Meetings Programme 2024

Monthly meetings are held on the third Monday of each month in the function rooms at the White Swan Hotel in Rother Market, starting at 6 pm. Meetings last about an hour. Members are encouraged to arrive early and/or stay on afterwards to socialise.

Meetings may also be broadcast online (via Zoom). 

After the meeting, a report on the talk is included on each page, and sometimes a link to a recording of the event. Please check each individual page for details.

Events for 2024 are shown below:

15 January         Myths about Shakespeare - Professor Emma Smith (Hertford College, Oxford)

19 February       Excavating Tiddington: an early medieval cemetery - Susan Porter (Archaeology Warwickshire)

18 March             Annual General Meeting followed by The Women who made Shakespeare - Rachael North (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust)

15 April                Marie Corelli: Stratford's Pioneer Conservationist and her impact on Stratford's buildings - Dr Robert Bearman 

20 May               What is Arts Rising Collective? The future for the arts in the UK - Sally Bigwood and Sophie Clausen

17 June               Bruce Bairnsfather: Stratford's own cartoonist - Mark Warby

15 July                 Warwickshire Wildlife Trust 2030: what we can do to help nature - Amanda Evans

23 July                 Open Garden Visit 2024 - Hall's Croft

19 August           Net Zero: Stratford's Climate Hub - its projects and purpose - Janet Palmer

6 September      Heritage Open Day 2024: 1 High Street - Stratford Society, StratFire Project

16 September    Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon: friends, neighbours, places - Paul Edmondson

21 October          Graffiti in the Guild Chapel: writing and carving on the chapel walls - Pamela Devine

18 November     The Realistic Optimist: how the Crowne Plaza, Stratford, positions itself for achievement - Robin Ford

16 December     Quiz Night!