Year: 2024
Book Club Review – The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The story revolves around Holden Caulfield, a 17 year old boarding school New Yorker who narrates a period of time just prior to the end of school term leading up to Christmas. He is a privileged, angry young man who tells a good story and all.
Is the decline of the West inevitable?
The next Discussion Group meeting will be held on Friday, October 25th, between 4 pm and 6 pm in the meeting room on the 1st floor of the Social Centre, Plaza Constitution, Javea. Since the dawn of the Age of Discovery in the Fifteenth Century, further accelerated by the Industrial Revolution, the pre-eminent global powers have…
SC&C new trip: Medieval Pueblos of El Maestrazgo
Tuesday 13th – Friday 16th May 2025 After leaving Jávea we will travel to Culla, with free time for refreshments and to wander through the historic centre, where the Templars left their mark. Culla still preserves its medieval atmosphere in its old town, partly surrounded by impressive walls and designated a Site of Cultural Interest. The…
Cinderella – live from the Royal Opera House – now booking tickets
The Royal Ballet, live stream from the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in London. Showing at the IMF Cinema at the Portal de la Marina (Ondara shopping centre). You shall go to the Ball Stuck at home and put to work by her spoiled Step-Sisters, Cinderella’s life is dreary and dull. Everything changes when…
Gewürztraminer, Xarel-lo, Bobal,Tempranillo, Keith and Trevor – WAGS TOO strikes again!
For the uninitiated, the first 4 names are all grape varieties and the last 2 the Group Leader of WAGS TOO, Trevor Rush and this month’s intrepid presenter, Keith Smith.