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The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde: Mark Perry Nash
Historian Mark Perry Nash presented a lively talk on Wilde to the Society on 7th February, 2018. He explored Oscar’s brilliant but eccentric personality and shared some of Oscar’s witticisms...
Find out more »Christopher Luscombe, RSC Director: Interviewed by Al Senter
Members and visitors packed the hall for a spellbinding March afternoon as Al Senter interviewed theatre director and actor Christopher Luscombe, to give us an insight into directing, acting and...
Find out more »Mervyn Peake in Sussex : Miles Leeson
For our very well attended April meeting, Dr. Miles Leeson gave us an interesting, illustrated presentation on the author of the Gormenghast, gothic fantasy trilogy. He focused on Peake’s golden...
Find out more »David Jones, Poet and Painter : Tom Durham
At our May meeting, Tom Durham, an actor who loves communicating poetry, gave us an interesting presentation on the poet, artist and soldier David Jones (1895-1974). Tom had first met...
Find out more »T.S.Eliot : Chris Joyce
Dr Chris Joyce is a graduate of Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is the Lectures Organiser for the T. S. Eliot Society (UK) and a member of the T. S. Eliot...
Find out more »Lord Byron and his Heritage of Storms, his Romantic Inheritance and Artistic Legacy: Elizabeth Merry
“Dark Conceits” and “Speaking Pictures”: Roger Jones
This talk will concern the influence of Medieval Art and Renaissance Art on European Literature.
Find out more »The Golden Age of Illustrated Books : John Smith
John is the manager of Chichester's Oxfam bookshop.
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