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140929 History Talk 29th Sep: Whilst London sleeps – Samuel Pepys
Date: Monday 29th September 2014 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Whilst London sleeps – Samuel Pepys Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic Samuel Pepys is mainly known as a ‘dirty old man’ of history. He is famed as a diarist who wrote of his gallivanting escapades in a secret code…
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141027 History Talk: 27th Oct 2014 History of the Circus
Date: Monday 27th October 2014 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: History of the Circus Lecturer: Mike Rendell When Philip Astley left the army in 1768 with the rank of Sergeant Major he was already a hero – he had captured an enemy standard at the Battle…
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141013 Art Talk 13th October: The artistic talents of Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler.
Date: Monday 13th October 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The artistic talents of Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler Lecturer: Angela Chantry Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler were two highly intelligent creative men who fought a battle of epic proportions – artistic men who altered the course of…
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141110 Art Talk Monday 10th Nov: Eladio Calleja
Date: Monday 10th Nov 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Eladio Calleja Lecturers: Angela Chantry Free entry Eladio Calleja (1931-1985): Artist, sculptor and poet. Eladio Calleja was born in Javea, but his desire for adventure and to meet people led him to travel to many different…
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140908 Art Talk: 8th Sept “Are Brian and Cheda going Head to Head…?”
Date: Monday 8th Sept 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Are Brian and Cheda going Head to Head in public? Lecturers: Brian Nicholls and Cheda Panajotovic Free entry Are Brian and Cheda going Head to Head in public? Not quite, but our Autumn Lectures season kicks off…
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140609 History Talk: 9th June “Slavery and the Abolition Movement”
Date: Monday 9th June 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Slavery and the Abolition Movement Lecturer: Mike Rendell Mike’s talk will examine this issue from an 18th c. British, viewpoint and how the call for abolition started. He will use the language of that time…
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140526 History Talk: 26th May “Cleopatra – Queen of Egypt”
Date: Monday 26th May 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Cleopatra – Queen of Egypt Lecturer: Angela Chantry Only 17 years old when she took the throne, Cleopatra quickly became one of the most powerful rulers Egypt had ever known. Her romantic liaisons and military alliances…
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140512 Art Talk: May 12th: The Pitmen Painters
Date: May 12th 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Pitmen Painters Lecturer: Angela Chantry The Ashington Group began in the 1930s as an evening class of pitmen in an isolated village in Northumberland, drawn together in their spare time to learn a little…
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160414 History Talk 14th April: Victoria’s Children
Date: Monday 14th April 10:30 Venue: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Victoria’s Children Lecturer: Dee Craig Victoria loathed babies. She compared them to wrinkled frogs. However, that did not stop her producing a large number of them. As soon as they were born, she handed them over as…
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140331 History Talk: 31st March The British East India Trading Company
Date: Monday 31st March 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The British East India Trading Company Lecturer: Larry Sherrington Monday 31st March 2014 From piracy to privateering. by stealing from Spain, beating the French, and joining with Portugal and Holland, the Company translated a British trading…
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140310 History Talk: 10 March War in the Alps
Date: Monday 10th February 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: War in the Alps Lecturer: Fabio Bezoari Special Video Presentation By Fabio Bezoari In June 1940 Benito Mussolini , having declared his allegiance to Hitler’s Nazi regime flexed his military muscles by invading France through the…
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140127 History Talk: Jan 27th 2014 The Birth of a Nation – The American War of Independence and its Aftermath
When: Monday Jan 27th 10:30 Where: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) What: The Birth of a Nation – The American War of Independence and its Aftermath Who: Peter Atkinson Covering the period 1750 to 1820, the lecture will start with a review of the events and ideas that…