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Our Events 2026

The Green Dragon Hotel is proud to be the event’s leading hospitality partner.

 

We’ve created a special two-course menu that you can pre-order and enjoy before or after you see many of the incredible events. By pre-ordering, you can guarantee there’s no waiting around to dine and no time wasted, just a relaxed, enjoyable meal in the heart of Hereford City.  Full details and booking here!

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David Betz & Keir Giles
Elizabeth Braw & Charles Hecker
DEFCON1? The current global and national geopolitical landscape

Friday, 25 September 2026

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Stirling Memorial Series
Venue: Hereford Cathedral

DETAILS & BOOKING
Rory Naismith - Offa: King of the Mercians
Rory Naismith
Rory Naismith - Offa: King of the Mercians

Friday, 25 September 2026

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Venue: College Hall
Sponsored by: Noel & Nienke Manns

DETAILS & BOOKING
Lindsey Hilsum & Mark Nicol
Paul Wood & Ruth Sherlock
Seeking Truth in Conflict

Friday, 25 September 2026

1:30pm – 2:30pm

Venue: Hereford Cathedral

DETAILS & BOOKING
Craig Smith
Minerva Elite Performace
Leadership in Action

Friday, 25 September 2026

1:30pm – 2:30pm

Spectra Series
Venue: NMite Building, Blackfriars St

DETAILS & BOOKING
Giles Tremlett
Chris Hall
The Spanish Civil War

Friday, 25 September 2026

1:30pm – 2:30pm

Venue: College Hall

DETAILS & BOOKING
Annie Garthwaite
Matt Lewis
Mothers-in-War: How Women Shaped the Wars of the Roses

Friday, 25 September 2026

1:30pm – 2:30pm

Venue: Green Dragon Ballroom
Sponsored by: Wendy and Ivan Annibal

DETAILS & BOOKING
The MI5 Archive - Mark Dunton
Mark Dunton
The MI5 Archive

Friday, 25 September 2026

1:30pm – 2:30pm

Venue: St Peter’s Church - The Visit Hereford Stage
Sponsored by: TLS

DETAILS & BOOKING
The Killing Season - Robert Cowley
Robert Cowley
Robert Cowley - The Killing Season

Friday, 25 September 2026

3:30pm – 4:30pm

Venue: St Peter’s Church - The Visit Hereford Stage

DETAILS & BOOKING
Helen Carr - Sceptered Isle
Helen Carr
Helen Carr - Sceptered Isle

Friday, 25 September 2026

3:30pm – 4:30pm

Venue: Green Dragon Ballroom

DETAILS & BOOKING
Adam Hart - Operation Pimento
Adam Hart
Adam Hart - Operation Pimento

Friday, 25 September 2026

3:30pm – 4:30pm

Venue: College Hall

DETAILS & BOOKING
Paul O’Keeffe - Trafalgar: Battle and Aftermath
Paul O’Keeffe
Paul O’Keeffe - Trafalgar: Battle and Aftermath

Friday, 25 September 2026

5:30pm – 6:30pm

Venue: St Peter’s Church - The Visit Hereford Stage

DETAILS & BOOKING
Iain MacGregor - Battle: the Conflicts that Changed the World
Iain MacGregor
Iain MacGregor - Battle: the Conflicts that Changed the World

Friday, 25 September 2026

5:30pm – 6:30pm

Venue: Green Dragon Ballroom

DETAILS & BOOKING
Roland Phillips - Broken Archangel
Roland Phillips
Roland Phillips - Broken Archangel

Friday, 25 September 2026

5:30pm – 6:30pm

Venue: College Hall

DETAILS & BOOKING
Just Fighting: Morality in Conflict
Arthur Denaro
Arthur Denaro - Just Fighting: Morality in Conflict

Friday, 25 September 2026

7:00pm – 8:00pm

Venue: St Peter’s Church - The Visit Hereford Stage

DETAILS & BOOKING
Damien Lewis - SAS The Great Train Raid
Damien Lewis
Damien Lewis: SAS The Great Train Raid

Friday, 25 September 2026

7:30pm – 8:30pm

Stirling Memorial Series
Venue: Hereford Cathedral
Sponsored by: Ridgmont

DETAILS & BOOKING
Mark Griffiths - Philistine
Mark Griffiths
Mark Griffiths, Andrea Sartori - Philistine: A Professional Soldier in Africa

Saturday, 26 September 2026

11:00am – 12:00pm

Spectra Series
Venue: Castle Green Pavilion

DETAILS & BOOKING
Steve Crawshaw
Mark Nicol
Steve Crawshaw and Mark Nicol - Finding Justice in the Fog of War

Saturday, 26 September 2026

11:00am – 12:00pm

Stirling Memorial Series
Venue: St Peter’s Church - The Visit Hereford Stage

DETAILS & BOOKING
Giles Milton - Empire at the Edge of the World
Giles Milton
Giles Milton - Empire at the Edge of the World

