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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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140310 History Talk: 10 March War in the Alps
Date: Monday 10th February 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: War in the Alps Lecturer: Fabio Bezoari Special Video Presentation By Fabio Bezoari In June 1940 Benito Mussolini , having declared his allegiance to Hitler’s Nazi regime flexed his military muscles by invading France through the…
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Spanish Culture Group: 28th March Guided Tour of Benissa Old Town
Date: 28th March Location: Benissa Old Town Subject: Guided Tour of Benissa Old Town Group Leaders: Malcolm and Jules Burman There is no charge for the tour A 2-hour guided tour of Benissa Old Town. From the town hall square we will walk through the narrow streets of the old town, including visits to the…
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140127 History Talk: Jan 27th 2014 The Birth of a Nation – The American War of Independence and its Aftermath
When: Monday Jan 27th 10:30 Where: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) What: The Birth of a Nation – The American War of Independence and its Aftermath Who: Peter Atkinson Covering the period 1750 to 1820, the lecture will start with a review of the events and ideas that…
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140224: Art Talk 24th Feb: Guernica: The atrocity and the painting
Date: Monday 24th February 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Guernica: The atrocity and the painting Lecturer: Peter Atkinson Free entrance On the 26th of April, 1937, German and Italian aircraft bombed the Basque town of Gernika at Franco’s request, with the objective of killing…
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140210 Art History Talk: A Short Stroll Through Egyptian Art Mon 10 Feb 2014
When: Monday 10th February 10:30 Where: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) What: A Short Stroll Through Egyptian Art Who: Maureen Stanley Next Monday’s talk is the one that we have all waited for! The inimitable MAUREEN STANLEY is taking us on: “A SHORT STROLL THROUGH EGYPTIAN ART” We…