Sixtieth session - 2019/2020

Programme

10 September 2019

Liz Holt will give the Presidential Address entitled 

Feminist Visions of the Future: "Woman on the Edge of Time" Marge Piercy, "The Handmaids Tale" Margaret Atwood, "The Power" Naomi Alderman

24 September 2019

"Brother of the More Famous Jack" - an introduction to W B Yeats and his poetry - Alison Wikner

9 October 2019

Book reviews

22 October 2019

Patrick White, the Nobel Prize-Winning Australian author, "Riders in the Chariot" 1961 and his autobiography "Flaws in the Glass" 1981 - Sonja B-Christiansen

5 November 2019

Alice and Lewis - Maureen Dyer

19 November 2019

THE MARION LARGE MEMORIAL LECTURE The Posthuman condition in twentieth century Science Fiction - Gul Dag

3 December 2019

Christmas Miscellany

7 January 2020

New Year's party and buffet

21 January 2020

"Lost in Neverland": The life of J M Barrie - Lynne Featherstone

4 February 2020

"The Death of Bessie Smith" by Edward Albee - Cecile Oxaal

18 February 2020

Short papers presented by Members

3 March 2020

"But what was a Girl to Dombey and Son!" - Frances Ramsden

17 March 2020

"Diaries, what's the point?" - Wendy Hunter

31 March 2020

Annual Dinner

7 April 2020

Annual General Meeting

New venue

The Community Centre is in the throes of changing ownership and it is not certain that the Club will be able to continue to hold its meetings there. Starting with the new 2019/2020 session, meeting will be at the Avenues Centre, Park Avenue, Hull HU5 4DF. Visitors will continue to be welcome - contact the Secretary for information.

59th Session - 2018/2019

Programme

11 September 2018

Frances Ramsden will give the Presidential Address:-

Dorothy Whipple - "What is it like to be a woman? You've got a pattern of a woman in your mind .... "

25 Setember 2018

Patricia Highsmith's Talented Mr. Ripley - Muriel Marrs

9 October 2018

Book reviews

23 October 2018

The Emma poems of Thomas Hardy - elegies written 1912 - 1913 - Alison Wikner

6 November 2018

Jon McGregor - Jill Jabbari

20 November 2018

THE MARION LARGE MEMORIAL LECTURE

Writing for Young Children and Getting Published - Marion Gamble

4 December 2018

Christmas Miscellany

8 January 2019

New Year's party and buffet

22 January 2019

"Loose, baggy monsters"; reinventing Victorian novels for the twenty first century reader - Mary Hoey

5 February 2019

R. S. Thomas - Poet and Priest - Ros McNeill

19 February 2019

Short papers

5 March 2019

"The Death of Bessie Smith" by Edward Albee - Cecile Oxaal

19 March 2019

H. E. Bates 1905 - 1974: A countryman who delighted us all - Sheila Smith

2 April 2019

Annual Dinner

9 April 2019

Annual General Meeting

Summer outing 2018

On a very hot Monday, 16th July, a group of members and a few husbands took a coach trip to Burton Agnes Hall, near Driffield. After coffee, by special arrangement we were greeted by a guide, who gave us a thoroughly enjoyable tour of the house giving us much interesting information about the house and the families owning it. After an excellent lunch everyone was free to explore the extensive grounds and the walled garden.

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58th Session - 2017/2018

Programme

12 September 2017

Frances Ramsden will give the Presidential Address:-

Can you go home again? "The return of the Native" Thomas Hardy

26 Setember 2017

A fresh look at "Old Wives'Tales" Arnold Bennett's masterpiece - Alison Draper

10 October 2017

Book reviews/discussion

24 October 2017

Fathers and daughters in literature - revisited - Rachel Holder

21 November 2017

THE MARION LARGE MEMORIAL LECTURE

A literary journey to the mid-twentieth century in the company of Barbara Euphan Todd, Marghanita Laski and Penelope Mortimer - Sue Kennedy

5 December 2017

Christmas Miscellany

9 January 2018

New Year's party and buffet

23 January 2018

Civilisation or the collapse of a culture? Based on several African novels - Gill Galloway

6 February 2018

La vie en bleu: a colour of meaning in Tracy Chevalier - Catherine Kay

20 February 2018

Short papers

6 March 2018

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee - Sandra Carmichael

20 March 2018

Come for a walk with me - revisited - Sheila Smith

3 April 2018

Annual Dinner

10 April 2018

Annual General Meeting

Summer outing

On a very hot Monday, 17th July, a group of members and a smattering of husbands took a coach trip to Doddington Hall, near Lincoln. After coffee and cakes, by special arrangement we were greeted by two guides, Alex and Vic, who gave us a thoroughly enjoyable tour of the house giving us much interesting information about the house and the families owing it since construction in 1600 as well as little snippets of gossip that added to the enjoyment. After lunch we were free to explore the kitchen garden and extensive lands.

57th Session - 2016/2017

Programme

6 September 2016

The new President, Kath Beal, gives her address entitled:-

"Are you sitting comfortably?" - Fairy stories

20 September 2016

Donna Tartt's "The Goldfish" by Shirley Wilson

4 October 2016

Conan Doyle - A knight out of his time by Sheila Smith

18 October 2016

A presentation of book reviews by a few members

1 November 2016

Sean O'Casey - The ramifications of 1916 by Ros McNeill

15 November 2016

The Marion Large Memorial Lecture

The life and works of Edith Wharton by Laurah Heathfield

Guests are welcome for this event

29 November 2016

Harlots, vixens, scolds and delicate maidens - Shakespeare's women by Liz Holt

13 December 2016

Members present entertainment under the heading "Christmas Miscellany"

10 January 2017

More entertainment - the New Year's party

24 January 2017

And still I rise - Mya Angelou by Kathy Vickers

7 February 2017

The allure and peril of money. Our mutual friend - Charles Dickens by Frances Ramsden

21 February 2017

Short papers presented by members

7 March 2017

Lewis and Alice - fantasy and myth by Maureen Dyer

21 March 2017

What about the other Austens? by Ann MacLeod

4 April 2017

The annual year-end dinner

25 April 2017

The year concudes with the Annual General Meeting

Summer outing

On 2 July 2016 we were carried by coach to the great Country House of Castle Howard. A tour of the interior proved most interesting with very friendly and knowledgeable guides in all the rooms and the warm weather proved excellent for those who explored the extensive grounds. Lunch was taken in the Fitzroy Room and afternoon tea in the Courtyard Cafe - all in all a very enjoyable visit.

Change of Venue

After many happy years at the Ensleigh Centre, we were saddened to learn that it was to close. Our new venue is The Community Enterprise Centre on Cottingham Road, Hull HU5 2DH where we will continue to meet fortnightly on Tuesdays from September to April. Visitors will be very welcome, please contact our Secretary.