Talks

  In this deeply profound and thought-provoking talk, Dr Cane, Dean of Portsmouth Cathedral, considered the different representations of the Devil and The Doctrine of The Fall contained in Paradise…

Miscellany – Literary Readings: Rowan Suart At our Aug 3rd   meeting Rowan entertained us with a variety of literary readings, some familiar and others less well known. Her presentation began…

  Bernard Lockett: The Social and Political satire of W.S. Gilbert – our July 2022 talk. Bernard Lockett describes Gilbert and Sullivan operettas as “marmite”. Many of us who love…

    For our June ’22 meeting Karin gave us a very entertaining and amusing talk on Mary ‘Perdita’ Robinson (1756-1800), who was an author, poet and actress and first…

  Peter Fullagar, author of ‘Virginia Woolf in Richmond’ was our speaker at the May ’22 meeting. He started off by saying he was not originally a fan of the…