Programme

Every Thursday at 10.30am the smell of coffee and a supply of biscuits encourages members to chat with friends and colleagues prior to the weekly talk. The talks now start at the revised time of 11am

An analysis of our wide-ranging talks since 2008 shows that the four most popular subjects are – History (20.2%),Local Interest (15.8%), Geography/Travel (13,7%) and Arts/Entertainment (12.6%)

These were followed by Geo Politics (9.8%), Lifestyle (7.6%), Science/Technology (7.5%) Natural History (5.2%) Sport (2%) Health(1.4%) and finally Education (0.7%)

Future Weekly Meetings – 2025

DateTitleSpeakerHost
Jan 30thProducing the BBC’s Antiques RoadshowRobert Arley
Feb 6thNATO Update – tbc
Jasper Stroler
Feb 13thFighting GlidersAshley Letts
Feb 20thGreek Islands
Followed by Committee Meeting
Mike Bone
Feb
27th
Training For Space
– to be followed by a pub lunch
Richard Farrimond
March 6thThe Thread of LifePeter Petrie
March 13thHolst Victorian HouseSabine Otton
March 20thThe TyphoonRay Carter
March 27thNewport Transporter BridgeGeoff Grosvener
April 3rd
April 10thThe Duke of Marlborough
Followed by a Committee Meeting
Tim Brain
April 17thtba
April 24thAGM
May 1stChairman’s Lunch – details to be announced
May 15thtba
May 22ndCheltenham Animal ShelterErica Lake
May 29thtba
June 12thIBMJulian Cox
June 19thOld Paths of GloucestershireAlan Pilbeam
June 26thTalk to be confirmed
Followed by a Committee Meeting
July 10thPub Lunch to follow the talk – to be confirmed
Sept 4hPub Lunch to follow the talk – to be confirmed