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January
7 Saturday	Talk: 'Tip Girls of Tredegar' - Christabel Hutchings ZOOM*
February
28 Tuesday	St David’s Day Tea - (Roger & Jane Gagg)
March
11 Saturday	Talk: ‘The history of the growth of radio & television in Wales’ - Dr Jamie Medhurst (Richard Carter)
April
1 Saturday	Talk: 'A Passion for Fine Art: The Messel Family and the Edwardian Impulse for Serious Collecting' - Professor John Hilary (Judith Foy)
9 Sunday	EASTER DAY
19 Wednesday	Visit: Oxford (Dorn Swaffield)
22 Saturday	Talk:  'Brecon Sculptor, John Evan Thomas,1810-1873’ - William Gibbs (Gwen Williams)
May
6 Saturday	THE CORONATION OF H.M. KING CHARLES III
10 Wednesday	Talk: 'William Morris' - Stella Grace Lyons (Richard Carter & Trix Pryce)
31 Wednesday	Visit: The Hay Festival (Dorn Swaffield)
June
3 Saturday	Talk: 'The Great Schism - the Separation of Eastern and Western Churches' - Most Revd Dr Barry Morgan (Kathleen Jones)
7 Wednesday	Visit:  Kelmscott Manor and Stow-on-the Wold (Gwen Williams, Maggie Lewis and Trix Pryce)
15 - 19	Tour: Yorkshire, based in Harrogate (Len Metcalfe) Click for application form part 1 - click for application form part 2
July
1 Saturday	Talk: 'All that glisters is not gold - the Portable Antiquities Scheme' Dr Mark Lewis, Amgueddfa Cymru (Christabel Hutchings)
5 Wednesday	Visit: City of Wells, Somerset (Len Metcalfe & Heather Graves)
August
5 Saturday	Talk: 'Ruperra Castle' - Pat Jones-Jenkins (Christabel Hutchings)
8 Tuesday	Visit: National Botanical Garden of Wales (Peter & Mari Davies)
30 Wednesday	Visit: Y Gaer Museum and Gallery, Brecon for  David Jones Exhibition and Tewdric (Gwen Williams)
September
16 Saturday	Talk: ‘Frank Lloyd Wright’ - Jonathan Adams (Kathleen Jones)
20 Wednesday	Visit: Hauser & Wirth Gallery in Bruton, Somerset and Lacock (Judith Foy)
October
5 - 10	Tour: Vienna, with Tom Abbott - (Judith Foy)
21 Saturday	Talk: 'The History of Wales in Twelve Poems' - Professor M Wynn Thomas (John Wilkins)
November
4 Saturday	Annual General Meeting - Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre - Click here for the papers for the meeting followed by a free talk by Dr. Dafydd Wiliam, Principal Curator of Historic Buildings on The Vulcan Hotel
27 Monday	Visit to the Thomas Pardoe exhibition at Nantgarw China Works - Gwen Williams
December
4 Monday	Christmas Lunch - The Grand Hall, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

NOTE: Talks are normally held in the Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, starting at 10.30.
Talks are open to the general public and occasionally are held in the Oriel Suite.
Admission, payable at the door is £10 to include tea/coffee &biscuits following the talk.
Friends who wish to follow Zoom talks are expected to donate a similar amount per person per talk.

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January
13 Saturday	Talk: 'Persians - the Age of the Great Kings' - Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones - (Roger Gagg)
February
20 Tuesday	Visit / Talk: St Fagans Archives - Deputy Archivist Lowri Jenkins  - (Christabel Hutchings)
29 Thursday	St David’s Day Celebration - (Gwen Williams, Margaret Lewis, Christabel Hutchings)
March
9 Saturday	Talk: ‘Benjamin Britten’ - Geraint Lewis - (Richard Carter & Trix Price)
31 Sunday	EASTER DAY
April
1 Saturday	Talk: 'Carwyn James - Rugby and Beyond' - Alun Gibbard (John Wilkins)
24 Wednesday	Visit: Oxford - (LenMetcalfe and Heather Graves)
May
11 Saturday	Talk: 'Nye at 75: working in and writing about the NHS' - (Judith Foy)
21 Tuesday	Theatre visit to Wales Millennium Centre to see 'Nye' - (Gwen Williams)
28 Tuesday	Visit: The Hay Festival - (LenMetcalfe and Heather Graves)
June
1 Saturday	Talk: 'The Rees Family of Llandovery' - Edward Holdaway - (Lyn Owen)
5 Wednesday	Visit:  The City of Bath (LenMetcalfe and Heather Graves)
10 - 14	Tour: A Cultural Journey through Southern England - (Gwen Williams and Marjorie Sheen) Click for:    Information leaflet -- Booking form page1 - Booking form page 2
July
6 Saturday	Talk: 'Petty Officer Edgar Evans and Scott's British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913' - (Judith Foy)
24 Wednesday	Visit: Newport Transporter Bridge, Museum and Art Gallery and the Civic Centre to see the Hans Feibusch paintings with Emma Newrick - (Christabel Hutchings)
August
6 Saturday	Talk:
September
4 Wednesday	Visit
15 - 20	Tour: Berlin, with Tom Abbott - Click for brochure and booking form (Judith Foy)
October
5 - 10	Tour: Birmingham - (Len Metcalfe)
19 Saturday	Talk: 'The Legendary Lee Miller' - Anthony Penrose - (Judith Foy)
November
2 Saturday	Annual General Meeting - Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre
December
2 Monday	Christmas Lunch - The Grand Hall, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff  - TBC

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