1st September 2025

 

Hello Everyone,

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My professional life was spent in the area of Education, mostly in schools. So, September has always been a very meaningful month. The start of the new academic year. Excitement all round! I know that our Arts Society Year begins after the AGM but the return to our regular monthly lectures still feels exciting to me!

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So, welcome back.

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We also mark the moment by inviting our new members to lunch before that session.

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Our lecture on Monday September 15th is

      The Mayan Civilisation of Central America.

Our guest lecturer is Duncan Pring.

 

We hope that members enjoy the social side of our society. Please keep an eye here on our website for possibilities in that area.

I particularly want to mention our special day in November. I was first invited onto our committee to take responsibility for the Day of Special Interest in 2017.  Sarah Searight had been invited to give her day on The World of Islamic Art. She was due to arrive up here on the Sunday evening, stay over so the she could be ready for the Monday morning start. I was about to leave the house to go to the station to collect her when her husband phoned to say that she was heading home because Euston was closed because of an incident. Later her husband phoned again to tell me that she was taking an early train on the Monday and would be on time. She was, and she delivered an excellent day for us. 

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Our day this year … Monday November 3rd.

    The Post War textile visionaries of Modern Art.

Our guest lecturer is Ashley Gray.

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Tickets for this event will be on sale in September.

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Judith Wheat

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