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TALK AND LECTURE PROGRAMME
WINTER LECTURE SERIES 2025 Friday April 11th 2025 : 6:30pm THE CHURCH HALL, ALDEBURGH Join us for a talk about Shakespeare's life and career from Nick Hutchison. Nick is a Theatre Director, Lecturer & Educator and Actor. LECTURE STARTS AT 6:30pm DOORS OPEN 6pm. Refreshments will be served. Tickets: £4 Members, £5 Non-Members Friday January 24th 2025 : 6:30pm OLD GENERATOR STATION, ALDEBURGH "Gathering news in Egypt and Sudan' a talk from Aidan Lewis, who has just returned to London from his latest posting as Cairo Bureau Chief for Reuters. He will discuss what gets covered and why and how; and what doesn't get covered -and whether it matters. LECTURE STARTS AT 6:30pm DOORS OPEN 6pm. Refreshments will be served. Tickets: £4 Members, £5 Non-Members AUTUMN LECTURE SERIES 2024 Friday December 6th 2024 : 6:30pm OLD GENERATOR STATION, ALDEBURGH Come and meet our new MP Jenny Riddall-Carpenter and hear her talk about her aims as MP for Suffolk Coastal, her work in this constituency and what she hopes to achieve in Westminster. LECTURE STARTS AT 6:30pm DOORS OPEN 6pm. Refreshments will be served. Tickets: £4 Members, £5 Non-Members Friday October 18th 2024 : 6:30pm OLD GENERATOR STATION, ALDEBURGH A talk from Patrick Peal MBE about the work of the East Anglian Air Ambulance. Patrick was former CEO of the EAAA and will speak about the work of this vital charity that provides life-saving critical care 24 hours-a-day, 365 days-a-year by air and road. LECTURE STARTS AT 6:30pm DOORS OPEN 6pm. Refreshments will be served. Tickets: £4 Members, £5 Non-Members PAST TALKS Friday February 9th 2024 : 6:30pm CHURCH HALL Our next talk is on Friday 9th Feb. "What is the role of a museum in the 21st Century?" The talk is by Jenny Cousins who is a very experienced professional from the Museum and Heritage sector. Since 2016 she has been the Director of the Museum of Food in Stowmarket which was previously the Museum of East Anglian Life. It will be fascinating to hear the challenges of running a cultural attraction in these difficult times (including through Covid - not to mention the recently announced budget cuts announced by the County Council). Jenny has worked for English Heritage and the National Lottery. Her project before moving to Stowmarket was Project Manager of the American Air Museum Project at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford. Please note the talk is in the CHURCH HALL (not the OGC) Friday 9th February. LECTURE STARTS AT 6:30pm DOORS OPEN 6pm. Refreshments will be served. Friday November 24th 2023 - 6.30pm - Jubilee Hall Sir Alex Younger " A spy's view of a disconnecting world ". After serving in the Scots Guards Sir Alex joined SIS as an intelligence officer. His service included Europe, the Middle East and as head of Intelligence in Afghanistan . He was Chief of SIS(MI6) from 2014 to 2020. He will talk about past and current threats including briefly outlining the current UK security apparatus. He will look at the security implications for the UK of all the various changes happening throughout the world especially China, Russia and the Middle East. This will be a rare opportunity to hear directly from the most recent head of MI6 ( SIS ). We expect the talk to be very popular and hence we have booked the Jubilee Hall. Please put the date in your diaries. You can also invite your friends. All welcome. This is a ticketed event. You can book by clicking on the link below BOOK HERE You can also book by phone by calling the Jubilee Hall on 01728 454022 or by calling into the Jubilee Hall Box office in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings 10-12pm. It will be a great evening. TALK AND LECTURE PROGRAMME 2022/23 Friday September 23rd 2022 - 6.30pm - Jubilee Hall Lord Deben "Climate Change is real and in Aldeburgh NOW" Lord Deben, John Gummer, an acknowledged international figure in the world of climate change talked to us on its implications for Aldeburgh. He is Chairman of the Climate Change Committee, as an MP represented Suffolk constituencies for over thirty years, and as a minister was hailed by BBC Wildlife Magazine as ‘the environment secretary against which all others are judged’. He discussed what the world and in particular Aldeburgh can expect as climate change takes hold. Friday October 28th - 6.30pm - Aldeburgh Library Frances Gibb "A Time and a Place. George Crabbe Aldeburgh and Suffolk." Frances Gibb will be telling us all about the poet George Crabbe and his relationship with Aldeburgh and Suffolk. George Crabbe, eighteenth-century poet, clergyman and surgeon-apothecary, is best known for ‘Peter Grimes’ Her book “A Time and a Place” was published earlier this year. Friday March 17th 2023 - 6:00pm Old Generator Station Chris Bally Chief Exec East Suffolk District Council "East Suffolk; where do we go from here?" Chris is the new Chief Executive of the Council. He will be talking about where he sees the council going in years to come, its challenges and of course how we will cope with the Energy Projects which are concerning us all so much. Friday May 5th 2023 - 6:00pm Old Generator Station Ian Le Gros: Royal Horticultural Society "Gardening in this time of change" Ian is the Chief of Site at Hyde Hall. Amongst his many responsibilities he has been responsible for the creation of the Wildwood and the Dry Garden. All very relevant at this tine of climate change. TALK AND LECTURE PROGRAMME 2021/22
Thursday November 25th - 6.30pm - On Zoom Join us for a zoom talk by Simon Amstutz "Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty as National Assets" The Suffolk Coast and Heath AONB Manager will be giving the first of our winter lecture series on Climate Change, Aldeburgh and environs Friday 17 December -6:30pm on Zoom Hugh Somerleyton of Wild East “Creating a wetter, wilder, woodier future”. Have a look: https://www.wildeast.co.uk/ 14 January 2022 at 6:30 on Zoom William Kendall, environmentalist, entrepreneur and organic farmer, will be speaking to us with James Cameron "On the Future of Food and Farming" Our zoom talks are only open to members, join as a member here. Links to the recordings of all these talks have been sent to members. If you missed the link please email [email protected] There will be one more talk in this series - Watch this space! LECTURE PROGRAMME 2020/21
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