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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…

Date: Monday  9th Feb 2015 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Cecil Rhodes; The Man Who Gave His Name To Rhodesia Lecturer: Dee Craig This slice of the history of the British Empire is no longer remembered by schoolchildren. Rhodesia is of course, now known as Zimbabwe,…

Date: Monday 12th Jan 2015 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Artist and World Conflict Lecturer:  Brian Nicholls A single provocative act of terrorism in June 1914 was to plunge Europe into an immediate vortex of brutality, the effect of which was to result in…

Date: Monday 9th Mar 2015 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Picasso and His Muses Lecturer: Maureen Stanley Free entry   “As an artist you are extraordinary but, morally speaking, you are worthless.” Dora Maar (muse). Picasso knew and loved dozens of women during his long life,…

Date: Monday 24 Nov 2014 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: AThe little-known Alfred Stevens and the Romantic Movement Lecturers: Cheda Panajotovic Free entry As a young art student I came across the name of Alfred Stevens who designed the amazing monument to The Duke of Wellington. It…