Saturday, 26 September 2026

11:00am – 12:00pm

Venue: College Hall
Sponsored by: Literary Review

DETAILS & BOOKING
Monty Halls - Churchill's Killing House: The Origins of World War II's Legendary Commando Fighting Force
Monty Halls
Churchill's Killing House: The Origins of World War II's Legendary Commando Fighting Force

Saturday, 26 September 2026

11:00am – 12:00pm

Venue: Green Dragon Ballroom

DETAILS & BOOKING
SAS - North Africa
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, Ed Butler, Geordie Simm and Bob Parr
The SAS - Past, Present and Future

Saturday, 26 September 2026

11:00am – 12:00pm

Stirling Memorial Series
Venue: Hereford Cathedral
Sponsored by: Green Dragon Hotel

DETAILS & BOOKING
Adrian Goldsworthy - Athens and Sparta
Andrew Bayliss - Sparta
Adrian Goldsworthy - Athens and Sparta / Andrew Bayliss - Sparta

Saturday, 26 September 2026

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Venue: Green Dragon Ballroom

DETAILS & BOOKING
Dan Jones - Castles
Dan Jones
Dan Jones - Castles

Saturday, 26 September 2026

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Venue: Hereford Cathedral
Sponsored by: Literary Review

DETAILS & BOOKING
Ash Alexander-Cooper - Mindful Soldier
Ash Alexander-Cooper
Mindful Soldier: Building Resilience to Overcome Life's Challenges

Saturday, 26 September 2026

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Spectra Series
Venue: Castle Green Pavilion

DETAILS & BOOKING
Kevin J Weddle & Robert Cowley
Tom Cutterham
The American War of Independence

Saturday, 26 September 2026

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Venue: St Peter’s Church - The Visit Hereford Stage

DETAILS & BOOKING
Rivals in the Storm - Damian Collins
Damian Collins
Rivals in the Storm, How Lloyd George Seized Power, Won the War and Lost his Government

Saturday, 26 September 2026

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Venue: College Hall

DETAILS & BOOKING
Andrew Roberts - Napoleon & His Marshals
Andrew Roberts
Andrew Roberts - Napoleon & His Marshals

Saturday, 26 September 2026

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Venue: Hereford Cathedral
Sponsored by: TLS / Charles & Sarah de Rohan

DETAILS & BOOKING
Roger Moorhouse - Wolfpack: Inside Hitler’s U-Boat War
Roger Moorhouse
Wolfpack: Inside Hitler’s U-Boat War

Saturday, 26 September 2026

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Venue: College Hall

DETAILS & BOOKING
David Lascelles - Out of Colditz
David Lascelles
David Lascelles - Out of Colditz

Saturday, 26 September 2026

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Venue: Green Dragon Ballroom
Sponsored by: Charles and Annabel Moore

DETAILS & BOOKING
Thomas Smith - The Fifth Crusade
Thomas Smith
Thomas Smith - The Fifth Crusade

Saturday, 26 September 2026

3:30pm – 4:30pm

Venue: College Hall

DETAILS & BOOKING
Piers Blofeld - Master of Lies
Charles Cummings - Icarus 17
Piers Blofeld - Master of Lies / Charles Cummings - Icarus 17

Saturday, 26 September 2026

3:30pm – 4:30pm

Venue: Green Dragon Ballroom

DETAILS & BOOKING
Krishna Thapa Magar - The Warrior Monk
Krishna Thapa Magar
Krishna Thapa Magar - The Warrior Monk

Saturday, 26 September 2026

3:30pm – 4:30pm

Spectra Series
Venue: St Peter’s Church - The Visit Hereford Stage

DETAILS & BOOKING
Aaron Moon
Route 66
Aaron Moon - One Leg. 2,517 Miles. NO REST DAYS

Saturday, 26 September 2026

5:00pm – 5:30pm

Spectra Series
Venue: Castle Green Pavilion

Colin Bell - Bloody Dangerous: The 105 year life of a WWII Pilot
Colin Bell
Colin Bell - Bloody Dangerous: The 105 year life of a WWII Pilot

Saturday, 26 September 2026

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Venue: St Peter’s Church - The Visit Hereford Stage

DETAILS & BOOKING
Tim Spicer - An Axe and Four Balloons
Tim Spicer
Tim Spicer - An Axe and Four Balloons: Brian Franks, the man who saved the SAS

Saturday, 26 September 2026

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Stirling Memorial Series
Venue: Green Dragon Ballroom
Sponsored by: GRC Ltd

DETAILS & BOOKING
Explosive_ordnance_disposal_in_Mykolaiv_Oblast
Chris Hunter
Chris Hunter - Bomb Disposal and Life on the Line

Saturday, 26 September 2026

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Venue: College Hall

DETAILS & BOOKING
Colin Freeman - The Mad And The Brave: the untold story of Ukraine's Foreign Legion
Colin Freeman
The Mad And The Brave: the untold story of Ukraine's Foreign Legion

