Category: Talks

Grantham’s Got History! Talk

[ February 10, 2012; 2:00 pm Start . ] Hire
Presented by Gravity Fm Radio
Friday 10 February
2.00pm

Did you know that Grantham High Street was originally built as a bypass for the ‘too busy’ Swinegate in the 12th century? Join local historian and former Journal news editor John Pinchbeck as he tells tales of the history of Grantham dating back over 1,000 years. Accompanied by over [...]

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Literature at Lunchtime Gustav Flaubert’s ‘Madame Bovary’

[ March 1, 2012; 12:00 pm Start . ] Guildhall Promoted
with Dr Jane Mackay

12 noon

Thursday 1 March 12 noon

PLEASE NOTE: The lift will be out of use for essential maintenance during this show.  Please be mindful of this when choosing your seat.

As its most basic level, this story is about a bored housewife who puts her desperate longing for romance above her husband, her [...]

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Literature at Lunchtime ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

[ April 5, 2012; 12:00 pm Start . ]

Talk / Guildhall Promoted

Literature at Lunchtime with Dr Jane Mackay

Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

Thursday 5 April 12 noon

Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ – her only novel -is set in the American deep south in the thirties at a time when the black population could only dream of independence, let alone justice. A highly [...]

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