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March 2019
English Law – a great English export?
A talk by Robert Bourns of TLT Solicitors. Time: 7.45pm, refreshments available from 7.15pm Cost: Members entrance £2; Guests and visitors £5 Venue: The Apostle room of Clifton Catholic Cathedral, BS8 3BX
Find out more »Author Joan Ward discusses her book ‘Living with Arabs’
Joan started out with a commission in the RAF before starting a teaching career. Her last post before retirement was Head of English at the International Community School in Amman. On her retirement in 2006 she remained in Jordan and spent many years living in Um Sayhoun with the Petra Bedouin. She has chronicled her experiences in her book “Living with Arabs” and she will share her experiences with us this morning. Time: 10.15 am (when coffee/tea is served). The…
Find out more »April 2019
Bristol and the legacy of the slave trade
A talk by Dr. Madge Dresser, Honorary Professor of Historical Studies, University of Bristol. Time: 7.45pm, refreshments available from 7.15pm Cost: Members entrance £2, guests and visitors £5 Venue: The Apostle room of Clifton Catholic Cathedral, BS8 3BX
Find out more »May 2019
AGM followed by ‘Women and Leadership’
Annual General Meeting followed by ‘Women and Leadership’ talk by Ms Jo Butler, Headteacher, Cotham School. Time: 7.15pm Cost: Members entrance £2; Guests and visitors £5 Venue: The Apostle room of Clifton Catholic Cathedral, BS8 3BX
Find out more »June 2019
Voice in a foreign language born in Belgrade
Vesna Goldsworthy is the Professor of Creative Writing at both the Universities of Exeter and East Anglia. Vesna is a poet, novelist and a memoirist and is best known for her book ‘Chernobyl Strawberries’. Vesna will discuss her background and the subtleties of understanding and being understood , in both language and manner when adopting to a foreign country and how she now feels that England is ‘home’. Cost: Members £24.00 and guests £26.00 Venue: Exeter Golf & Country Club Contact:…
Find out more »ESU Performing Shakespeare Grand Final 2019
Description Join us on Friday, 21st June 2019 to see young people aged 11-14 from across England and Wales give a performance of their chosen speech from one of Shakespeare's plays. The Performing Shakespeare Competition is designed to allow Key Stage 3 pupils the opportunity to experience Shakespeare's plays as they were intended – on the stage. Using theatre and performance skills to engage with the texts, our performers bring to life some of the world's most famous speeches in…
Find out more »January 2020
ESU-Churchill Public Speaking Competition, Bristol Final
ESU-Churchill Public Speaking Competition, Bristol Final
Find out more »December 2020
ONLINE EVENT: WHY DO WE DEBATE?
Join us to explore the purpose of debate in civil society. The discussion, chaired by Prof. James Raven, Chair of the ESU, will be led by our panel: Dr Katie East, Lecturer in the History of Radical Ideas at Newcastle University; Bilal Mahmood, ESU Governor, senior legal consultant for China Construction Bank, and internationally acknowledged mentor to generations of young debaters; and Christopher L. Peterson, the Democratic candidate for the Governorship of Utah and John J. Flynn Endowed Professor of…
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