Saturday, 26 September 2026

6:30pm – 7:30pm

Venue: College Hall

DETAILS & BOOKING
Nigel Biggar & Alan Lester
David Lascelles
Blood Money: Military Force in the creation and administration of the British Empire & the case for and against British Reparations today

Saturday, 26 September 2026

6:30pm – 7:30pm

Venue: St Peter’s Church - The Visit Hereford Stage

DETAILS & BOOKING
The British Army in Burma 1945
Mark William Rawdon Slim
The Burma Campaign: Then and Now

Saturday, 26 September 2026

6:30pm – 7:30pm

Venue: Green Dragon Ballroom
Sponsored by: Charles and Sarah Ingleby

DETAILS & BOOKING
Robert Templer
Robin Yassin-Kassab
Epic Fury, the Impact and consequences of the war in Iran

Saturday, 26 September 2026

7:00pm – 8:00pm

Stirling Memorial Series
Venue: Hereford Cathedral

DETAILS & BOOKING
Ben Barry & George Simm
Ollie Plunket & Mary Wakefield
Warrior Race? Are we a country which is ready to defend itself?

Sunday, 27 September 2026

11:00am – 12:00pm

Stirling Memorial Series
Venue: Green Dragon Ballroom

DETAILS & BOOKING
Britain's Regular Cavalry at War 1660-1920 - Dr Patrick Mileham
Dr Patrick Mileham
Britain’s Regular Cavalry at War 1660-1920

Sunday, 27 September 2026

11:00am – 12:00pm

Venue: Bishops Palace Hall

DETAILS & BOOKING
Edmund Richardson - ALEXANDER: God. King. Man.
Edmund Richardson
Professor Edmund Richardson: Alexander: God. King. Man.

Sunday, 27 September 2026

11:00am – 12:00pm

Venue: St Peter’s Church - The Visit Hereford Stage

DETAILS & BOOKING
Hawk K9
Kieron Hawkes
Kieron Hawkes - Hawk K9

Sunday, 27 September 2026

11:00am – 12:00pm

Spectra Series
Venue: Castle Green Pavilion

DETAILS & BOOKING
Patrick Baty - The Regimental Identity: Insignia and Traditions
Patrick Baty
Patrick Baty - The Regimental Identity: Insignia and Traditions

Sunday, 27 September 2026

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Stirling Memorial Series
Venue: Green Dragon Ballroom
Sponsored by: Christian Dangerfield

DETAILS & BOOKING
Fallout - Eleanor Anstruther
Eleanor Anstruther
Fallout: The Women of Greenham Common

Sunday, 27 September 2026

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Venue: Bishops Palace Hall

DETAILS & BOOKING
Oliver Price
Ahana Datta Fasel
Enemy of the State and Full Stack Spies

Sunday, 27 September 2026

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Venue: St Peter’s Church - The Visit Hereford Stage

DETAILS & BOOKING
Fergal Keane - The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD
Fergal Keane
Fergal Keane - The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD

Sunday, 27 September 2026

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Venue: Green Dragon Ballroom

DETAILS & BOOKING
The Royal Hospital Chelsea at War - Martin Cawthorne
Martin Cawthorne
The Royal Hospital Chelsea at War

Sunday, 27 September 2026

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Venue: Bishops Palace Hall

DETAILS & BOOKING
General Sir Adrian Bradshaw
Tobias Ellwood & Dominic Cummings
The General's Table: The Economics of Britain's Defence and Security

Sunday, 27 September 2026

2:30pm – 3:30pm

Stirling Memorial Series
Venue: St Peter’s Church - The Visit Hereford Stage

DETAILS & BOOKING
5 SOLDIERS: The Body is the Frontline
5 SOLDIERS: The Body is the Frontline - on stage
5 Soldiers Film & Conversation

Sunday, 27 September 2026

2:30pm – 4:20pm

Venue: Courtyard Theatre, Edgar St

DETAILS & BOOKING
Charlie English - The CIA Book Club
Charlie English
Charlie English - The CIA Book Club

Sunday, 27 September 2026

3:30pm – 4:30pm

Venue: Green Dragon Ballroom
Sponsored by: Literary Review

DETAILS & BOOKING
James Newby & Sam Cranny Evans
Bob Parr
From the Stirrup to the Drone: Warfare as an agent of technological progress

Sunday, 27 September 2026

3:30pm – 4:30pm

Stirling Memorial Series
Venue: Bishops Palace Hall
Sponsored by: ETL Systems Ltd

DETAILS & BOOKING
Voices of Service
St Peter's Church Hereford Interior
Voices of Service

Sunday, 27 September 2026

5:30pm Start

Venue: St Peter’s Church - The Visit Hereford Stage
Sponsored by: North Tower Consulting

DETAILS & BOOKING
Nicholas Soames - Lord Soames of Fletchling
Green Dragon Hotel Restaurant Hereford
Dinner with Nicholas Soames - Lord Soames of Fletching

Sunday, 27 September 2026

6:00pm – Until Close

Venue: Green Dragon Restaurant

DETAILS & BOOKING

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