'A Letter from America: The US Electoral System from Washington to Trump.' with Professor Terry Schultz from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. Professor Terry Schultz will provide an entertaining and enlightened insight into the seeming impenetrable subject of the upcoming US election. From the Primaries and Electoral College to the White House and Senate, ... Read more

John Edmondson on "The Chesney Expedition."

"George Gissing" by Alan Andrews

9th November, 2016 – “Bad Day at Black Rock”: A “modern” western, with an exceptional cast, director John Sturges received his only Oscar nomination for this film. At the end of World War II a disabled soldier (Spencer Tracy) visits a small western town to give a medal to the parents of the man who ... Read more

Wednesday 9th November, 6:00-6:30pm Athenaeum Film Night Presents – Great Expectations. £10.00 per person, includes a one course supper and refreshments served during the interval. John Mills is the orphan who enters high society in David Lean's Oscar-winning 1946 adaptation of the great Dickens novel.  

Friday 11th November, 7:00-7:30pm Winter Wine Tasting – Call my Bluff £39.00 per person. If you have yet to attend one of the Club’s ‘Call My Bluff’ evenings, they come highly recommended! A top class 4 course menu accompanied by 4 wines and a barrel of laughs. A most enjoyable evening.

Sunday 13th November, 12:30-1:00pm Remembrance Sunday Lunch. £25.00. Traditional Sunday lunch following the Civic Remembrance Service at St George’s Plateau.   Menu Starter Cream of Vegetable Soup (v) served with a warm bread roll Main Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding. Seasonal Vegetables & Roast Potatoes Dessert Apple Pie & Custard Tea & Coffee  

Andrew Sankey will tell us the fascinating story of Sir Joseph Banks, a Lincolnshire man, has become known as the Father of Australia for his connections with the country. After travelling around the world with Captain Cook he set up a scientific garden at Kew that became the greatest botanical garden in the world and introduced ... Read more