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2025 diary

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January
11 Saturday	Talk: 'Roman Houses, Medieval Monasteries and Hill Forts:  Wellbeing and Cynefin –  Community Archaeology with a sense of ‘place’ . Dr Mark Lewis, Amgueddfa Cymru (Gwen Williams)  - NB in Oriel Suite
February
12 Wednesday	Talk: Professor Laura McAllister - ‘Leading the way’ (Gwen Williams)
28 Thursday	St David’s Day Celebration - (Gwen Williams, Heather Graves, Lyn Owen)
March
8 Saturday	Talk: Edward Holdaway - ‘The Rees Family of Llandovery’ (Lyn Owen)
April
9 Wednesday	Visit: Oxford - (LenMetcalfe and Heather Graves)
20 Sunday	EASTER DAY
24 - 28	Tour:  Bradford / Leeds(Len Metcalfe) - Click here for the Booking Form
May
10 Saturday	Talk: Anthony Penrose  – ‘The Legendary Lee Miller’ (Judith Foy))
14 Wednesday	Visit: Batsford Arboretum and Chastleton House and Garden (Len Metcalfe, Heather Graves)
June
7 Saturday	Talk: Professor Sir Richard Evans  – 'Hitler’s People' (Judith Foy)
13 - 16	Tour:  London (Len Metcalfe - click for details) - Click here for the Booking Form
July
2 Wednesday	Visit: Ludlow and Berrington Hall (Heather Graves, Len Metcalfe)
12 Saturday	Talk: Peter Lord - ‘No Welsh Art? – a new exhibition’
August	Visit to Aberystwyth -  ‘No Welsh Art?’ – the new exhibition
September
6 Saturday	Talk: Martin Shipton – 'The Welsh Media Crisis' (Nigel Morgans)
9 - 15	Tour: Chateaux and Gardens of the Loire Valley plus Monet's Gardens (Nigel Morgans)
October
4 Saturday	Talk: Dr. David Moore – 'Ray Howard-Jones: Welsh woman war artist, mosaicist and painter of islands and wild coast'.
12  - 16	Tour: Cornwall (Len Metcalfe)
November
8 Saturday	Annual General Meeting (free event) - Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, followed by: Talk: Professor Tony Curtis – ‘Augustus John, Sir William Orpen and the Beautiful German Spy, artists in the First World War’ (Heather Graves)
December
1 Monday	Christmas Lunch - The Grand Hall, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff  - date to be confirmed

NOTE: Talks are normally held in the Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, occasionally are held in the Oriel Suite, starting at 10.30,
Admission, payable at the door is £10 to include tea/coffee & biscuits following the talk - open to the general public.
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