Iceland in Three Stories – James Vaux
James began our February ’23 talk with a little background on the main geographical features of Iceland with its lack of trees (chopped down by Vikings), and situated on…
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…
Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855)
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…
Romantic Women Poets
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…
Storytelling and the Devil: Dr. Anthony Cane
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…