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Liskeard Arts Talk – The Mistress of Menace and the Master of Suspense – Daphne du Maurier and Alfred Hitchcock
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallAn illustrated talk for Liskeard Arts Society. This talk will be on Tuesday 10th January at the Public Hall, West Street, Liskeard, PL14 6BW. Meet at 7pm for conversation - and we're providing refreshments again, though it'd be nice if you'd bring your own reusable cup... The talk starts at 7.30pm and ends at about […]
Liskeard Arts Talk – Images of the British Empire
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallAn illustrated talk for Liskeard Arts Society. This talk will be on Tuesday 7th Feb at the Public Hall, West Street, Liskeard, PL14 6BW. Meet at 7pm for conversation - and we're providing refreshments again, though it'd be nice if you'd bring your own reusable cup... The talk starts at 7.30pm and ends at […]
Liskeard Arts Talk – Britain’s Canal History & Heritage
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallAn illustrated talk for Liskeard Arts Society about Britain’s Canal History & Heritage by Roger Butler This talk will be on Tuesday 14th March at the Public Hall, West Street, Liskeard, PL14 6BW. Meet at 7pm for conversation - and we're providing refreshments again, though it'd be nice if you'd bring your own reusable cup... […]
John Passmore Edwards 200th Anniversary Evening
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallAn event put on by the Liskeard Old Cornwall Society. Help celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of the Great Cornish Philanthropist John Passmore Edwards. There will be an illustrated exhibition (for one night only) 'The Life and Good Works of John Passmore Edwards' which has been touring the country. And a talk by […]
The Paintings of Hieronymus Bosch Talk
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallThe Liskeard Arts Society presents The Paintings of Hieronymus Bosch Illustrated Talk by Val Woodgate. Tuesday 11 April 2023 at Liskeard Pubic Hall at 7.30pm Our perennial favourite Val gets her teeth into Bosch's world of devils, demons and deadly sins which haunt some of the most mysterious paintings in the whole of European art. […]
Picasso and his Muses – L’Amour Fou – An Illustrated Talk
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallLiskeard Arts Society presents Picasso and his Muses - L'Amour Fou - An Illustrated Talk by Jacqueline Cockburn. Tuesday 9th May at Liskeard Public Hall at 7.30pm. Jacqueline lays bare Picasso's scorching love life with his two main mistresses/muses, drawing on letters, diaries and documents, and most of all from the evidence of his own […]
Charlestown Talk by Lydon Allen – Trevithick Society Event
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallTrevithick Society are holding a talk on 'Charlestown' on Friday 2nd June at 7.30pm in the Emily Hobhouse room in the Public Hall in Liskeard. This will be an informative talk on Charlestown and it's part in the export of minerals and china clay. This event is open to members and non-members. Non members £2 […]
Liskeard Arts Talk – The Housekeeper’s Tale
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallThe Housekeeper's Tale: the women who really ran the English Country HouseTessa Boase. New speaker journalist/author Tessa takes a look below stairs at scandals and secrets in domestic service in some of our most prominent households in the 19th and 20th centuries. This talk will be on Tuesday 13th June at the Public Hall, West […]
How to get ahead with Money Free Workshop
Liskerrett Community Centre Varley Lane, LiskeardCost of living crisis eating your money alive? Struggling to make ends meet? Wondering where all the money goes? Time to take control with this free course running on Wednesday 21 June from 2.30pm - 3.30pm at the Liskerrett Centre. Take control of your finance with Rebel Finance School. Is your money getting eaten alive […]
Memories and Sketches of a C20 Caradon Miner a Trevithick Society talk by Brian Oldham
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallThe Trevithick Society are having a talk by Brian Oldham on Friday 7th July at 7.30pm in the Emily Hobhouse room in the Public Hall, Liskeard. Memories and Sketches of a 20th century Caradon miner, Brian Oldham From his notebook and backed up by documents at Kresen Kernow. This event is open to members and […]
Summer at Liskeard Museum
Liskeard & District Museum Foresters Hall, Pike Street, LiskeardThere's lots to do at Liskeard & District Museum this summer: Pebble Trail, pebble painting and other crafts are running all through the summer - Monday-Friday 10am-4pm and Saturday 10am-1pm FREE, donations welcome TALK: 'Liskeard's Forgotten Angel: The Controversial Life of Emily Hobhouse' by Sally Ronchetti - Saturday 5th August at 11am. £3 - this […]
Emily Hobhouse Talk – Fully Booked
Liskeard & District Museum Foresters Hall, Pike Street, LiskeardSally Ronchetti will be giving a talk 'Liskeard's Forgotten Angel - The Controversial Life of Emily Hobhouse' at Liskeard and District Museum. Saturday 5th August at 11am, admission £3. Numbers are strictly limited, to book your place please contact Liskeard Tourist Information Centre in person, call 01579 349148 or email [email protected] This event is now […]
Daniel Gumb Talk
Liskeard & District Museum Foresters Hall, Pike Street, LiskeardBrian Oldham will be giving a talk 'The Remarkable Daniel Gumb' at Liskeard and District Museum. Saturday 26th August at 11am, admission £3. Numbers are strictly limited, to book your place please contact Liskeard Tourist Information Centre in person, call 01579 349148 or email [email protected]
Emily Hobhouse Talk – FULLY BOOKED
Liskeard & District Museum Foresters Hall, Pike Street, LiskeardSally Ronchetti will be giving a talk 'Liskeard's Forgotten Angel - The Controversial Life of Emily Hobhouse' at Liskeard and District Museum. This event is now FULLY BOOKED Saturday 2nd September at 11am, admission £3. Numbers are strictly limited, to book your place please contact Liskeard Tourist Information Centre in person, call 01579 349148 or […]
Liskeard Unlocked Heritage Open Days
