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November 2019
Oxfordshire Branch: Thanksgiving Lunch at Weston Manor, speaker Lord Wasserman
Thanksgiving Lunch at Weston Manor, speaker Lord Wasserman, former Rhodes Scholar. Lord Gordon Wasserman, born in Montreal, Canada, he was educated at McGill University and New College, Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. After a varied and distinguished career in the Home Office, including 12 years with responsibility for scientific and technological support to UK police forces, he spent 12 years in the USA advising police chiefs in New York, Philadelphia and other cities. From May 2010 to April 2012, he…
Find out more »Dartmouth House: Thanksgiving Dinner
We are delighted that Dorothy Byrne, Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4 Television, giver of the MacTaggart Lecture 2019 and a former winner of our Schools’ Mace debating competition, will be our guest speaker at this year’s English-Speaking Union Thanksgiving Dinner. We very much hope you can attend. RSVP events@esu.org https://esuthanksgiving.eventbrite.co.uk
Find out more »December 2019
Salisbury & Wiltshire Branch: A Christmas Lunch with a Raffle to raise funds for the Kings School, Tamil Nadu, India
A Christmas Lunch with a Raffle to raise funds for the Kings School, Tamil Nadu, India. Kings School, a boarding and day school for boys and girls, was opened in 2005. It is an English-medium school built to the highest international standards and our sponsorship of the School, together with our Gap Year Student grant scheme, is the Branch’s contribution to the teaching of English overseas. The Talk today will be – “Schools I Have Known” Martin Marriott Martin was…
Find out more »Epping Branch: OUR TRAVELS – A LOOK AT SOME PAST HOLIDAYS AND EVENTS
As this is our Christmas’ meeting we have decided to dispense with an outside speaker and make it a more social event with time for chat over refreshments. We will be showing pictures of some of the holidays and visits which we have had during the Chairmanship of Tony Meagher and we hope that those who enjoyed the events will be happy to reminisce, whilst those who weren’t able to support the visits programme will be inspired to do so…
Find out more »Christmas Event at Royal Victoria Hotel
Christmas Buffet Meal. We shall be joined by Special Guest, Josephine Stanley (Librarian) from Bexhill High Academy who will update us on the latest events. She will be accompanied by two pupils as before. Please let me know by Wednesday 27 November if you would like to attend.
Find out more »South Wales Branch: Festive Supper
A Celebration of Christmas at Howell's School, Llandaff with the Senior Girls' Choir and Festive Supper.
Find out more »Mid-Cheshire Branch: Christmas Lunch & Talk, ‘Ways for wildlife’
Richard Macaulay is a member of the Sandbach Woodland and Wildlife group of volunteers who, over the past seven years, have regenerated the woodland area in Sandbach, increasing biodiversity by new planting and creating a variety of habitats for woodland creatures and new trails to explore.
Find out more »Ouse Valley Branch: Lunch & talk ‘all wrapped up: a Christmas confection’
ALL WRAPPED UP: A CHRISTMAS CONFECTION Caroline Bacon, Former Curator of Cecil Higgins, and Manager of Rothsay Education Centre Taking Christmas, Winter and the Nativity as our theme, we will look at a number of artists from Breughel to Damien Hirst and their response to Christmas (or winter) through a variety of art media. An opportunity to discover how the concept and image of Christmas has changed over the centuries. Branch social activities are arranged in order to raise funds…
Find out more »English Speaking Union AGM
Please save date date for the English-Speaking Union's AGM, details coming soon...
Find out more »Devon & Exeter Branch: Black Tie Dinner, ‘Moguls, Mayhem and Movies”, illustrated story of early Hollywood’
Martin Fisher has had a lifelong interest in cinema since his grandfather took him to see ‘Pinocchio’. The title of his talk speaks for itself and will include many film extracts from those early days of cinema. Born in Windsor, Martin was educated at St George’s School, Windsor Castle, where he was a chorister. He sang at the funeral of King George V1, recorded 78 rpm records for HMV and broadcast Choral Evensong for the BBC. Leaving school, Martin joined…
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