Flag Programme 2023/24

MEETINGS ARE HELD IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, CHANDOS ST., LEAMINGTON SPA, STARTING AT 7.30pm UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. ENTRANCE FEE OF £3 INCLUDES COFFEE/TEA AND BISCUITS

17 October
Jane Simpkiss - Curating in the 21st Century

Jane worked at Leamington Spa AG&M as Art Curator until recently but has now been snapped up by Compton Verney. She will talk about curating in general including recent trips to America to study Dutch and British art respectively.

14 November
Clive Katz - Back to Back Houses

Clive is a volunteer at The Back to Back Houses, Birmingham, has intimate knowledge of them and will be telling us all about them.

19 December
Paula Fletcher - The History of the USA Art Deco District of Miami Beach

Paula was a volunteer walking guide for ten years with the Miami Design Preservation League and gave private Art Deco walks. She now does private walking tours of Warwick and Leamington Spa but will be taking us to sunny Florida while we are in mid-winter.

16 January 2.30pm
Dr. Christopher Hilton - The Lives & Work of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears

Our speaker is the head of Archive & Library, The Red House, Aldeburgh. Some may remember an informative and amusing talk given by Christopher on the life and work of Bernard Spilsbury when he was an archivist at the Wellcome Trust. He has been at The Red House for a few years now and those of us on the holiday to Suffolk had the pleasure of meeting him there. He has generously agreed to come to Leamington from Suffolk to give us this talk.

20 February 2.30pm
Sarah Shalgosky - Curating the Campus

Sarah is the Curator of the Warwick University Art Collection. We are all probably familiar with some of this wonderful collection so near to us . It will be fascinating to learn more.

19 March
Angus Kaye - In the Victorian Architect's Studio - perfectionists, pragmatists and 'Rogues'

This promises to be a lively talk - more details to follow.

16 April - A.G.M. starting at 7.00pm
Historic Coventry Trust

Following the AGM a speaker from Historic Coventry Trust will be discussing their impressive "Rescue of Coventry's medieval Charterhouse". We may be able to also hear about some of their other projects in Coventry.