Carlton NWR Programme

End of Spring/Summer /Autumn2015/16

All meetings are on a Wednesday and start at 8pm unless it specifies a different day or time

When? / What? / Where?
13th May / Voting and all that goes with it. Should it be compulsory? Internet voting? 16yr olds voting? Prisoners voting? And more.....well we just had to didn’t we? / Julia Penniston
27th May / What would your musical inheritance be? What songs would you like at your funeral? (a nice cheery little topic here) / Sue McArthur
10th June / Book swap. Books, books, books...what have you read recently? What’s on your ‘to read’ list? Bring books to swap or give away / Lynda Coleman
24th June / Discussion about body art, tattoos, piercings etc... / Helen Madden
8th July
Meet at 6pm whilst it is still light / Visit to eco self build. Rob and Jill together with another couple have built their own Eco-home. They are happy to talk about their experience and show us around their home/ land/woods which is still being ‘created’. / Cordwood,
Lamins Lane,
near Bestwood/Papplewick
More details nearer the time.
Drink at local hostelry afterwards possibly the Abdication pub at Daybrook
22nd July / The Merchant of Venice
Live connection at The Broadway, Nottingham. See Rofie asap to order tickets which are £12 / 7pm start at The Broadway
5th August
Daytime event / Either croquet or walk to be organised by Terri / Details TBC nearer the time
19th August
Daytime event / A visit to Leicester to investigate Richard 3rd, exhibitions, archaeology, geocaches (?) etc... / Detail s TBC nearer the time
2nd September / Ceri Williams/author will talk about the writing processes as we discuss one of her books “The Girls” I will give you copies to read. This is a raw and direct book with many issues such as violence, brutality, aggression and feminism. Even if you don’t finish the book I think the discussion will be very interesting. Ceri was delighted to be asked and she has written more books. / Terri Beale

16thSeptember / Japan is one of the NWR themes for this year so a Japanese evening. Individual research/share. We can confirm what we will be contributing nearer the time. / Anne Cross
30thSeptember / Designer genes? (no not jeans). A discussion about the moral/ethical issues related to this provoking topic. / Marion Zarzycki

14thOctober / Food for free.
Food that heals.
Food that harms. / Kath Robins
28th October / Room 101
Your chance to have a rant.
What or who would you put in here? / Rofie
11thNovember / Japanese FOOD evening. / More details nearer the time. We could be cooking, we could be just eating.
25thNovember / Planning evening. Come with ideas / Sue Jones
9th December / PURPLE NIGHT. Come wearing purple, sharing purple, researching purple, eating purple, drinking purple.
Let your purpleness go wild! / Marian Mayfield
16th December / Christmas Social / Susan Lea-Wilson
8th January / Famous people, their virtues and vices. Choose a famous person and research. / Linda Mockett