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MONDAY TALKS - Autumn 2010 |
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MONDAY TALKS, AUTUMN TERM, 2010 in the Main Hall Talks begin at 10.20am. SHARP - Except 25th October NO ADMITTANCE ONCE THE HALL IS FULL Note : These talks are for members ONLY; always carry your membership card. 20th September MEMBERS' FORUM 27th September THE MORELLO LETTERS - Duncan McNair THE BIRTH & LIFE OF A BESTSELLER (Lawyer and author) 4th October A RETURN TO LIBERAL CONSERVATISM ? : Dr Peter Catteral COMPARING CAMERON TO MACMILLAN (Lecturer in History, QMC) 11th October MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES Robin Meldrum (Communications Officer, M.S.F.) 18th October THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE & WRITING Prof. Mark Ronan (Hon. Professor of Mathematics. UCL) 25th October THE ROLE OF THE SPEAKER John Bercow M.P. at 10.00 a.m.--note early start! (Mr. Speaker : House of Commons) 10.30 a.m. AFTER ELVIS :THOUGHTS FROMA RADIO MAN Piers Plowright (BBC Producer) 1st November NO TALK 8th November THE LIFE & VOICE OF KATHLEEN FERRIER Christopher Fifield (conductor & music historian) 15th November THE LIES & DECEPTIONS OF THE WAGNER FAMILY Tony Palmer (film director) 22nd November ALZHEIMERS DISEASE Prof. Simon Lovestone WHAT CHANCES FOR TREATMENTS ? (Prof. of Old Age Psychiatry) 29th November RADIO THREE & THE PROMS: Roger Wright THE ENVY OF THE WORLD (Controller BBC Radio 3) 6th December REMBRANDT IN THE SHADOW OF RUBENS? Sir Christopher White A BIOGRAPHICAL COMPARISON (Former Director of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) 13th December GOOD HONEST VULGARITY Dr. Peter Shaw THE RISQUE SONG : MARIE LLOYD TO MAX MILLER (Writer & Critic) |