Programme of Talks for 2026-27.
Talks are held at either the Borough Theatre or the Melville Centre. Please bring your membership card with you for admission to the talks.
Talks commence at 7.30pm, except in November when there is a matinee at 2.30pm. A reminder about the talk and its content will be sent out in the Members monthly email newsletter.
Information about each month’s lecture can be found on the This Month page.
Borough Theatre
To reserve a wheelchair space at The Borough Theatre please email t.maciejewski@btinternet.com
Melville Centre
The talks at the Melville Centre are also available to watch by Zoom. The audience at the Melville Centre is limited to 60. Members will receive Melville Centre booking information at the start of the relevant month.
Members will be sent the Zoom link to log in a couple of days before each talk at the Melville Centre.
Cancellation
If a talk has to be cancelled we will try to replace it with a suitable alternative. If very bad weather causes cancellation we will try to rescheduled it to the summer.
Talks
| 2026 | |||
| September 9th | Ben Price | Pit Head Bath Houses | Borough Theatre |
| October 14th | David Viner | Building the Canal between Brecon and Gilwern | Borough Theatre |
| November 25th: 2.30 pm | Jeff Grosvenor | The Newport Medieval Ship | Borough Theatre |
| December | No lecture | ||
| 2027 | |||
| January 13th | Roger James | Henry Morgan, Welsh Pirate and Privateer | Melville Centre/Zoom |
| February 10th | Stella Evans | Shackleton and his Newport Stowaway | Melville Centre/Zoom |
| March 24th | Huw Williams | The Age of Steam | Borough Theatre |
| April 21st | Mary Thorley | Elizabeth Phillip-Hughes, Welsh Academic and Mountaineer | Borough Theatre |
| May 12th AGM followed by | Madeleine Gray | Unexpected Gravestones | Borough Theatre |
Past Lectures
If you have ever wondered what talks have been in the Society’s programme in the past, or are trying to remember the name of a lecturer who spoke a few years ago then all the information can be downloaded here as a PDF document. It makes fascinating reading.