Month: December 2017
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Brexit – Residency rights in Spain
According to the Agreement reached on December 15th, 2017, United Kingdom citizens living in Spain for more than five years on March, 29th 2019 will obtain settled status. Residents in Spain for less than five years will be able to stay until they have reached the five years threshold from the day of residence obtention.…
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180129 History Talk 29th Jan 2018: The History of Woolworths and the extraordinary exploits of the Woolworth Family
Date: Monday 29th Jan 2018 10:30 (note new date) Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Introduction to the History of Woolworths and the extraordinary Woolworth Family Lecturer: John Hopwood Frank Winfield Woolworth was the son of a farmer recently returned from the American Civil War and in…
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180219 Egyptology 19th Feb: From ‘Menes to Apophis: An Overview of Egyptian History – Part One
Date: 19th Feb 2018 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: From ‘Menes to Apophis: An Overview of Egyptian History – Part One Lecturer: David Rohl This presentation will cover the first fifteen dynasties, from the foundation of the pharaonic state to the fall of Avaris…
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180528 Art Talk 28th May: The Newlyn School
Date: 28th May 2018 Time: 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Newlyn School Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic In 1830 some French ‘Romantic’ painters, hungry for ‘realism’ and fed up with the stifling demands of the Académie, moved some 30 miles south of Paris to the…
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Egyptology Lecture Programme by David Rohl
U3A Egyptology Lecture Programme by David Rohl (01) Ancient Egypt – An Introduction. (02) Seeing Through the Eye of Horus. (The landscape and environment of ancient Egypt.) (03) The Egyptian Genesis. (Archaeological evidence for the foundation of the Pharaonic state.) (04) From Menes to Apophis. (An overview of the Egyptian dynasties from the foundation of…
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171211 History Talk 11th Dec: Old King Coal
Date: Monday 11th December 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Old King Coal Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic Marco Polo travelled to China in the 13th century and described coal as “black stones which burn like logs”. It was so plentiful, he wrote, that people could…