived on long after they were crushed. The evening will also include extracts from "Freeborn John", the BBC film Colin made about Leveller hero John Lilburne.

Geoffrey Robertson QC is not only a renowned human rights lawyer who has been counsel in many landmark cases in constitutional, criminal and media law, he is also an acclaimed historian and author whose book The Tyrannicide Brief examined the first trial of a head of state - Charles I. Tonight he'll speak about this ground breaking moment in history and how it opened the way for the trials of Augusto Pinochet, Slobodan Milosevic, and Saddam Hussein.