Author: Piotr
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180226 Art Lecture 26th Feb 2018: Thomas Kinkade
Date: Monday 26th February 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Thomas Kinkade Lecturer: Angela Chantry The triumph and tragedy of Thomas Kinkade, the “Painter of Light™” (1958-2012). In terms of sales, Thomas Kinkade was literally the most successful living artist in the world. He was a devout evangelical…
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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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Ancient Egypt Lecture 20th Nov 10:30: The Egyptian Genesis
Date: Monday 20th Nov 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Egyptian Genesis Lecturer: David Rohl I am having to send this notice of the next meeting out early because I am off the the USA on Sunday for TV interviews and two lectures that I am giving…
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171030 History Talk 30th Oct: Entente Not So Cordiale
Date: Monday 30th Oct 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Entente Not So Cordiale: One Thousand Years of Anglo-French Relations, from the Battle of Hastings to Brexit Lecturer: Peter Atkinson This presentation will compare Britain and France in terms of their achievements and personalities, and will explore…
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Don’t dispose of wet wipes in toilets asks Benitachell
From the Benitachell Town Council: The Town Council calls for the collaboration that in recent months there have been numerous jams in the municipal wastewater network of el poble nou de benitatxell because of the accumulation of large quantities of wet wipes. This creates a serious problem in the wastewater and treatment systems of the…
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Ancient Egypt 16th Oct 10:30: Seeing Through the Eye of Horus
Date: Monday 16th Oct 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Seeing Through the Eye of Horus Lecturer: David Rohl Please try to get there in good time, as the last meeting was just about full with only seven seats unoccupied. The lecture is entitled ‘Seeing Through…
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170612 Art Talk 12th June: Portrait Power
Date: 12 June 1017 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Portrait Power Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic We have all experienced galleries full of portraits but there’s the one among them that calls out and we cannot but stop and look. The artist is too often a little known…
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170529 29th May History Talk: Stirling and its Role in Scotland’s History
Date: Monday 29th May 2017 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Stirling and its Role in Scotland’s History Lecturer: Tom Stevenson The City of Stirling sits astride the River Forth at the heart of central Scotland, with its castle commanding the gateway to the Highlands.…
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Ancient Egypt
3rd Monday of the month. Espai la Senieta, Moraira. Focussed on the study of pharaonic Egypt from the Predynastic Age to the absorption of the Nile valley into the Roman Empire in 30 BC
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170517 8th May 2017 History Talk: The Geological History of the Costa Blanca
Date: Monday 8th May 2017 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Geological History of the Costa Blanca Lecturer: Ruby Philpott Pre-human history is told by ‘reading’ rock formations which can be considered the natural art forms created by the world in which we now live.…