Don't miss any changes on our website:Spring 2014 newsletter
The theatre event on Wednesday (!), March 19th is behind the mainline station. The talks are at ‘die Brücke’ as usual. After most meetings we have tables reserved at a nearby restaurant.
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Annual General Meeting and Advent Tea
All are welcome at the brief AGM (voting by members only), then (at 18:00h
in the Vortragssaal):
Some typical British sketches, songs and monologues by Terry Swainbank and friends. -
Start the year with English conversation
… at the (South African) restaurant CapeTown
If you plan to come to this restaurant, please tell us by Thursday, 16 January 2014.
The CapeTown is at Brunnenstraße 43 in Düsseldorf-Bilk and can be reached by tram (701, 706, 707, 713 to Karolingerplatz).CapeTown, S.African restaurant,
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Brasil, a vida boa
Joyce Fuhrmann and her family lived in Belo Horizonte in Brazil during the late 70's. Her talk will be about life in the capital city of Minas Gerais and holidays spent seeing more of the country.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer as pastor, martyr, prophet and spy
Pastor Hans-Jürgen Scherpel talks about a remarkable German Lutheran theologian whose stand against Hitler cost him his life 23 days before the Nazis' surrender. His view of Christianity's role in the secular world has become very influential up to this day.
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Chekhov's Shorts
Performed by the European Arts Company of Maidstone, Kent
Five of Chekhov’s early one-act comedies with a hint of darkness: plays set in a provincial culture rooted in land ownership.
In cooperation with the International Education Centre of the VHS Düsseldorf ‘Die Brücke’
WBZ (Weiterbildungszentrum der VHS), Saal 1,
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English humour in language, life and theatre
Most English humour is characterised by irony, satire, often even sarcasm. Prof. Glaap shows that the quick verbal gag, the one-liner, the elaborate punning and wordplay often deal with what people have in common, rather than with the differences between them. (With handouts.)
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Choose me, you English words?
Peter Lancashire will introduce Edward Thomas, who wrote some of the finest poetry about the English countryside. We will explore his life, his poems and the countryside he loved. The poems are not difficult, even for those learning English. Come prepared to read aloud and discuss.
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Cycling in the midnight sun around West Iceland
An amazing journey by bicycle around the remote Western Fjords of Iceland. Bikepacker Andy Ganner gives a talk and slideshow about this fascinating, least explored and westernmost part of Europe.
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Contemporary world and local topics
An evening of discussions at our round tables.