All the events listed are either lectures or talks lasting about an hour, held at All Saints Church Hall, Park Road, Southport. The lectures will be held on Fridays at 2:30pm and last for 45 – 60 minutes.
There will be no additional fee for SUES members .
2022
25 February The Life and Times of Scarisbrick Hall Mary Ormsby 24 June Art & Industry – Modern Art for the Table and the Harrods Exhibition of 1934 Jill Newsham 16 September Caravaggio Father Leo Daley 28 October The Family at Scarisbrick Hall 1809/1945 Mary Ormsby 9 December Gerard Manley Hopkins Will Daunt
2021
15 January The World of Lichens Dr. Alan Potter 12 February Montaigne – The First Modern Man? John Sharp 5 March Primary Sources: The Norman Kings Peter Firth 26 March The Law of Unintended Consequences: The Rise of the Cardinals Peter Firth 17 September A. E. Housman – A Shropshire Lad Christine Vasey 10 December Science and Psuedo-Science Dr. Alan Potter
2020
10 January Violent Volcanoes Hazel Clark 6 March Pharaohs and Warlords Dr. Glenn Godenho 9 November The Travels of Samuel Pepys Roger Mitchell 30 November Celia Fiennes’ Great Journeys Roger Mitchell
2019
12 April Jane Austen Kate O’Leary 26 July Luther, Christianity and the Law of Unintended Consequences Peter Firth 22 November Southport’s Nature Reserves David Mercer
2018
23 February Pompeii Dr. Paul Lawrence 1 June David Lewis – Retailer & Philanthropist John Sharp 26 October Life and Death in the Middle Ages Peter Firth
2017
11 February Money Matters Stuart Sime 4 March Medieval Technology in Church History Peter Firth 6 May John Clare: Poet and Lover Val Pedlar 20 July Shakespeare’s World Kate O’Leary 14 September Dementia Hazel Fort 9 November Istanbul: Portrait of a City Dr. Paul Lawrence
2016
2 December Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh Dr. Paul Lawrence