Event SW6: Poetry and Jazz Café

The Assembly Room at the Council House, Chichester The Council House, North St, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Acclaimed poets Helen Ivory and Martin Figura link with Mike Carey's Big House jazz band to entertain and inspire. There's also the […]

£15

Event SW8: The Siege of Chichester (1642)

Chichester City Arts Centre St Bartholomew’s Church, Mount Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

In December 1642, during the English Civil War, Chichester, which was in Royalist hands, was besieged by Parliamentary forces under the command […]

Event SW12: Small ship, rivers and expedition cruising

New Park Centre, Chichester New Park Rd, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Broadcaster, tour leader and travel expert Roger Mallock is author of CruiseMaster, the definitive British guidebook for explaining the pros and cons […]

Event SW13: Heard But Not Seen

Boxgrove Village Hall The Street, Boxgrove, Chichester

A talk by author, Michelle Magorian based on two of her best-selling books. From the romance and suspense of A Little Love […]

£8

Event SW14: A Holocaust Survivor’s Testimony

The Assembly Room at the Council House, Chichester The Council House, North St, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Deported in 1941 to the Riga Ghetto Manfred Goldberg aged 11, his brother aged 7, and their mother spent three and a […]

Event SW15: The West Sussex Fascists

Chichester City Arts Centre St Bartholomew’s Church, Mount Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

What did World War One veteran and county councillor, Charles Bentinck Budd; Angmering farmer, Jorian Jenks; and Rustington vicar, Rev. James Croslasnd […]

Event SW16: Japan’s Powerful Women

Bassil Shippam Centre, Chichester Tozer Way,, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Author and raconteur, Lesley Downer, bubbles with excitement and fascinating detail, telling stranger-than-fiction tales of empresses, novelists and warriors, courtesans and geishas. […]

Free

Event SW20: Is Liberalism Dead?

The Fountain Inn, Chichester 29 Southgate, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Chichester Skeptics is a discussion group which meets monthly to debate topics of general interest. Our aims are to promote vigorous debate […]

Event SW21: Frankenstein with Steven Berkoff

The Novium Museum, Chichester Tower St, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

The legendary actor and playwright Steven Berkoff reads from Mary Shelley’s iconic horror story Frankenstein. With poetry from Mary Shelley and the […]

£15

Event SW26: Hilaire Belloc, the Politics of Living

Chichester City Arts Centre St Bartholomew’s Church, Mount Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Sussex writer and poet, Hilaire Belloc, lived life to the full: he wrote on many subjects, travelled extensively, was a Member of […]

Event CO11: A vision for the future of Chichester

The Assembly Room at the Council House, Chichester The Council House, North St, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

A holistic and regenerative vision for the Chichester region is beginning to form, in which everyone is welcome to participate. Come and […]

Free

Event SW27: Sussex Serendipity

St John’s Chapel, Chichester 5 St John's St, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Enjoy an inspirational mix of words and music on Sussex themes by classical guitarist Linda Kelsall-Barnett and poet Barry Smith. Linda is […]

£10

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