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May 2026 History Month
FeaturedJoin us on Tuesday 26th May at noon for 'Skeletons in the Cupboard'. Explore the lives of once famous people and work out what the skeletons in their cupboards were.
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May is History Month
FeaturedTuesday, 26th May at noon, join us for 'Skeletons in the Cupboard'. Work out what the skeletons are in the cupboards of some historical figures! Zoom link as previously
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May 2026 History Month
Join us on Tuesday 26th May at noon for 'Skeletons in the Cupboard'. Explore the lives of once famous people and work out what were the skeletons in their cupboards!
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Hilaire Belloc was he a great writer or simply grumpy
Tonight, we go back in time to discuss the formidable output of some 500 works of literature across multiple genres, who at the same time managed to fall out with[...]
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Minerals that glow
ZoomSpeaker: Doctor Paul Beatty Paul will be telling us all about these amazing minerals, why they glow and the many ways they're used. Mineral enthusiasts concentrate on displaying these minerals[...]
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‘Forever’ Chemicals
‘Forever' Chemicals, otherwise known as PFAs, are a large group of synthetic organic compounds that have been around – literally - since the 1930s, when they were discovered, quite by[...]
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Ask the group anything
16 June @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm This month we running another ... ask the group anything. So come along with your questions - could be related to a[...]
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The Welfare State: Is it Still Affordable?
In Britain today, few issues provoke more heated debate than this. On one side are those who argue, on humanitarian grounds, that the less fortunate among us deserve all the[...]
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Art History Month June 23rd 2026
FeaturedJoin us on Tuesday 23rd June at noon for 'Edward Lear- More Than Nonsense' led by Kate Scott. a guest speaker Zoom link as previously
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Art History month is June 2026
FeaturedJoin members on Tuesday 23rd June at noon for 'Edward Lear- more than nonsense' led by Kate, a guest speaker. Zoom link as previously Frog
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Discovering how our Genes shape Learning and Cognition
Speaker: Prof. Robert Plomin Professor of Behavioural Genetics Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College How much of intelligence and learning ability is[...]
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Before Penicillin: Treating Infections in the ‘Olden Days’
Few would argue that the discovery of penicillin, and the antibiotics revolution that followed, was one of the most far-reaching breakthroughs of twentieth-century medical science. But infection treatment itself has[...]