17 June 2021 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Jim Holmes documents photographically the extraordinary work of aid agencies around the world. His talk “Humanitarian Vision” will illustrate developmental needs in Afghanistan, Mongolia, Laos, Indonesia and Myanmar and the solutions provided. Uplifting and insightful, this presentation includes images shot on assignment for Oxfam, Save the Children the United Nations and many other organisations.  From […]

15 July 2021 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Dr James Taylor presents brilliant British Humour in the Forgotten Art of the Picture Postcard: 1840-1950s   Dr James Taylor, a former auctioneer and curator of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, will talk about artist-drawn comic postcards, the most popular art form from the Edwardian era to the outbreak of World War II. They entertained, […]

19 August 2021 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Dr Javad Hashemi presents “The Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci’ Dr Javad Hashemi was born in Tehran, Iran. He taught Biology and Science Education at University of Tehran. He then came to England where he met his wife and worked at NCR and Local Government Education Departments. An entertaining, illustrated and animated talk about Leonardo […]

16 September 2021 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – A light look at Opera with Jennifer Parker-Lummis Our first Face to Face gathering will be on September 16th at The Assembly Room, Chichester. We are returning to this venue, as their arrangements for distancing and registration give us the room we will need to ensure members feel safe. However, we have decided to not […]

21 October 2021 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – A Grandmother’s legacy – a talk by Jenny Mallin Jenny’s career has been the culmination of several instinctive paths in her life which have led her to enjoying being an author and now a public speaker.  With almost thirty trips to India over the past thirty years, she has explored and uncovered the history of […]