In 1919 Lady Nancy Astor was the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons. She was MP for Plymouth until 1945. Born in the US in 1879, in 1906 she married Lord (Waldorf) Astor, the owner of Clivedon. In parliament she supported social issues including the rights of women and the […]
The History of the Victoria Cross – Harold Ackroyd and other VC heroes Speaker Christopher Ackroyd
Talk by Jill Edwards, Member, English-Speaking Union. Jill is going to talk about people she has met and events that have occurred in her lifetime. Educated at Roedean School and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, she was a contemporary of Dame Judi Dench and Vanessa Redgrave. She has acquired over the years […]
West Sussex Branch invite you to their Thanksgiving Lunch, please arrive from 12.30pm for a 1.00pm start.
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 […]
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 [email protected] https://esuthanksgiving.eventbrite.co.uk
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 […]
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 […]
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.
A Celebration of Christmas at Howell's School, Llandaff with the Senior Girls' Choir and Festive Supper.
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