This page was last revised on 3rd September 2010

A Stroll through the Axis of Evil
             Syrian bazaar

John’s new talk about the Middle East – click here for the latest about this.


‘Axis of Evil’ talks in 2010

                     Qeshm Island woman

29th September – Alton, Hants (a Hog the Limelight event)
7.30 pm at Alton Library on Vicarage Hill
(tickets £5.00 from the Library on 01420 85734 – details from the Library or from John)

2nd October – Chipping Norton, Oxon (The Theatre)
7.45 pm at the The Theatre on Spring Street
(tickets £14.00 – concessions £12.00 – from the Box Office on 01608 642350) (details from The Theatre or from John)

7th October – Carlisle (Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery)
7.30 pm at the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery on Castle Street
(tickets £8.00 – concessions £6.00 – from the Box Office on 01228 618700)
(details from Angie Ball on 01228 618731 or from John)

15th October – Liphook, Hants (Bramshott and Liphook Parish Council)
7.30 pm at the Liphook Millennium Centre on Ontario Way (details from Tony Groves on 01428 722988 or from John)

18th October – Near Guildford (West Surrey Centre of the National Trust)
12.30 pm at Clandon Park, West Clandon (details from Sheelagh Greentree on 01252 726840 or from John)

20th October – Bristol (Wilderness Lectures)
7.30 pm at the University of Bristol’s Chemistry Lecture Theatre 1 on Cantock’s Close, off Woodland Road
(tickets available shortly from Wilderness Lectures
or at Stanford’s Map and Travel Bookshop, 29 Corn Street, Bristol BS1 1HT – Tel. 0117 929 9966)
(details from Dick Willis on 0117 929 3350 or from John)

22nd October – Near Dorchester (Piddlehinton Village Hall)
7.30 pm at Piddlehinton Village Hall on Rectory Road, Piddlehinton (details from Susan Belgrave on 01300 348228 or from John)

30th October – Helmsley, North Yorks (Helmsley Arts Centre)
7.30 pm at Helmsley Arts Centre off Bridge Street
(tickets £14.00 from the Box Office on 01439 771700 – details from the Arts Centre or from John)

1st November – Altrincham, Cheshire (Bowdon Sixty Club)
8.00 pm at Altrincham Preparatory School on Marlborough Road (details from Barry Shaw on 0161 928 3699 or from John)

6th November – Trowbridge, Wilts (Devizes Camera Club)
6.45 for 7.30 pm at The Arc Theatre on College Road
(tickets £10.00 from the Club on 01249 818544 or 07773 369112 – details from the Club or from John)

9th November – Purley, Surrey (Purley Literary Society)
8.00 pm at the United Reformed Church Hall on Brighton Road
(details from John and Bobbie Wilson on 020 8657 3189 or from John)

13th November – Near Andover, Hants (Goodworth Clatford Village Club)
7.30 pm at the Village Club on Longstock Road, Goodworth Clatford (details from Margaret Scard on 01264 353055 or from John)

19th November – Southampton (Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group, working with refugees and asylum seekers)
7.30 pm at Avenue St Andrew’s Church on The Avenue (details from Hazel Still on 01794 388493 or from John)

30th November – Guildford (Guildford Travel Club)
8.00 pm at Onslow Village Hall on The Square, Wilderness Road, Onslow
(non-members £5.00 on the door – details from Celia Rust on 01483 548398 or from John)

4th December – Central London (Globetrotters Club)
2.15 for 2.30 pm at the Church of Scotland on Crown Court, behind the Fortune Theatre on Russell Street
(non-members £5.00 on the door – details from the Club’s information line on 020 7193 2586 or from John)

13th December – Esher, Surrey (Royston Pike Lecture Series)
8.15 pm at King George’s Hall on Community Walk, off the High Street
(entrance £1.90 on the door – details from Maggs Latter or from Elmbridge Borough Council on 01372 474568 or from John)


‘Axis of Evil’ talks in 2011

                     Qeshm Island woman

19th January – Chesterfield (The Winding Wheel)
7.30 pm at The Winding Wheel on Holywell Street
(tickets available shortly from the Box Office on 01246 345222 or 345334)
(details from Sarah Hodgson on 01246 345331 or from John)

24th January – Burnley (Burnley Mechanics)
7.30 pm at The Mechanics on Manchester Road
(tickets available shortly from the Ticket Office on 01282 664400 – details from Stephen Child on 01254 201162 or from John)

26th January – Southampton (Royal Geographical Society)
7.30 pm at the School of Geography in the Shackleton Building on the University of Southampton’s Highfield Campus
(pedestrian access from University Road; vehicle access from Chamberlain or Salisbury Roads)
(booking later in 2010 – details from John Leonard on 01962 886380 or from John)

5th February – Near Waterlooville, Hants (a fundraising event for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution)
7.30 pm at Hambledon Village Hall on East Street, Hambledon (details from Robin Dawe on 023 9225 6494 or from John)

