Talks

  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…

  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…