Previous talks
Below is a list of previous talks which took place at the Circle. You can see the full posts by clicking on any title.
AN EVENING OF MUSIC WITH ELIZABETH UPSHER
Members were treated to a delightful summer’s ‘Evening of Music’. Well known local soprano, Elizabeth Upsher, played and sang a variety […]
THE ESTORICK COLLECTION OF MODERN ITALIAN ART IN LONDON – Claudia Daniotti (in italiano)
Claudia Daniotti, Education Assistant at the Estorick Gallery in London, spoke in Italian about the founding of the Gallery by Erick […]
MY LANDLADY AND HOW TRIESTE BECAME PART OF UNIFIED ITALY – Trevor Joscelyne (in italiano)
Trevor Joscelyne talked in Italian about his days as a young man working for the British Council in Milan in 1971/72, […]
GROUP DISCUSSION led by Pietro Urso (in italiano)
Unfortunately Tina Geraldi was unwell and unable to give her talk on the villas and gardens of Umbria. Pietro Urso stepped […]
GRANDFATHER’S MEMORIES AS A POLICEMAN IN SICILY IN THE SEVENTIES – Josie Nicastro (in italiano)
Members were enthralled with tales in Italian of law student Josie’s Nonno (Grandfather) who spent fifty years with the Carabinieri working […]
THE NEW FIAT CINQUECENTO – Jason Saunders (in English)
The newly designed, ground-breaking Fiat Cinquecento was the subject of a most interesting and informative presentation in English given by Jason […]
BUT WHERE ARE ALL THE TOURISTS? -Sheila Stokes (in italiano)
Sheila Stokes talked to us in Italian about the countryside and the villages of Piedmont, a region well known to her […]
ITALIAN CINEMA – Giovanni Gravina (in italiano)
Giovanni gave an extremely interesting and well received, illustrated talk in Italian about the rise of the Italian Cinema industry at […]
FUN EVENING with Annamaria and Gabriella (in italiano)
Annamaria Baker and Gabriella McGhee hosted a fun evening encouraging members to talk in Italian with a light-hearted quiz involving history, […]
PUCCINI 150 – Andrew Rothwell
A celebration of the life and music of Giacomo Puccini in the 150th anniversary year of his birth.