Category: Groups -DO NOT USE

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…

Date: Monday 12th December 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: A Life in Four Acts Lecturer: Graciela Kaplan Former Principal Ballerina Graciela Kaplan talks about the highs and lows of being a ballet dancer. She will illustrate her talk with photos and video clips of her career and, no…

Date: Monday 26th September 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his muses Lecturer: Angela Chantry Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 – 1882).  Poet and painter, founder and acknowledged leader of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Dante Gabriel Rossetti has beguiled and intrigued for more…

Date: Monday 12th September 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subjects: Strange London Histories by Cheda Panajotovic, and Iconic Photographs of the 20th century by Brian Nicholls To start the new lecture season and welcome you all including of course, any new members, Cheda and I are going…

 Announcing our 120th Art & History Lecture Monday, 12th September 2016 To mark the start of our 8th season of talks, your two group co-leaders will be doing a ‘double-act’ on the day.   Having drawn straws, Cheda will begin with ‘Strange London Histories’ and will be putting a slant on certain moments and on…

Date: Monday Date TBA 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 programmes about the great Inca Empire stretching down the whole of the Andes, but few hear of the Olmec or the Toltec peoples who were as…

Date: Monday 27th June 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Plundering of Ancient Egypt Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic As soon as the great and the good of ancient Egypt were buried, there were those who greatly coveted the precious objects that were buried along with them.…

Date: Monday 13th June 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Dance As Portrayed by Artists Throughout History Lecturer: Brian Nicholls A visual presentation of Dance without music might seem a little strange but the subject has fascinated artists for centuries. Dance can reflect a wide…