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Distant Worlds
Distant Worlds A talk by Matt Lodge Gas giants, water worlds, lava worlds, and worlds like ours—where are these worlds, and what are they? These are exoplanets, planets that revolve around distant stars light-years beyond our solar system. Matt Lodge, an...
SSAFA – The Armed Forces Charity
A talk by Mike Hodson The work of the Soldiers’ Sailors’ and Airman’s Families Association was the subject of Mike Hodson's talk in the Library on March 13th. As a former soldier, Mike felt it was important for us to understand the way of life of military personnel...
Changing Faces of Landscape and Country Life Through Paintings
A talk by Terry Sackett Terry Sackett gave the February Evening Talk in the Library, taking us on a journey through the changing faces of landscape and country life as seen through paintings. Quite extraordinarily, there was almost no interest in landscape painting...
Brain Peaks
A talk by Angela Patmore Angela Patmore is a former international Fulbright Scholar with a first class honours degree in English and an MA from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. As a UEA environmental sciences research fellow she analysed the clinical...
Caves of the Cheddar Catchment
A talk by Peter Glanvill The Rushing Water and the Frozen Deep Peter Glanvill, who has been caving for over 50 years, visited the Library on 11th October to tell us about the cave systems beneath the Mendip Hills. We were treated to countless illustrations as he...
Quantock U3a Local History Group
Visit Nether Stowey on 17th April 2023 A group of 14 people from the recently formed Quantock U3a Local History Group visited the village on the afternoon of 17th April for a "walk through time". The group assembled at The Thomas Poole Library, where Roger Stacey gave...