Category: Talks

Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Happy Prince’

[ June 7, 2012; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Talk / Guildhall Promoted

Literature at Lunchtime with Dr Jane Mackay

Thursday 7 June

12 noon

 This delightful story about love, loneliness and the deeper meaning of true happiness is one of the short stories that Wilde wrote for his own two sons.  This classic is suitable for all ages and such is its popularity, has never been out [...]

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Joseph Conrad’s ‘Lord Jim’ Lit at Lunch

Lit at Lunch 5 July 12noon

[ July 5, 2012; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Literature at Lunchtime with Dr Jane Mackay

Thursday 5 July 12 noon  

Published in 1900, this is one of Conrad’s greatest novels and explores the nature of honour in all its forms. Come and meet Jim as he travels the world in search of a theatre for his own dreams…

£5.50 / £5.00

Talk / Guildhall Promoted

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Henry Blofeld ‘Blowers, Shaken, Not Stirred’

[ July 20, 2012; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Friday 20 July 7.30pm  

There is so much more to Henry (Blowers) Blofeld than the cosy old ‘Test Match Special’ commentary box. No-one has lived life more to the full. No-one’s views are more prickly. The pompous, the politically correct and the prancing popinjays on every platform of life are kicked unceremoniously into touch. In [...]

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