Art & History

Speaker: Angela Chantry César Manrique Cabrera (1919-1992): described as the man “building paradise in the ruins of hell”.César Manrique Cabrera was a Spanish painter, sculptor and artist, best known for […]

Because we are increasingly finding it more difficult to find good speakers willing to spend hours researching their subject and then presenting it to our members we must, very occasionally, […]

Speaker: Angela Chantry In the early 16th century Hernán Cortés and his conquistadors defeated the great Aztec Empire, built a new city for colonists from Spain and took control of […]

Speaker: Rosalind Miranda Naïve Art is usually is usually defined as art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes, […]

Spèaker: John Hopwood To Understand The Background And Emergence Of The Samurai We Must Look At Japan’s Early History, Mainly From Around The Year 800ad. Everyone Knows Something About The […]

Speaker: lan Brown Ian Brown will give us a presentation on the 1,000 year History of Freemasonry, from its Origins via its Ritual and Tradition to the Structure of Freemasonry […]

Speaker: Gary Johnson Anthony Blunt was arguably one of Britain’s most treacherous spies who caused misery and death. In this talk I want to convince you that he was able […]

Speaker: Diana Jarvis Diana has recently travelled this famous route following the footsteps of the first Chinese Emperors, the conquering Mongol tribes, Alexander The Great, Timur (Tamburlaine the Great) and […]

Speaker: David Ebsworth In a remarkable addition to his existing talks about the Spanish Civil War, David Ebsworth now takes us on one of Franco’s real-life 1938 battlefield tours. Join […]

Speaker: Rosalind Miranda Not surprisingly, this talk was inspired by the recent heist of the crown jewels from the Louvre last year. When I started looking into it, I learned […]

Speaker: Angela Chantry Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell, Adventurer, Adviser to Kings & Ally of Lawrence of Arabia Turning away from privileged Victorian Britain, Gertrude Bell explored […]

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Speaker: Mike Granville On 23 February 1981 a group of armed civil guards led by Antonio Tejero entered the Congress of Deputies to seize control of the government.  Franco had […]

Speaker: Robert Sedgley Details to follow …

Speaker: Keith Smith Today Denia is a thriving tourist destination on the Costa Blanca. Despite the growth of air traffic it retains an important link from mainland Spain to the […]