LiskeardLiskeard Unlocked is part of Heritage Open Days, England’s largest festival of history and culture and takes place every September. This year it runs from Friday 8th to Sunday 17th September and the theme is Creativity Unwrapped. There will be walks, talks, exhibitions and the chance to see behind doors which are usually closed. And, […]
Illustrated Talk on J. K. Broad
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallAs part of Liskeard Unlocked Liskeard Old Cornwall will be holding an illustrated talk on the life and works of John Kerkin Broad (1869-1947), a member of the British Watercolour Society and a recorder of his memories of a lifetime in Liskeard. The President of Liskeard Old Cornwall Society and an Honoured Burgess of Liskeard, Brian […]
Liskeard Arts Talk – Music in Art
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallAn illustrated talk for Liskeard Arts Society - Music in Art by Sophie Matthews. Part of Liskeard Unlocked heritage weekend. Sophie will show ancient instruments depicted in period paintings and then play her own replicas which she has made herself to show the sounds they originally made. Tuesday 12th September at the Public Hall, West […]
Liskeard Arts Talk – The Cult of Celebrity – Omai the Exotic and Joshua Reynolds
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallAn illustrated talk for Liskeard Arts Society. The Cult of Celebrity – Omai the Exotic and Joshua Reynolds by Leslie Primo. Leslie looks at the events that led up to Joshua Reynolds' portrait of Omai the Exotic becoming an emblematic and iconic image representing Britain at the very height of it's imperial powers. This talk […]
Trevithick Society Talk – Mike Griffiths
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallMike Griffiths - Listening to the Enemy (as recently seen on BBC TV). Mike's book of the same name is subtitled “War comes to a Cornish village, St Erth Radio Station 1939-1964”, a fascinating story of the Bletchley Park outstation. Liskeard Public Hall, Friday 3rd November at 7.30pm. Talks are free for members, non-members welcome […]
Liskeard Arts Talk – Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallAn illustrated talk for Liskeard Arts Society. 'The Stained Glass of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Friends' by Geri Parlby. At the height of the great Gothic revival in church architecture during the 19th century stained glass windows enjoyed a renaissance. Already famous for their innovative designs, William Morris, Edward Burne Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and […]
Trevithick Society Talk – Phil Ellery
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallPhil Ellery - Ancient Cornish Tradition - Hurling of the Silver Ball at St Columb which takes place every year between town and country. Liskeard Public Hall, Friday 1st December at 7.30pm. Talks are free for members, non-members welcome £2
Liskeard Arts Talk – Here We Go Again – The Great British Pantomime
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallAn illustrated talk for Liskeard Arts Society. Here We Go Again - The Great British Pantomime. Talks are held the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Public Hall, West Street, Liskeard, PL14 6BW. Meet at 7pm for conversation - and we're providing refreshments again, though it'd be nice if you'd bring your own reusable […]
Trevithick Society Talk – Roger Radcliffe
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallRoger Radcliffe from St Agnes Museum - Sets & Spells part 2 - RAF Perranporth and Tin Streaming at Trevellas. Liskeard Public Hall, Monday 8th January at 7.30pm. Talks are free for members, non-members welcome £2
Liskeard Arts Talk – Food and Art through the Ages
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallAn illustrated talk for Liskeard Arts Society. Food and Art through the Ages. Talks are held the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Public Hall, West Street, Liskeard, PL14 6BW. Meet at 7pm for conversation - and we're providing refreshments again, though it'd be nice if you'd bring your own reusable cup... The talk […]
Liskeard Old Cornwall Society Talk
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallCome and join the Old Cornwall Society for a talk on local history. Martin Eddy, Chair of St Neot History Group, will be sharing his research into his family history in a talk titled 'Letters from Australia'. Visitors welcome by donation Meetings are held on the second Friday of every month (September to April) in […]
Trevithick Society Talk – Mark Camp
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallLocal historian and walk leader Mark Camp - Walks on Bodmin Moor Liskeard Public Hall, Friday 3rd November at 7.30pm. Talks are free for members, non-members welcome £2
Liskeard Arts Talk – Photography comes of Age
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallAn illustrated talk by Roger Mendham for Liskeard Arts Society - Photography comes of Age. Liskeard Public Hall, Tuesday 13th February. The hall is open from 7pm for refreshments - coffee/tea, biscuits and wine - and conversation. The talk starts at 7.30 pm. Non-members are welcome to come along, admission is £8 per person (this […]
Stags, Hens & Honeymoons – an Illustrated History
Pelynt Village HallThis Valentine's Day Mark Camp will be giving an illustrated talk about the history of Stag nights, Hen parties and Honeymoons at Pelynt Village Hall.... Romance isn't dead, it just smells funny at times... 7.30pm, admission £2 on the door.
Trevithick Society Talk – Adrian Wilton
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallAdrian Wilton - Churchill's Secret Army - The secretly mobilised forces which would have become the resistance in the event of a German invasion in WW2 Liskeard Public Hall, Monday 4th March at 7.30pm. Talks are free for members, non-members welcome £2
Liskeard Arts Talk – Great Operatic Rivalries – Handbags at Dawn!
Liskeard Public Hall 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, CornwallA talk by Tim Mirfin. Great Operatic Rivalries-Handbags at Dawn! The hall is open from 7pm for refreshments - coffee/tea, biscuits and wine - and conversation. The talk starts at 7.30 pm. Non-members are welcome to come along, admission is £8 per person (this will be deducted from your annual sub if you choose to […]