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The programme is subject to change, occasionally at very short notice, although every attempt is made to keep this listing up-to-date.  Where an event has to be postponed, the venue changed or topic/speaker substituted, we will inform everybody on our email list as soon as is practical.  All talks commence at 7:00pm unless otherwise stated.

For security reasons, as of April 2018, to come to our talks you must be on our email list or be accompanied by somebody on our list if the talk is in Winchester College.  If you wish to be added to the email list, please make a request using the 'Send us an email' menu button (right).  If this is not working for any reason, please call 07739 517 571 or send a text message with your email address at least 90 minutes prior to the event.  This restriction does not apply to concerts in the college's Music School.  Thank you.

 If you need any help with connecting to us, (in either English or Russian), please ring Charles on 07739 517 571.

6th January	AGM	Venue - 10 Christchurch Road - All welcome.
3rd February	Alf Torrents	‘The Baikal-Amur Mainline ’.  Alf will speak on his trips taken on the BAM during his time spent working in Russia over the past four years, the interactions he's had and the interesting people he met whilst travelling. Venue - St Lawrence Parish Hall, 16½ Colebrook Street, Winchester, SO23 9LH.
16th March	Capt. Tony Wolstenholme	‘Working in the Far East of Russia’.  Tony continues ralating his exploits as a continuation of the talk he gave last November where, after leaving the Royal Navy, he worked for a Humanaitarian Aid Programme in the Far East of Siberia on behalf of the Japanese Government. Venue - Weeke Community Centre (Small Room).  Please note the new venue!
20th April	Martin Kyrle	‘The Little Orange Nightbook’.  Martin will, once again, read from his latest travel book, from chapters chosen at random by the audience.  Copies of his book will be on sale if required at the price of £17.99 each. Venue - Kris Morrison's house, Katoomba, 14 Bramshaw Close, Harestock, SO22 6LT
18th May	Fr. Joseph Skinner	‘Holy Russia - myth or reality?'  Father Joseph asks: "Has the concept of a common cultural and spiritual space covering the countries whose roots lie in Kievan Rus', (Russia, Ukraine and Belarus), exercised a powerful hold on the Russian imagination, as well as on Russophiles more generally and to what extent can this be understood as a definite historical reality or is it a narrative rooted in the romantic Slavophile thinking about the special mission of Russia and its people"? Venue - St Lawrence Parish Hall, 16½ Colebrook Street, Winchester, SO23 9LH.
14th July	Summer Party	The annual Summer Party will be held in Andree Campbell's garden at Amathusia, Park Road, SO22 6AA.  Guests are welcome to arrive any time after 12:30pm and we expect to have started to clear all tables and chairs away by 5:00pm.
28th September	Marina Ingrid	‘A Soviet citizen on a British cruiser’  Marina will chronicle the fascinating story of her family’s participation, particularly that of her grandfather, in the Lend-Lease programme during the Second World War. Venue - St Lawrence Parish Hall, 16½ Colebrook Street, Winchester, SO23 9LH.
October (Day TBC)	Rob Truscott	‘The Napoleonic Wars’  Rob will talk about the Napoleonic Wars, illustrated with a series of statuettes and models that he has made.  Further details to follow. Venue - Weeke Community Centre (Small Room), Taplings Road, Weeke, SO22 6HG (TBC).
November (Day TBA)	Stephen Todd	‘Memoirs of a Russian Engineer’  A mix of late pre-Soviet law and politics, engineering, (with particular reference to gyroscopes), and life as an immigrant; with a mix of respect for, and disgust with, English law. Venue - Weeke Community Centre (Small Room), Taplings Road, Weeke, SO22 6HG.
December (Day TBC)	Dr. Tatiana Humphries	‘??? TBA’  Details to follow. Venue - Weeke Community Centre (Small Room), Taplings Road, Weeke, SO22 6HG.

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Current and previous programmes:

2019:  January - June
  
2018:  February - June   September - December        2017:  January - July      September - December

2016:  January - July       September - December        2015:  January - June      September - November

2014:  January - June     September - November        2013:  January - June     September - December

2012:  January - June     September - December        2011:  January - June     October - December

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