Category: Groups -DO NOT USE

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.…

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,…