Clubs and Groups

25 September Dada - Anti Art in Denial 16 Oct Surrealism – Dream the Impossible Dream 27 Nov Bah Humbug - A History of Xmas through Art and Literature 29 Jan Manet – Olympia The Ideal Home Exhibition 19 Feb Durer – Drawn to our Attention 25 Mar Matisse – Cut to the Quick 29 Apr Saatchi – Fire in the Hold The Rise and Fall...

The Art Appreciation Society is a group that organises lectures on all aspects of art history, exploring an analysing art forms throughout history. We meet on the last Monday of each month, 10am-12 midday at the Guild. The first meeting will be Monday 26 September 2022.26 Sept- Alessandra Batty - Art to serve propaganda: Trajan's column24 Oct - Ian Irvine -...

Choosing this group enables you to attend physical and online meetings.Is it photography? Is it pictures and music? Is it video? Is it about making films? Is it about telling stories? Audio-visual is all these things - the art of telling stories using pictures and sound. Most people already have a computer, and the required software isn't expensive. The possibilities...

Please choose this group if you are attending online only.Is it photography? Is it pictures and music? Is it video? Is it about making films? Is it about telling stories? Audio-visual is all these things - the art of telling stories using pictures and sound. Most people already have a computer, and the required software isn't expensive. The possibilities are...

The Birdwatching group is a friendly, active and enthusiastic mix of birdwatchers of varying abilities and experience. We welcome new members and visitors to all our events, whether they consider themselves interested beginners or more experienced birdwatchers; members are always happy to help others who want to learn more about identification or use of optics. The group provides an indoor...

The Club will appeal to people who wish to play duplicate bridge in a friendly but competitive atmosphere on a weekly basis throughout the year. Typically there are 8-11 tables each week. Players new to duplicate are welcome. Results are provided by email and in detail on the website on the same day. A pairing-up service is available to find...

The Club will appeal to people who wish to play duplicate bridge of a reasonable standard in a friendly but competitive atmosphere throughout the year. Bridge players new to duplicate are welcome. Typically, there are 10-12 tables each week playing an average of 24 boards. Results from Bridgemates are promptly provided by email and in detail on the Club website...

Films worth talking about.Come and join us for our monthly Film Club at the Guild, now on Thursday evenings.  We will be showing a variety of films over the year, including some European titles and some from Japan and China.  We ensure there is time for a general discussion afterwards, to share view and reactions.Films shown in 2022 were:29 September: ...

Do you love flowers? Come along to our club to celebrate flowers and flower arranging. We meet on the last Wednesday of the month at 1.45 pm. We have demonstrations from NAFAS flower arrangers both national and area. The demonstrations are lively, informative and full of fabulous flowers. In our raffle you could win one of the arrangements – a...

French tutor Bénédicte will provide background information and the cultural setting for a series of varied French films (with French subtitles). This will be an opportunity for people studying French to listen to spoken French and discuss the film with fellow students.The first meeting is on Wednesday 5 October 2022 Films will be listed in our newsletter, on our social...