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Programme

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2102, 2024

ITALIAN QUIZ NIGHT

Join us and test your knowledge of all things Italian with our fun 60 question quiz.  This meeting will be held in Room 8 of the Leigh Community Centre.

2003, 2024

TERENZANO, MY HAPPY PLACE – Velma Thomas

Terenzano is a little village situated in Lunigiana, a region lost between valleys that open at the foot of the mountain ranges of the Apennines and the Apuane. Do you know this beautiful area? I will explain to you with photographs why this is ‘my happy place’.  This meeting will [...]

1704, 2024

THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF ANTONIO CANOVA, THE PRINCE OF SCULPTORS – Gosia Edwards

When I went to Venice for the first time 36 years ago and I saw the monument to Antonio Canova in the Basilica dei Frari, I couldn’t have known that so many years later I would be asked to present him to a group of English people who were passionate [...]

Further dates for 2024:

  • 15th May – To be confirmed
  • 19th June – Paolo Giannone
  • 18th September – Claudia Daniotti
  • 16th October – An evening of Italian board games
  • 20th November – Gosia Edwards