Mary Shelley: Frankenstein at 200 — 4 November
A large audience testified both to Allan Phillipson’s popularity as a speaker and perhaps also to our perennial fascination with Mary Shelley’s iconic “creature.”
Wiltshire Music Centre: A Programme for All — 2 September
An uplifting talk with which to begin our new season: a verbal behind the scenes tour of the Music Centre, from the initial idea mooted thirty years ago to the present day.
Cardiff – 31 July
42 people joined the visit to Cardiff, to enjoy this wonderful city, in glorious weather. Most people chose to start at Cardiff Bay, the site of an incredible regeneration…
Barrington Court & Dillington House – 17 May
Dillington House photograph by Claire Osgood What a delight it was driving through Somerset with trees in fresh new leaf and cow parsley lining the roads. Claire had it all…
Southampton – 18 April
Southampton is a vibrant city with a rich and varied history. Members made their own decisions about what to choose to do from the wide range on offer, from art…
The Liverpool Poets – 8 April
A large audience, surely the largest we have had for some time, enjoyed listening to Bob Williams read works by the Liverpool Poets, Roger McGough, Adrian Henri and Brian Patten….
‘Charles I, King & Collector’, at The Royal Academy, London – 27 March
The ‘Charles I, King & Collector’ show, with its myriad treasures, primarily from the Northern and Italian Renaissance, will certainly prove to be one of the exhibitions of the year….
Swindon Art Gallery & ‘Steam’ Museum – 30 January
Photo: Commemorative bell, GWR King Class 4-6-0 6000 ‘King George V’ Swindon Railway Museum It is pleasing to report that our mid-winter half day visit to Swindon proved remarkably popular….
The Gothic Revival in Art and Architecture – 7 January
The Gothic Revival usually evokes pictures of 19th century architecture, but the movement actually originated and flourished in the 18th century. For Dr Amy Frost a key building was Woodstock…
Talboys, Keevil – 11 December 2017
What does “Talboys” Keevil conjure up? We had no idea what to expect, but the description in the Autumn magazine did not disappoint. Dating from the 15th Century, it is…