Past Meetings Here are details of our past meetings, to give you an idea of the variety and scope of the lectures. Also members might like to use the links to find out more. Friday 17th January 2020 Domina: Imperial Women in Ancient Rome: their images in art, sculpture and coins, their influence, power and fates Guy de la Bédoyère Alongside Augustus, Caligula, Claudius and Nero were the Julio-Claudian wives whose dynastic significance conferred on them exceptional power. We look at these women through coins, art and sculpture and hear their remarkable stories. Study Day Tuesday 19th November 2019 Giles Ramsay: The World of Wolf Hall (1485-1649) This series of talks takes the works of Hilary Mantel as a starting point to explore the rise of the Tudor state, the psychopathology of Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII, and the influence this period had on the emergence of a modern world and a modern theatre. Visit Tuesday 15th October 2019 Birmingham Symphony Hall The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Yuri Simonov, will be playing Shostakovich’s astonishing 10th Symphony. This is followed by the long-awaited Birmingham debut of exciting young star Alexandra Dariescu, playing Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. NB Bookings must be received by Charles Cornford before 15th August 2019. Web site designed, created and maintained by Janet Groome, Handshake Computer Training