Saturday 18 April, Ocean Room at the National Waterfront Museum, 11.00, free.
Professor Daniel Power (Swansea University): Magna Carta and the Crises of 1214-
HA talk Saturday 18 April – Professor Dan Power on Magna Carta …
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Monthly Archives: April 2015
White Rock Bat Walk, 5 June …
Welsh Wildlife will lead a Bat Walk at White Rock, 8.45pm 5 June.
Suitable all ages. Bring torches and sturdy footwear. Subject to cancellation in case of bad weather.
Booking is required – please email Rose Revera, r.revera@welshwildlife.org, for details.
Trevor Fishlock – A Gift of Sunlight, 12 April …
Trevor Fishlock – A Gift of Sunlight
Sun 12 April, 2.30pm, National Waterfront Museum
We welcome author, broadcaster and foreign correspondent Trevor Fishlock for a fascinating talk on his recent book dedicated to the lives of the famous Davies sisters.
Shy and fabulously wealthy, they poured their fortune into charity and famously collected a magical trove of paintings which they bequeathed to the Welsh nation.
However, for all their fortune and privilege, they lived lives honed by shyness and self-denial, and haunted by love…
Trevor has worked on assignment in more than seventy countries and was staff correspondent of The Times in India and New York, and Moscow bureau chief for The Daily Telegraph. He has written books on Wales, India, Russia, America and on nineteenth-century exploration, and has presented more than 150 television programmes about life and history in Wales.
You’ll also have the chance to buy Trevor’s book – A Gift of Sunlight from the Museum’s shop and have it signed by Trevor himself from 3.30pm onwards.
Copper Folk on the Copper Jack, 26 April …
Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton invite you to come and join us on our next song and music trip aboard Copper Jack on Sunday 26th April 2015. All aboard by 3.45pm for 4pm sailing. Bring your voices and instruments to make music as we cruise on the River Tawe for an hour and a half and then have more music until 6.30 while moored in Swansea Marina outside the National Waterfront Museum.
Cost is £5 per person. Places are limited so please book early.
To find out more details and make a booking please visit our website copperfolk.wix.com/copperfolk
and watch a splendid video of Greg Rowlands singing Old Man Tiem on an early trip www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctpVBSK0OWg