Category: Art & History Archive

Date: Monday 8th May 2017 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Geological History of the Costa Blanca Lecturer: Ruby Philpott Pre-human history is told by ‘reading’ rock formations which can be considered the natural art forms created by the world in which we now live.…

Date: Date TBA Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Life and Times of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Lecturer: Brian Nicholls   This is a revised talk of one I gave several years ago. Lautrec was born into one of only 14 Aristocratic  families who survived the French Revolution.…

Date: Rescheduled due to public holiday in Teulada-Moraira – Date TBA Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Wonderful Things: The Discovery of King Tutankhamun’s Tomb Lecturer: David Rohl Egyptologist and historian David Rohl, tells the story of Howard Carter’s famous discovery of Pharaoh Tut’s tomb in the…

Date: 10th April 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Golden Age of Piracy – 1650 – 1730 Lecturer: Mike Rendell We talk about the ‘golden age’ as if it was something admirable, glorious and fun. Mike’s talk aims to look behind the façade…

Date: Monday 27th February 2017 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The History of Natural and Manmade Glass Lecturer: John Hopwood   Glass is a naturally formed material due to volcanic activity, lightning strikes and meteorite impacts and has been used by man to make tools,…

Date: 16th Jan 2017 10:30 (note change of date) Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Famous Quakers Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic   Some great Quakers Frederic Horniman the Tea Merchant and John Cadbury the Chocolate Magnate made their fortunes by refusing to add hedge clippings into their tea blends and…

Date: Monday 30th January 2017 10:30 (change of date) Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Domenico Chiocchetti and Orkney’s Italian Chapel Lecturer: Angela Chantry 550 Italian prisoners of war, captured in North Africa during World War II, were brought to Orkney in 1942 and set…

Date: Monday 28th November 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: What about Magna Carta – did she die in vain? Lecturer: Mike Granville 2015 was the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, the document traditionally seen as enshrining property rights, rights to a fair trial…

Date: Monday 13th February 2017 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: San Francisco and Yosemite Lecturer:Peter Atkinson Town and Country in Northern California: the History and Geography of San Francisco and Yosemite A study of one of the world’s most interesting and attractive major cities,…

Date: Monday 14th November 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Man Who Was Lecturer: Brian Nicholls This is a story of covert activity in WW2, the full details of which did not become known until well after WW2. It is of a plot that was…

Date: Monday 31st October 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Some Famous and Infamous Courtesans of the 18th Century Lecturer: Mike Rendell The talk looks at the role of the courtesan in the Georgian era. Nowadays think Kardashians, WAGS and Super-models; back then, think of the…

Date: Monday 10th October 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: SANGREAL: The Romano-Spanish Legend of the Holy Grail Lecturer: David Rohl David will be telling the story of the Romano-Spanish tradition of the Holy Grail (Sangreal), first with the legendary arrival of the Cup…