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EVENTS Thursday 6 Epping Forest Branch 10.15am: Dr Pieter van der Merwe, recently retired from the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, will give a talk on “Thames Shipbuilding in Art” at the Murray Hall, Loughton. Tickets cost £4 and include tea/coffee Tuesday 11 Eastbourne Branch 2.30pm: The Devonshire Park Theatre Tea and Talk with Edward Thomas which will cover the history and events of the theatre. Contact Chairman directly on 01323 506308 or email sarah@ sarahcarr.plus.com Tickets cost £7 members and £9 general admission Tuesday 11 Mid-Cheshire Region ‘Cheshire Families and Estates - Speaker – David Cotgreave Date tbc Dartmouth House English Language Council lecture Monday 17 Dartmouth House Lindemann Trust Fellowships – Closing date applications Tuesday 18 Brighton Hove & District 2.30pm: Our member Gerald Adler, a distinguished international lawyer, explores current issues in the Arab world Wednesday 19 Exeter Branch 12.30pm: Lunch Event Speaker Francis Cornish CMG LVO – Arab Spring Israel’s Nightmare at The Exeter Golf and Country Club. Tickets cost £21 for members Wednesday 19 Oxfordshire Branch Ploughman’s Lunch with speaker, Christchurch College, Oxfordshire - Priory Room Thursday 20 South Wales Branch 12pm: Lunch at Cardiff City Stadium with theme “From Treorchy to Timbuktu via Stratford and Santa Cruz” Friday 21 Norwich & Norfolk Branch ‘Brief Encounters including Mandela Orbison and Hippos’ Speaker Mr Gordon Paley Monday 24 Dartmouth House Secondary School Exchange – Closing date for 3-term applications Friday 28 Liverpool & Merseyside Branch Coffee Concert with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Chief Conductor Vasily Petrenko Oxfordshire Branch The Swan at Tetsworth Antiques Evening – either a Roadshow or Valuations plus dinner - Team England Trials for WSDC 2014 MARCH Date tbc Dartmouth House Tuesday 4 46 | dialogue Eastbourne Branch 12.30pm: Lord Paul Boateng