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Southport University Extension Society Newsletter: February 2020 Meeting: 6th March Our next meeting will be held on Friday 6th March at 2pm at All Saints Church Hall, Park Road, Southport. Dr Glenn Godenho will speak on the subject of PHAROAHS AND WARLORDS. Images of ancient Egyptian Pharaohs suggest that they were seen as powerful, infallible,…

Party-poppers and bangs are not normally features of SUES meetings, but it was appropriate that our recent talk on ‘Violent Volcanoes’ by Hazel Clark ended with a demonstration which displayed both. The topic, as did the one at our last meeting, illustrated our attempt to broaden the scope of our talks to include a greater…

Seasonal Greetings and Latest News Meeting: 10th January Our next meeting will be held on Friday 10th January at 2pm at All Saints Church Hall, Park Road, Southport. The subject of the talk will be VIOLENT VOLCANOES and the presenter is Hazel Clark, a recognised lecturer at the University of Liverpool. Volcanic eruptions are some…

THE NEW SEASON STARTS A new era starts for SUES this September. Our 2019-20 programme includes three seven-session courses as well as four of the usual Friday afternoon meetings. Details of the long courses were included in the last newsletter and will be found on our website. We are now able to supply information on…

The Society exists to promote continuing education in the Southport area, in association with the University of Liverpool. The programme for 2019-20 will consist of three seven-session courses and four single-day events. All activities will take place at All Saints Church Hall, Park Road, Southport, PR9 9JR; the longer courses on Mondays at 10.30 am…

SUES is in the curious position of being strong financially, but less so in the support of members.  Please do make an effort to attend meetings and, if you are able to, encourage others to do so. This newsletter is being sent to all on our contact list, but we would like to encourage you…

For the attendees of Dr Kate O’Leary’s lecture on Shakespeare’s World, here are some further resources for studying with the University of Liverpool: Main website: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-education/ Course list: http://payments.liv.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/continuing-education The courses offered by Kate and her husband David are mostly in the ‘English Literature and Language’ section http://payments.liv.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/continuing-education/english-literature-and-language The ‘Shakespeare on the Couch’ series is…

Timothy Robey, Chairman of SUES from 2011-2016, has written a piece sharing his thoughts about the history of the society. You can read it on our history section. Thanks to John Sharp for typing it up.

For those who enjoyed Friday’s lecture on Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh, Dr. Paul Lawrence will be speaking at (and organising) the 6th annual Archaeology and the Bible conference on 25th March 2017. The conference will take place in Liverpool, and Paul will be speaking from 10:00-10:30am. Further details can be found here.