Invitation to the British-Finnish conference on 27 October 2017
The attached invitation to the British-Finnish conference should be of interest to members especially those who have served in Finland. 2017 conference programme 19.9.2017
The attached invitation to the British-Finnish conference should be of interest to members especially those who have served in Finland. 2017 conference programme 19.9.2017
NB: REVISED DATE FOR THIS VISIT Where, when? Wednesday 25 July 12:00 Prompt: Red Lion car park, Avebury Places available: 20 on first-come first served basis for FCOA members and spouses/partners only. If space allows nearer the day, non-FCOA members may be eligible but please check with Tim Handley first. Lunch: at individual expense at the Red […]
Date: Thursday 16 August 2018 at 11:30 Prompt Places available - 20: Allocated on a first-come-first-served basis for FCOA members, spouses/ partners. NB, as a first, this visit also includes members who are looking after children in school holidays, and who may wish to bring them. (To get the most out of the day, NSC advise […]
We shall meet at 11:15 prompt at KESR Tenterden train station. 20 places are available and will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis to FCOA members and spouses/partners only. If space allows nearer the day, non-FCOA members may be eligible, but please check with Tim Handley first. The price includes return steam train to Bodiam (23 […]
This year’s annual lecture will be delivered on Friday 19 October by Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC, Chancellor of the Australian National University and a former foreign minister of Australia. The subject of the lecture will be “Global Geopolitics in Transition”. Tickets will cost £20, to include a sandwich and a glass of wine. The lecture […]
(With thanks to FCOA member Valerie Robinson for suggesting this visit; suggestions for other visits are always welcome.) The visit will start at 11.30 am prompt; meet at the museum entrance. Britain’s relationship with the Gurkhas can be said to date from the war of 1815 between Britain and Nepal (surprisingly) which led to the […]
Nick Morrison, a Blue Badge guide, who has in the past taken us on two walks, has agreed to show a party around St James’s with particular reference to the glittering and turbulent era - 1789-1914 - in which St James’s housed great aristocrats, collectors, musicians, writers, parvenus and even revolutionaries, who were lionised and […]
By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, the Purcell Club will take us on a tour of the Abbey. The Purcell Club is named after Henry Purcell, who was organist of the Abbey from 1679-1695. It is a male voice choir formed predominantly from members of the Westminster Abbey Old Choristers’ Association. […]
Date: Thursday 30 May at 12:00 Prompt Places available: 30, allocated on a first-come-first-served basis Price per person: £15 per person, includes entry to and a guided tour of Compton Verney Detail: FCOA colleagues Peter Gregory Hood and Belinda McMicking have very kindly offered to host a visit to Loxley Hall, including lunch on the […]
