Author: Piotr
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141013 Art Talk 13th October: The artistic talents of Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler.
Date: Monday 13th October 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The artistic talents of Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler Lecturer: Angela Chantry Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler were two highly intelligent creative men who fought a battle of epic proportions – artistic men who altered the course of…
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141110 Art Talk Monday 10th Nov: Eladio Calleja
Date: Monday 10th Nov 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Eladio Calleja Lecturers: Angela Chantry Free entry Eladio Calleja (1931-1985): Artist, sculptor and poet. Eladio Calleja was born in Javea, but his desire for adventure and to meet people led him to travel to many different…
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Consultation paper on UK Tax Allowance for non resident nationals
Our member Colin McNae shared this information: “Our Members may be interested in reading the paper below where the UK government have launched a consultation paper with a view to removing the UK Tax Allowance from non resident UK nationals. This would affect everyone with a government pension, e.g. teachers, nurses, armed forces etc.”https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/restricting-non-residents-entitlement-to-the-uk-personal-allowance/restricting-non-residents-entitlement-to-the-uk-personal-allowance
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140908 Art Talk: 8th Sept “Are Brian and Cheda going Head to Head…?”
Date: Monday 8th Sept 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Are Brian and Cheda going Head to Head in public? Lecturers: Brian Nicholls and Cheda Panajotovic Free entry Are Brian and Cheda going Head to Head in public? Not quite, but our Autumn Lectures season kicks off…
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140630 History Talk 30th June: Lucrezia Borgia
Date: Monday 30th June 2014 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: “Lucrezia Borgia: her maid’s story” Lecturer: Dee Craig My mistress was born the daughter of a Pope whose debauchery and licentiousness knew no bounds. An unwilling pawn in the politics of Florence and the papal…
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140609 History Talk: 9th June “Slavery and the Abolition Movement”
Date: Monday 9th June 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Slavery and the Abolition Movement Lecturer: Mike Rendell Mike’s talk will examine this issue from an 18th c. British, viewpoint and how the call for abolition started. He will use the language of that time…
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140526 History Talk: 26th May “Cleopatra – Queen of Egypt”
Date: Monday 26th May 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Cleopatra – Queen of Egypt Lecturer: Angela Chantry Only 17 years old when she took the throne, Cleopatra quickly became one of the most powerful rulers Egypt had ever known. Her romantic liaisons and military alliances…
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140512 Art Talk: May 12th: The Pitmen Painters
Date: May 12th 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Pitmen Painters Lecturer: Angela Chantry The Ashington Group began in the 1930s as an evening class of pitmen in an isolated village in Northumberland, drawn together in their spare time to learn a little…
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160414 History Talk 14th April: Victoria’s Children
Date: Monday 14th April 10:30 Venue: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Victoria’s Children Lecturer: Dee Craig Victoria loathed babies. She compared them to wrinkled frogs. However, that did not stop her producing a large number of them. As soon as they were born, she handed them over as…
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140331 History Talk: 31st March The British East India Trading Company
Date: Monday 31st March 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The British East India Trading Company Lecturer: Larry Sherrington Monday 31st March 2014 From piracy to privateering. by stealing from Spain, beating the French, and joining with Portugal and Holland, the Company translated a British trading…
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Barcelona Trip 21st-24th April, 2014
We need NINE more bookings to save us from cancelling this trip. If you would like further information please click on Travel, then Travel Timetable in the top headings above and look for the Barcelona Trip.