Category: Art & History Archive

Date: Monday 29th February 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: In the Footsteps of Moses: The Wandering Years From Exodus to the Conquest of Canaan Lecturer: David Rohl David continues where he left off in his last lecture, revealing the latest evidence for the…

Date: Monday 29th June 2015 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Turbulent Years Of Charles The First And Oliver Cromwell Lecturer: Brian Nicholls   As an introduction to Cheda’s scheduled talk on the ‘The Life and Times of Charles the Second’ early next year I thought…

Date: Monday 8th Jun 2015 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Cheda and Brian Dual Art Presentation Lecturer:  Brian Nicholls and Cheda Panajotovic Following on from our previous talk when we each chose five of our own favourite paintings, we decided this time round to make…

Date: Monday 11th May 2015 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Tamara de Lempicka Lecturer: Angela Chantry Tamara de Lempicka (16 May 1898 – 18 March 1980) captured the whirlwind decade of the 1920s on canvas, painting (and charming) the rich and famous of Europe – her slick style…

Date: Monday 30th Mar 2015 10:30 (note changed date) Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject:  Animals in Warfare Lecturers: Brian Nicholls Free entry At first glance you could be forgiven for thinking that this is a sentimental presentation along the lines of ‘Warhorse’. It is not and neither does it…

Date: Monday 27h April 2015 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Eva Perón: her life, her legacy and the legend Lecturer: Angela Chantry   Eva Perón (1919-1952) was a star and a legend during her lifetime, one of the most alluring women of the 20th century. The hit Broadway…

Date: Monday 20th April 2015 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Life and Work of Ansel Adams, Landscape Photographer Lecturer: Peter Atkinson   Ansel Adams (1902-1984), who worked mainly in the ‘High Sierra’ of the western United States, is arguably history’s most famous…

Date: 25th September 2017 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject:  An Afghan Disaster 1879-80 Lecturer: Brian Nicholls In recent years Afghanistan has become a regular topic of discussion for Western politicians and media. Britain’s association with this troubled part of the world goes back to…

Date: Monday 25th May 2015 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: ‘I Made my Daughter a Queen’ on the life of Lady Jane Grey Lecturer:  Dee Craig   My name is Lady Frances Brandon, mother of three daughters. My eldest girl was Jane, and I had high…

Date: Monday 26th January 2015 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: A History of Andalucía Lecturer: Peter Atkinson A History of Andalucía with Some Geography and a Lot of Pictures Andalucía is one of Spain’s 17 Autonomous Communities and comprises eight provinces: Almeria, Jaén, Granada,…

Date: Monday 23rd Feb 2015 10:30 (note change of date) Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Exodus – Myth or History? Lecturer: David Rohl Free entry The Bible remains the most published and widely read book in human history, yet archaeological research, carried out over the last…

Date: Monday 9th Mar 2015 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Goya and the Duchess of Alba (Change of Programme) Lecturer: Maureen Stanley Free entry Goya and the Duchess of Alba – An exploration of the affair between the Court Painter and the Duchess Much mystery and controversy…