Clubs and Societies

Language Events

N.B. It may be helpful to check dates and times with Reception before attending any of the language groups. Language Conversation Groups: Members free. Non-members £3. Brush Up Your Spanish: £80

Café Causette: Wednesday

Meets once a month from 11am - 12pm
13 January, 17 February, 17 March.

Italian Conversation Group: Saturday, 10.30am

Come, practice and improve your language skills with like-minded people. You will need to have studied basic Italian for at least a year. 9 & 23 January, 20 & 27 February, 13 & 20 March.

German: Saturday 10.30am

Nicole Dapra invites participants old and new to join informal sessions in the Assembly Room aimed at speakers who would enjoy talking about either preset topics, or any spontaneous issues they would like to suggest. 16 January, 6 February, 6 March.

Spanish Conversation: Saturday, 10.30am

23 January, 27 February, 27 March

Brush Up Your Spanish: Friday

From 10.15am - 12.15pm. 15, 22 & 29 January, 5, 12 & 26 February, 5, 12, 19 & 26 March. Cost: £80 for 10 sessions.

Guildford Institute Book Club

The Book Club meets monthly in the Institute Library on Monday evenings at 7pm and on Thursday afternoons at 3pm. All are welcome to join.

• 7pm Monday 11 January and 3pm Thursday 14 January: The Road, Cormac McCarthy
• 7pm Monday 15 February & 3pm Thursday 18 February: The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
• 7pm Monday 15 March & 3pm Thursday 18 March: Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
• 7pm Monday 12 April & 3pm Thursday 15 April: Possession, A S Byatt
• 7pm Monday 17 May & 3pm Thursday 20 May: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde (plus planning meeting to choose the next books).

Bridge Club: Saturday

The Bridge Club meets weekly for duplicate bridge at 7.30pm. We will try to arrange partners if needed. Phone 01483 569490 or 01932 400141.

Guildford Writers: Tuesday

Meets fortnightly from 7.30 to 9.30pm
12 January, 26 January, 9 February, 23 February, 9 March, 23 March

www.guildfordwriters.net

Guildford Speakers Club

The Guildford Speakers Club (www.guildfordspeakers.org) meets in the evening on the first and third Tuesday of each month. Guests are always welcome free of charge and will not be required to speak unless they really wish to do so.

If you decide to join Guildford Speakers there will be an initial fee of £12, which covers the cost of the basic Toastmasters manual on public speaking and various other educational materials. We also charge a half-yearly fee of £30, which covers the running costs of the club and amonthly magazine from Toastmasters International

Modern History Group: Tuesday

2:30pm Members £1, non-members £3.

When you arrive at the Institute, please check which room the meeting is in.

• 19 January: Jonathan Farley: Minority to Majority Rule, 1965-1994
• 26 January: Russell Feaver: How to keep warm on 4 ½ p: Some lessons from history
• 2 February: Barry Lenz: 1784-88: The Gap Years
• 9 February: Dick Bergman: Porridge; A Life of Crime
• 16 February: Steve Palmer: The Air Force in the First World War
• 23 February: Pauline Newmark: Religious Movements Founded by Women
• 2 March: Peter Pepper: Getting It Right; the Real History of the Faulklands/Malvinas.
• 9 March: David Truggs: Development of the London Sewage System.

Volunteers

If you would like to volunteer on a regular basis or for specific events, please let us know.

For further information, please contact Reception at the Guildford Institute. Call 01483 562142, or email info@guildford-institute.org.uk