Peter Barker, the volunteer at Otmoor whose talk at our April meeting inspired this visit, will lead a guided walk around the reserve. Meet at the Institute at 9.15 for car sharing. After the walk members may like to have a pizza lunch at the Abingdon Arms in nearby Beckley.

This should be an entertaining evening as we learn about burlesque, admire the costumes and perhaps even have a go at a routine ourselves! We will be inspired by our speaker, Lauren Dean aka Miss Cherry Buns.

Sarah is kindly hosting our next meeting when we will continue with preparations for our entry for this year's Christmas Festival. Any member with an interest in craft activities is very welcome to join us. Please contact our President for more details.

Sheila P has kindly arranged to lead a walk at Broughton Grange, followed by optional lunch at Ells Lane garden centre. Please sign up at our members' meeting or contact Sheila if you would like to join the walk but won't be at Thursday's meeting. Lunch must be pre-booked and the menu will be available […]

Sheila has kindly agreed to be our host for this evening when we shall be sharing our thoughts on a murder mystery, a genre we have not included in our programmes before. The Devil and the Dark Water is by Sturt Turton. Set in 1634 it features a detective trying to solve a series of […]

Do join us at Harpers for another opportunity to share our thoughts on issues of current interest. New faces always welcome! Please let Margaret know if you would like to come.

Our title this month is Madame Bovary, the classic French novel by Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856, and met with fierce controversy, It is the story of Emma Bovary, a doctor's wife whose romantic ideas, boredom and dissatisfaction with her life lead her into lies, debts and entanglements and eventually to suicide. We will meet […]

Our speaker for this evening, Liz Woolley, will introduce us to the life of Olive Gibbs, a significant figure in many aspects of Oxford life and in local education. She is remembered among much else for her role in preventing the proposed ring road being built across Christchurch Meadows and as a founder member of […]

Our title this month is Anthem, a novella by Ayn Rand, which was recommended by Dawn. We will meet at Bernice's for our discussion of the book - and probably much else!