Michael Bell MBE, is the founder and conductor of the CPO. As well as taking us through the history of the orchestra, Michael will talk about the people with whom it has performed along with some anecdotes. Photo by Larisa Birta on Unsplash

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A talk by Dr Rhoda Ballinger. More details to follow … Photo by Margaret Richards

Is it a pub? Is it a school? No it’s…. Ernest Willows, the Cardiff Airship Pioneer. Ted Richards looks at the ups and downs of the life of Ernest Willows who did not want to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a dentist. His passion instead lay with engineering and specifically aeronautics. He developed […]

Daniel will talk about the extraordinary way music becomes woven into the story of our lives.    Through a mixture of storytelling, musical insight and a few live musical illustrations, he will explore how certain songs become tied to the moments, memories and people that matter most to us.    He will blend stories about […]

Though often looked down upon (if, on occasion, rightly!), comic poetry can be just as challenging and rewarding as the “serious” variety.  Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Spike Milligan and many more recent practitioners have all proved consistently popular.  The short, rhythmic, rhyming style of piece, as well as being immediately appealing, is also open to […]

A talk by Superintendent Marc Attwell – details to follow Photo by No Direction

A talk by Nicholas Cooke KC – details to follow Photo by Sasun Bughdaryan

A talk by Marion Davies of the Jane Austen Society Photo by Elaine Howlin