Talks

Thursday 3rd October
Brian Stater: World-Famous Photographs
Gainsborough DN21 2AL, 1.45pm
The Arts Society holds regular meetings at Trinity Arts Centre on the first Thursday of each month. Doors open at 12 noon. Lectures begin at 1.45pm. Entry fee £10 on the door.
Membership 07779 023122
theartssociety.org/gainsborough-district

Thursday 10th October
IBCC Lecture & Supper Series – The Life of John Smythe QC, MBE (Mil) OBE
Lincoln LN4 2HQ, 6.30pm
Exploring the life of the Sierra Leone born RAF flight officer and barrister, who was captured as a PoW and played a pivotal role on Empire Windrush. At IBCC. Tickets £15.25.
internationalbcc.co.uk

Friday 11th October
Peter Tickler – The Tickler’s Jam Murders
Louth LN11 0LY, 3pm
Peter will be speaking about his acclaimed murder mystery set in Lincolnshire in 1919, inspired by his grandfather TG Tickler, whose Tickler’s Jam Company supplied jam to the troops in the First World War. Also Cleethorpes Library 7pm.
louth.library@gll.org
01522 782010

Saturday 12th October
The Annual Bishop Grosseteste Lecture
Lincoln LN2 1PX, 3pm
Mark Hocknull, Associate Professor in Philosophy in the School of History and Heritage at the University of Lincoln, will speak on living faithfully in the world. At Lincoln Cathedral. Free, booking required.
lincolncathedral.com

Saturday 12th October
Dr Maureen James – Bogles, Boggarts and Will ‘o’ the Wykes
Queen’s Park Community Hub, Lincoln LN5 8EW, 2pm
Dr James will be talking to us about the importance of folklore and belief in the protection of land, crops, livestock and health. Free, donations welcome.
Lincolnshire Family History Society: Lincoln branch. Tracey Fairhurst 07941 245322
lincolnbranch@lincolnshirefhs.org.uk

Wednesday 16th October
Henry Norman and Nigel Planer
Stamford PE9 1PX, 7.30pm
Nigel Planer is a comedy legend, an actor, writer and poet. He joins Henry Normal, BBC Radio 4’s ‘poet in reticence’ to entertain, educate and inform. At Stamford Corn Exchange. Tickets £21.
01780 766455
stamfordcornexchange.co.uk

Saturday 19th October
Richard Strange – An Accent Waiting to Happen
Barton upon Humber DN18 5JT, 8pm
An evening of songs, film clips, stories, readings and downright scurrilous gossip from Strange’s 40 years in the arts and entertainment world. At Ropery Hall. Tickets £14/£16.
01652 660380
roperyhall.co.uk

Saturday 26th October
Wonders of Our Universe
Scunthorpe DN15 6JP, 2pm
Stars, planets, galaxies, black holes, the search for life beyond Earth… all will be explored. Presented live by astrophysicist Ian Hall FRAS. At Plowright Theatre. Tickets £18/£15.
01724 296296
scunthorpetheatres.co.uk

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