Basil Eastwood, former Ambassador to Syria will speak on: 'Islam and the West. Islam in the West’ on Wednesday 18th October in the Apostle Room of Clifton Catholic Cathedral, Pembroke Road, BS8 3BX. Doors open for light refreshments at 7-15pm, with the talk starting at 7-45pm.
‘The Fall of Margaret Thatcher’ – a semi-dramatisation by the authorised biographer of Margaret Thatcher Lord (Charles) Moore and former Spectator journalist Kate Ehram, who assisted Lord Moore in preparing his Thatcher biography. Further information from Nigel Currie, Chairperson: [email protected] 0117 914 0773
Author Dinah Moore will tell us about the subject of her latest book - Edward Long Fox, a physician who pioneered humane treatment for the insane at Brislington House, and founded a therapeutic spa on Knightstone island off Weston-super-Mare. Further information from Nigel Currie, Chairperson: [email protected] 0117 914 0773
Bristol branch invites you to an event with Yealand Kalfayan, who will give an illustrated talk on Butterfly Photography. Yealand is a retired GP in Bristol, who has become a very accomplished wildlife photographer, specialising in flowers and insects, and is an expert on butterfly behaviour. Yealand will talk about his fascination for butterflies, their […]
‘The False Armistice of 7th November 1918’: A talk by Jim Smith, former History teacher and Head of Sixth Form at Speedwell School, Bristol and a visiting lecturer at the University of Bristol School of Education. The meeting is on Thursday, 17 November at the Apostle Room of the Catholic Cathedral, Pembroke Road. Doors will […]
Bristol Branch are delighted to be hosting a talk entitled ‘The Magic of Matter’, presented by Dr Felix Flicker. Having attended the University of California, Berkley as an ESU Lindemann Trust Fellow, Dr Flicker is currently a lecturer in theoretical physics at Cardiff University and works on the quantum underpinnings of matter. His new book, […]
In May 2012, Bristolians voted by a narrow majority to introduce an elected mayor as a way of running their city. This May, after a vote in the City Council, Bristolians are being asked to vote in another referendum on whether they wish to keep the elected mayor model, or revert to a committee system. […]
Former diplomat Francis Cornish will speak on ‘Is power and influence drifting away from the West?’ For further information, please contact Nigel Currie, Bristol ESU Chair: 0117 914 0773, [email protected]
Tim Coles, Professor of Social History at the University of Bristol, will talk about his book ‘About Britain – a journey of 70 years and 1,345 miles’. In 1951, the Festival of Britain commissioned a series of short guides they dubbed 'handbooks for the explorer'. Their aim was to encourage readers to venture out beyond […]
We regret that this event has been postponed, for further information please email [email protected]
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