The group has been running for a number of years and, in that time, several large topics have been studied, including the worldwide effects of the Enlightenment and the spread of the Industrial Revolution. Then a long period of time was devoted to the history of the Indian Subcontinent from the Harappan civilisation down to Read more

                                          To give you an idea of what we do, here are some of the topics we have covered this year::                Jean-Jacques Rousseau      Romanticism - What’s it Read more

The intention of this course is to demonstrate how law works and how lawyers, and in particular judges in the Higher Courts, use legal reasoning in order to come to a decision based on sound legal principles. The idea will be to get you to act and think like a lawyer by looking at decided Read more

This is a social group which gives members a chance to meet other members over lunch. Suggestions for new lunch venues are always welcome, both in town and slightly further afield. We will visit a different venue each month. The venues will be varied so that somewhere should appeal to everyone, but obviously you don’t Read more

This well-established Group meets for ninety minutes at 2.00pm on the 3rd Friday of the month and is devoted to sharing the joys of classical music in a very informal way. Further information contact Ian 01873 737876 or by email smithid37@gmail.com. There is either a subject for the month for which members are invited to Read more

The Group meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 2.00 p.m. when we discuss composers, singers and view DVDs. 2026 27th January at 2 pm. 'HMS Pinafore' - Lindsay McDougall 24th February at 2 pm. 'The Marriage of Figaro' - Liz Hopkins 24th March at 2 pm. ''Verdi and the Troubadour'' - Ian Read more

Join us at our "Around the world group" to learn from our members about many different parts of the world or come and present your own experiences. Our sessions do not illustrate countries as a text book might but highlight the different aspects of a country based on how our members lived, worked, or simply visited the various countries, sometimes years ago and sometimes very recently.  Members' presentations can be short Read more