Below is the outline programme for 2025 which comes with the proviso that, as I have learnt to my cost over nearly 6 years as speaker secretary, is subject to change.
With the exception of the August meeting and, this year, also the January meeting, all meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month in Tavistock Town Hall, with the formal meeting starting at 2pm. In August, we have for the past few years held an outside event and plan to do so again in 2025. The date for this is yet to be determined.
The first Wednesday in January is New Year’s Day!
I am writing this fairly shortly after our packed Christmas Meeting at which one of our members, Dan Bishop, gave a fascinating talk – including a little bit of theatre – about his time as a Punch and Judy Professor and the history of Punch & Judy.
Jane Ward
2025 PROGRAMME
WEDNESDAY 8th JANUARY “War in Ukraine and The Future of Russia” John Dobson:
WEDNESDAY 5th FEBRUARY “Listening to the Enemy” Mike Griffiths
WEDNESDAY 5th MARCH (AGM) “Picturing The Past” Kevin Dickins
WEDNESDAY 2nd APRIL “A Maori Feast” Christine Wallach
WEDNESDAY 7th MAY “Climate and Ecological Crisis; What's All the Fuss About?" David Ramsden
WEDNESDAY 4th JUNE “What have the Anarchists Ever Done for Us?” Kevin Eady
WEDNESDAY 2nd JULY "The River Tavy and Early Tavistock" Dr Sharon Gedye
A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN AUGUST Outdoor event – the date and further details will be circulated in due course
WEDNESDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER “The Work of the South West Counter-Terrorism Unit" A member of the unit
WEDNESDAY 1st OCTOBER “The Dawn of Modern Portrait Painting” Colin Pethick
WEDNESDAY 6th NOVEMBER “Sam Sweeney's Fiddle - The Story of a Violin” Chris Sweeney
WEDNESDAY 3rd DECEMBER – CHRISTMAS MEETING Rob Shepherd and Ray Stenning