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  • The History of the Automobile

    Salón de Actos, Espai La Senieta Ctra. Moraira a Calpe, 8, Moraira, Alicante, Spain

    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, […]

  • La Malinche and the fall of the Aztec Empire: Heroine or Traitor?

    Salón de Actos, Espai La Senieta Ctra. Moraira a Calpe, 8, Moraira, Alicante, Spain

    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 […]

  • Naïve Art

    Salón de Actos, Espai La Senieta Ctra. Moraira a Calpe, 8, Moraira, Alicante, Spain

    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, […]

  • The History of The Samurai

    Salón de Actos, Espai La Senieta Ctra. Moraira a Calpe, 8, Moraira, Alicante, Spain

    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 […]

  • The History of the Masons

    Salón de Actos, Espai La Senieta Ctra. Moraira a Calpe, 8, Moraira, Alicante, Spain

    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 […]

  • The Silk Road

    Salón de Actos, Espai La Senieta Ctra. Moraira a Calpe, 8, Moraira, Alicante, Spain

    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 […]

  • The War Routes of Spain

    Salón de Actos, Espai La Senieta Ctra. Moraira a Calpe, 8, Moraira, Alicante, Spain

    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 […]

  • ART HEISTS!

    Salón de Actos, Espai La Senieta Ctra. Moraira a Calpe, 8, Moraira, Alicante, Spain

    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 […]

  • Gertrude Bell – Desert Queen

    Salón de Actos, Espai La Senieta Ctra. Moraira a Calpe, 8, Moraira, Alicante, Spain

    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 […]

  • YING AND YANG of JAPAN

    Salón de Actos, Espai La Senieta Ctra. Moraira a Calpe, 8, Moraira, Alicante, Spain

    Speaker: Ally O’Brien Details to follow …

  • The attempted Spanish Coup of 1981

    Salón de Actos, Espai La Senieta Ctra. Moraira a Calpe, 8, Moraira, Alicante, Spain

    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 […]

  • The Art of the First World War

    Salón de Actos, Espai La Senieta Ctra. Moraira a Calpe, 8, Moraira, Alicante, Spain

    Speaker: Robert Sedgley Details to follow …

  • When Denia ruled the waves

    Salón de Actos, Espai La Senieta Ctra. Moraira a Calpe, 8, Moraira, Alicante, Spain

    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 […]

  • TBA

    Salón de Actos, Espai La Senieta Ctra. Moraira a Calpe, 8, Moraira, Alicante, Spain

    Speaker: TBA Details to follow …