Every Thursday at 10.30am the smell of coffee and a supply of biscuits encourages members to chat with friends and colleagues prior to the weekly talk. The talks now start at the revised time of 11am
An analysis of our wide-ranging talks since 2008 shows that the four most popular subjects are – History (20.2%),Local Interest (15.8%), Geography/Travel (13,7%) and Arts/Entertainment (12.6%)
These were followed by Geo Politics (9.8%), Lifestyle (7.6%), Science/Technology (7.5%) Natural History (5.2%) Sport (2%) Health(1.4%) and finally Education (0.7%)
We record past meetings on another page of this site
Future Weekly Meetings – 2025
| Date | Title | Speaker | |||
| PLEASE NOTE OUR MOVE TO OUR NEW LOCATION – CHELTENHAM WHADDON BOWLS CLUB | |||||
| July 10th | An Art Exhibition – Pub Lunch to follow the talk | Mark Brazier | |||
| July 17th | Swearing, Sex and Loos | Kirstie Bingham | |||
| July 24th | In the Name of Scott and Shackleton | Sue Davies | |||
| July 31st | The Moons of Jupiter | Neil Havard | |||
| Aug 7th | 18th and 19th Century Newspapers | Vanessa Morgan | |||
| Aug 14th | Cheltenham Town Community Trust | Tessa Warby | |||
| Aug 21st | Tolkien and the Cotswolds – The shaping of Middle Earth | Andrew Meller | |||
| Aug 28th | Captain Bligh and Mutiny | Howard Robinson | |||
| Sept 4th | Cobalt Health | Emily James | |||
| Sept 11th | Queens at War Pub Lunch to follow the talk | Douglas Butler | |||
| Sept 18th | China – An overview of Modern China in today’s World | John Nixon | |||
| Sept 25th | A foot in both Camps: A German past for better or worse | Marcus Ferrar | |||
| Oct 2nd | TBA | ||||
| Oct 9th | Visit to The Missing Link – Details to be provided | ||||
| Oct 16th | Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust | Fergus | |||
| Oct 23rd | Beethoven’s Women | Alan Oxenbury | |||
| Oct 30th | Powell and Pressburger | Lesley Holland | |||
| Nov 6th | TBA | ||||
| Nov 20th | Contemporary Policing Issues | Tim Brain | |||
| Nov 27th | The Last Battle | Peter Petrie | |||
| Dec 4th | Road Safety | Nigel Lloyd Jones | |||
| Dec 11th | Christmas Lunch | ||||
| Rest of Dec | Christmas and New Year Break | ||||
| Jan 8th | New Year’s Quiz with Nibbles | Rod Davies | |||
| April 2nd | What were the Napoleonic Wars? | Gareth Howell |