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A Stroll through the Axis of Evil
              Syrian bazaar

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

Middle East talks in 2010

7th April – Blackpool (International Travel and Holidays Association)
7.30 pm at The Blackpool Sixth Form College on Blackpool Old Road (details from Joan Gaffiney on 01253 700799 or from John)

24th April – Whitchurch, Hants (a fundraising event for Whitchurch Silk Mill)
7.00 for 7.15 pm at the Silk Mill on Winchester Street
(tickets £6.00 – £5.00 for Friends of the Silk Mill – from the Silk Mill on 01256 892065) (details from the Silk Mill or from John)

2nd October (to be confirmed) – Chipping Norton, Oxon (The Theatre)
7.45 pm at the The Theatre on Spring Street
(booking later in 2010 at 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
(booking later in 2010 at the Box Office on 01228 618700 – details from Angie Ball on 01228 618731 or from John)

15th October – Near Dorchester (Piddlehinton Village Hall)
7.30 pm at the Village Hall on Rectory Road, Piddlehinton (details from Susan Belgrave on 01300 348228 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)

22nd October – Southampton or Winchester (Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group for Refugees and Asylum Seekers)
7.30 pm at a venue to be announced (details from Hazel Still on 01794 388493 or from John)

30th October – Helmsley, North Yorks (Helmsley Arts Centre)
7.30 pm at Helmsley Arts Centre off Bridge Street
(booking later in 2010 at 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)

9th November – Purley, Surrey (Purley Literary Society)
8.00 pm at the United Reformed Church 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)

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

4th December – Central London (Globetrotters Club)
2.30 pm at the Church of Scotland on Crown Court, behind the Fortune Theatre on Russell Street
(details on the Club’s information line – 020 8674 6229 – or from John)


Middle East talks in 2011

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)

February (date to be confirmed) – Southampton (Royal Geographical Society)
Time and venue to be confirmed (details from John Leonard on 01962 886380 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 (Chester Lecture Society)
7.30 pm at the Grosvenor Museum on Grosvenor Street (details from Margaret Croston on 01244 335955 or from John)

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

10th May (to be confirmed) – Exeter (Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) )
South West Region’s Annual Forum and Dinner
6.30 pm at a venue to be announced (details from Chris Brightman on 01392 877630 or from John)

Heart of the Sahara
          Ready to go

Sahara talk in 2010

19th March – Totton, Hants (a Hog the Limelight event)
7.30 pm at Totton Library on Library Road
(tickets £5.00 from the Library on 023 8086 4458 – details from the Library or from John)

Up the Mekong to Tibet
         Thai lake

Mekong talk in 2010

23rd March – Ayr (Royal Scottish Geographical Society)
7.30 pm in the Carnegie Library on Garden Street
(admission £6.00, or free for under-18s, students and RSGS members – details from the Society on 01738 455050 or from John)

The Royal Road of the Incas
                          Inca fortress at Sacsayhuamán

Royal Road talk in 2010

24th March – Edinburgh (Royal Scottish Geographical Society)
An afternoon talk at 2.15 pm at the Royal Botanic Garden on Inverleith Row
(admission £6.00, or free for under-18s, students and RSGS members – details from the Society on 01738 455050 or from John)

Pilkington in Ladakh
             Ladakhi women

Ladakh talk in 2010

22nd March – Dumfries (a Magnox North talk for the Royal Scottish Geographical Society)
7.30 pm in the Gilchrist Room at Easterbrook Hall on the Crichton University Campus off Bankend Road
(admission £6.00, or free for under-18s, students and RSGS members – details from the Society on 01738 455050 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)