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Date: Monday 27th February 2017 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The History of Natural and Manmade Glass Lecturer: John Hopwood   Glass is a naturally formed material due to volcanic activity, lightning strikes and meteorite impacts and has been used by man to make tools,…

Date: 16th Jan 2017 10:30 (note change of date) Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Famous Quakers Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic   Some great Quakers Frederic Horniman the Tea Merchant and John Cadbury the Chocolate Magnate made their fortunes by refusing to add hedge clippings into their tea blends and…

Date: Monday 30th January 2017 10:30 (change of date) Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Domenico Chiocchetti and Orkney’s Italian Chapel Lecturer: Angela Chantry 550 Italian prisoners of war, captured in North Africa during World War II, were brought to Orkney in 1942 and set…

Date: Monday 28th November 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: What about Magna Carta – did she die in vain? Lecturer: Mike Granville 2015 was the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, the document traditionally seen as enshrining property rights, rights to a fair trial…

Date: Monday 13th February 2017 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: San Francisco and Yosemite Lecturer:Peter Atkinson Town and Country in Northern California: the History and Geography of San Francisco and Yosemite A study of one of the world’s most interesting and attractive major cities,…

Date: Monday 14th November 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Man Who Was Lecturer: Brian Nicholls This is a story of covert activity in WW2, the full details of which did not become known until well after WW2. It is of a plot that was…

Date: Monday 31st October 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Some Famous and Infamous Courtesans of the 18th Century Lecturer: Mike Rendell The talk looks at the role of the courtesan in the Georgian era. Nowadays think Kardashians, WAGS and Super-models; back then, think of the…

Date: Monday 10th October 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: SANGREAL: The Romano-Spanish Legend of the Holy Grail Lecturer: David Rohl David will be telling the story of the Romano-Spanish tradition of the Holy Grail (Sangreal), first with the legendary arrival of the Cup…

Date: Monday 12th December 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: A Life in Four Acts Lecturer: Graciela Kaplan Former Principal Ballerina Graciela Kaplan talks about the highs and lows of being a ballet dancer. She will illustrate her talk with photos and video clips of her career and, no…

Date: Monday 26th September 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his muses Lecturer: Angela Chantry Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 – 1882).  Poet and painter, founder and acknowledged leader of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Dante Gabriel Rossetti has beguiled and intrigued for more…

Date: Monday 12th September 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subjects: Strange London Histories by Cheda Panajotovic, and Iconic Photographs of the 20th century by Brian Nicholls To start the new lecture season and welcome you all including of course, any new members, Cheda and I are going…