Category: Art & History Archive

Date: Monday 26th Mar 2018  10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Ancients of Mexico Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic We often see TV programmes about the great Inca Empire stretching down the whole of the Andes or about ‘The Aztecs’ of Central America. It is a quirk of…

Date: Monday 12th Mar 2018  10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Exploration for Oil and Gas; How Geologists Find The Black Stuff Lecturer: Ruby Philpott The recent history of oil and gas exploration by a geoscientist who worked in the industry for over 30 years. The…

Date: 12th Feb 2018 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: A Tale of Two Cities: Madrid and Barcelona Lecturer: Peter Atkinson Spain has two pre-eminent cities: Madrid, with a focus on monarchy, government and centralism; and Barcelona, with a focus on business, industry, and regionalism…

Date: Monday 29th Jan 2018  10:30 (note new date) Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Introduction to the History of Woolworths and the extraordinary Woolworth Family Lecturer: John Hopwood Frank Winfield Woolworth was the son of a farmer recently returned from the American Civil War and in…

Date: 19th Feb 2018 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: From ‘Menes to Apophis: An Overview of Egyptian History – Part One Lecturer: David Rohl This presentation will cover the first fifteen dynasties, from the foundation of the pharaonic state to the fall of Avaris…

Date: 28th May 2018 Time:  10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Newlyn School Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic In 1830 some French ‘Romantic’ painters, hungry for ‘realism’ and fed up with the stifling demands of the Académie, moved some 30 miles south of Paris to the…

Date: Monday 11th December 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Old King Coal Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic Marco Polo travelled to China in the 13th century and described coal as “black stones which burn like logs”. It was so plentiful, he wrote, that people could…

Date: Monday 27th Nov 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Young Women of the SOE (Special Operations Executive) in WW2 Lecturer: Brian Nicholls Although modern media abounds with re-runs of World War Two, as far as our lecture programme goes, one hesitates to present talks about…

Date: Monday 30th Oct 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Entente Not So Cordiale: One Thousand Years of Anglo-French Relations, from the Battle of Hastings to Brexit Lecturer: Peter Atkinson This presentation will compare Britain and France in terms of their achievements and personalities, and will explore…

Date: Monday 26th June 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Casanova – the world’s greatest womaniser! Lecturer: Angela Chantry Casanova has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with “womaniser”. He was recognised by…

Date: 12 June 1017 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Portrait Power Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic We have all experienced galleries full of portraits but there’s the one among them that calls out and we cannot but stop and look. The artist is too often a little known…

Date: Monday 29th May 2017 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Stirling and its Role in Scotland’s History Lecturer: Tom Stevenson The City of Stirling sits astride the River Forth at the heart of central Scotland, with its castle commanding the gateway to the Highlands.…