Xa Tollemache talking to the Society in 2015
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The Society holds a long-established winter Lecture Series, hosting Friday evening speaker events from October through to February.
Intended as a stimulus for the Society’s collective direction, talks focus on topics of interest or local relevance that contribute to the Society’s ongoing conversations and aims. The series is designed to inform and entertain, provoke debate and kindle curiosity, welcoming member residents and visitors to the town alike. Speakers as a rule have a connection to Aldeburgh or the immediate area and have included BBC political correspondent and presenter Nick Robinson, author Jon Canter, Fairtrade Chief Executive Michael Gidney, and other notable figures from the fields of literature, current affairs, music, and local government. The series raises a small amount of money to support projects in the town. Please click HERE for our upcoming talks. |
Past Events
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'The Britten-Pears Foundation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow' Sarah Bardwell (General Director of the BPF ‘Bananas, Fairtrade and the Case for Disobedience!’ Mike Gidney (Chief Executive of the Fairtrade Foundation) |
'Health: All Changed, All Changed Utterly?' Dame Clare Marx CBE DL PRCS (outgoing president of the Royal College of Surgeons) ‘A year in the life of a Suffolk High Sheriff ’ Geoffrey Probert, High Sheriff of Suffolk 2017/18 |
'The Future of the Aldeburgh Lifeboat: Choppy Seas Ahead?' Charles Walker (Aldeburgh Lifeboat Operations Manager) ‘Aldeburgh Music and the Future’ Roger Wright CBE (Chief Executive of Aldeburgh Music) |
‘Holding Government to Account’ Sir Amyas Morse (Comptroller and Auditor General of the National Audit Office) ‘What does the nation need from the National Trust in the 21st Century? Dame Helen Ghosh (then Director of the National Trust) |