Lunches

Our September speaker is The Rev. Nicholas Henderson whose talk is entitled "Russia, an exploration through history and culture". This is part one of a concise history of Russia starting at the 9th century to the Tsarist regimes that started in the 16th century. Russia's history has been one of tumult, conquest, autocracy, and enlightenment, forged over [...]

October's speaker is Steve Bird whose talk is entitled "Wolfe at Quebec". There was a time when every Briton knew of Wolfe's triumph at Quebec which secured Canada for the British. What really happened though?  Steve will look at a campaign marred by arguments on both sides and which appeared lost only to be won by [...]