NEEDWOOD DFAS
PROGRAMME - October 2011 to September 2012

Tuesday 4 October 2011
The Duke of Wellington & the treasures of Apsley House
Shirley Turner, MA Oxon
Freelance lecturer

Tuesday 25 October 2011
Annual Sandwich Lunch 12 noon - 1.15 pm
Christmas at Covent Garden : 300 years of Christmas shows at one of London's greatest theatres
Sarah Lenton
Performer , lecturer & cartoonist

Tuesday 6 December 2011
Music for Medieval Christmas
Glynis & Brian Radford
Lecturers and performers of early music

January 2012
No lecture

Tuesday 7 February 2012
The Black Death : A turning point in the Arts
Prof. Tom Beaumont James, FRHistS, FSA
Historian, lecturer & media contributor

Tuesday 6 March 2012
Ingestre Parish Church & Sir Christopher Wren
Bob Meeson
Retired archaeologist, lecturer & writer

Tuesday 3 April 2012..***Change of Lecture***
The Piero della Francesca Trail
Margaret Davis
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Tuesday 1 May 2012
Dickens Revisited : Bicentenary of his birth
Jane Tapley
Researcher, lecturer, Blue Badge guide

Tuesday 12 June 2012
AGM 1.30 p.m. prompt

Fabulous jewels and their famous owners
John Travis, BA Hons, PG Dip, MA Distinction
Researcher, lecturer & study tour leader

SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW DUE

Tuesday 3 July 2012
A medieval masterpiece : the Hotel-Dieu of Beaune
Rt Revd Christopher Herbert, MPhil, PhD
Retired Bishop of St Albans & lecturer

August 2012
No lecture

Tuesday 4 September 2012
The Queen's Paintings in the Royal Art Collection
Linda Collins, MA, BA (Hons), Dip. Francais
Researcher, art historian & guide/lecturer at Royal Palaces

STUDY MORNING
Organiser : Jane Morris
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TOURS AND DAY TRIPS
Will be announced at meetings & in newsletters.