Group Category: Arts and Humanities
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Hebden Bridge Book Group
Provisional title - new group Read more
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Alfresco History / Archaeology
This new group is developing a programme of visits to historical sites interspersed with group sessions which review past visits and anticipate future ones. More detail in the post (below) about our inaugural meeting.. Group News Read more
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Local History
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Poetry Appreciation
We are senior students of the art of ‘language charged with meaning’ who finesse our judgments about the extent to which a poet may have deployed the best words in the best order. We admire the skill a wordsmith has drawn on to rhyme without ostentation, to sense the rhythm appropriate for the moment, to… Read more
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Poetry Enjoyment
Poetry enjoyment met via Zoom. Each month we choose a theme for the next meeting. Over the next few weeks we read as many or as few poems as we wish to find one that fits the theme. We email our choice to the other members and at the meeting read our chosen poem to… Read more
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Social History
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3 Valley Readers
Convenor is Christine Morton. In-person meetings take place on the first Thursday of the month at Honest Johns in Todmorden. Books read are predominantly fiction with occasional non-fiction. The books are chosen by the members and each take turn to lead a book discussion. Read more
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Art Appreciation History
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Classic Literature Group
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European Film Club
Our Sep - Dec 2023 programme is based on 8 French films which were released in France after 2000. Each film will be in original version with English subtitles. The screening will be followed by a discussion about the film. Read more