Aubrey Beardsley – John Smith
John Smith, the manager of Chichester’s Oxfam bookshop gave us a fascinating talk on Aubrey Beardsley, (1872-1898) the Brighton born book illustrator who died young (at 25) and was…
John Smith, the manager of Chichester’s Oxfam bookshop gave us a fascinating talk on Aubrey Beardsley, (1872-1898) the Brighton born book illustrator who died young (at 25) and was…
Life is a Lottery – Nigel Gossop Nigel Gossop entertained us at our November ’22 meeting with an engrossing and well researched account of the life and literary output…
We welcomed Anne Rowe for a return visit at our October ’22 meeting, this time speaking about the romantic women poets. It was disconcerting, therefore, to be greeted by a…
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…