14th February – Clacton-on-Sea, Essex (Clacton and North East Essex Arts and Literary Society)
7.20 pm at the Princes Theatre on Station Road (details from Cindy Hardy on 01255 670131 or from John)

17th February – Cork, Ireland (Cork Literary and Scientific Society)
8.00 pm at the Crawford Art Gallery on Emmet Place (details from George Salter on +353 21 450 6844 or from John)

24th February – Chester (a joint Chester Lecture Society and Royal Geographical Society event)
7.30 pm at the Grosvenor Museum on Grosvenor Street
(non-members £4.00 on the door)
(details from Margaret Croston on 01244 335955 or from Chris Rodway on 01270 582803 or from John)

26th February – Near Kirkbymoorside, North Yorks (an Inntravel fundraising event for Oxfam)
7.30 pm at Hutton-le-Hole Village Hall in Hutton-le-Hole (details from Pat Sutor on 01751 417443 or from John)

1st March – Keswick, Cumbria (Keswick Lecture Society)
7.30 pm in the Queen’s Hall at Keswick School on Vicarage Hill (details from Austin Coote on 01768 772022 or from John)

8th March – Near Groningen, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.15 pm at ’t Gorechthuis on Hortuslaan, Haren (Details from Gerrit Bunt on +31 50 406 1895 or from John)

9th March – Deventer, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at Vergader- en Partycentrum De Horst on Kerkstraat (details from Henk Kluiwstra on +31 570 592068 or from John)

10th March – Hengelo, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
7.30 pm in Bibliotheek Hengelo’s Beursplein! building on Beursstraat (details from Jan Sizoo on +31 53 436 5398 or from John)

11th March – Near Utrecht, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at NoorderLicht-Kerk on Bergweg, Zeist (details from Irene Kleyn-van Barneveld on +31 30 699 1618 or from John)

13th March – Amsterdam, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
An afternoon talk at 3.00 pm in de Kastanjezaal at Restaurant Café de Veranda on Amstelveenseweg
(details from Kitty Kruijswijk-van der Woude on +31 75 616 9936 or from John)

14th March – Near Breda, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at Sociëteit ’t Turfschip on Wilhelminapark, Ulvenhout (details from Ellen Verbraak on +31 76 565 4497 or from John)

15th March – Near Eindhoven, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at Agnus Dei-Kerk on Julianalaan, Waalre (details from Harry Kort on +31 40 201 6203 or from John)

16th March – Maastricht, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at the Amrâth Grand Hotel De L’Empereur on Stationstraat (details from Resy Snyders on +31 43 363 0269 or from John)

24th March – Gosport, Hants (Gosport Discovery Centre)
An afternoon or evening event at Gosport Discovery Centre on the High Street
(details from Sarah Greenaway on 0845 603 5631 or from John)

2nd April – Near Witney, Oxon (a fundraising event for Dentaid)
An evening event (time to be announced) at Asthall Leigh Memorial Hall in Asthall Leigh
(details from Vivienne Bean on 01993 878639 or from John)

5th April – Near Maidenhead, Berks (The Bray Society)
8.00 pm at Bray Village Hall on the High Street, Bray (details from Chris Hatt on 01628 622923 or from John)

13th April – Scunthorpe, Lincs (Scunthorpe and District Ladies’ Luncheon Club)
12.15 for 12.30 pm at the Wortley House Hotel on Rowland Road (details from Phyllis Taylor on 01724 710025 or from John)

10th May – Exeter (Royal Geographical Society)
South West Region’s Annual Forum and Dinner
6.30 pm at the Exeter Golf & Country Club on Topsham Road (details from Chris Brightman on 01392 877630 or from John)

2nd November – Grimsby (Grimsby Women’s Luncheon Club)
12.00 for 12.30 pm at Grimsby Masonic Hall on Cambridge Road (details from Mary Morley on 01472 371836 or from John)

14th November – Darlington (Darlington Lecture Association)
7.45 pm at Carmel RC Technology College on The Headlands (details from John Jarvis on 01325 355752 or from John)


Heart of the Sahara
           Ready to go

Sahara talk in 2011

27th October – Tavistock, Devon (Tavistock Ladies’ Luncheon Club)
12.00 for 12.15 pm at the Bedford Hotel on Plymouth Road (details from Norma Thewlis on 01822 615174 or from John)


An Englishman in Patagonia
                            Gaucho at Butch Cassidy’s cabin

Patagonia talks in 2011

21st November to 5th December – Buenos Aires, Argentina to Valparaíso, Chile (Seabourn Cruise Line)
Onboard lectures with the Patagonian Passage West cruise on Seabourn Sojourn
(details from ‘The Yachts of Seabourn’ on 0845 070 0500 or from John)

Click on the links* or e-mail John for details of each talk.
( *External websites may not always be up-to-date)