The Partridge Group - men's discussion group
The group, open to any man who can drink beer (or other beverage) and talk religion at the same time, meets in the Three Tuns public house in Abington on Wednesday evenings, in January and February. To find the Three Tuns, use postcode CB21 6AB.
The group moves to the Abington Institute opposite for the exploration and free discussion of aspects of the Christian (or other) faith.
We are working on another exciting programme for 2020 - see below for provisional details.
Please keep Wednesday evenings free from 8th January to 12th February inclusive.
Talks start at 8:00 pm at the Institute in the Terrace room (back of building).
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Date
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Speaker
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Topic
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08/01/2020
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Ben Bowers
PhD Student / Queen's Nurse
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
University of Cambridge
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The use of drugs in end-of-life care
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15/01/2020
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Professor David Page
Professor Emeritus in Ancient History & Classics (Roman History and Latin)
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The Romans - what can we learn from them?
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22/01/2020
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Professor Ian G Roberts
Language Sciences,
University of Cambridge
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Six Languages that changed the world
Part of a larger project (The History of Ideas in 60 Languages), which aims to show how different languages and cultures have contributed in different ways to human civilisation over the centuries.
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TUESDAY
28/01/2020
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Dr Matt Bothwell
Institute of Astronomy,
University of Cambridge
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"Life on other planets?"
The discovery of planets orbiting other stars was one of the most significant discoveries of the 20th century. In this talk, Matt will discuss the search for these ‘exoplanets’, the quest to understand their properties, and the implications for one of the most important questions of all — whether we are alone in the Universe.
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05/02/2020
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Rev. Dr Mark Smith
Dean of Clare College,
University of Cambridge |
Students’ views on Christianity in a rapidly changing, and indeed challenging, world
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12/02/2020
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Led by Barry Brooks, and based on a U3AC course on ‘The Implications of AI’
by Alastair Breward
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What happens when our computers get smarter than we are?
The Social and Ethical implications of various forms of ‘Artificial Intelligence’…and the challenges we may face. |
Please feel free to contact the organisers with any offers or suggestions for future speakers...
Page maintained by Peter Brunning - partridge@brunning.org.uk
The Partridge Group was named when it met in the training room, later used for B&B, at the (former) Pear Tree pub in Hildersham. It was started in 1993 after the vicar Rev. Geoffrey Turner's 'Pre-Lent Course', which was held there in 1992, and has continued ever since.
A small group seeks ideas for topics and/or speakers from the members and arranges a program that attempts to cover these. Discussion is usually informal and wide-ranging. The hire of the room is collected weekly in an engraved 'collection' pint glass, which bears the date 1993. A small profit from the collection is donated to charity each year.
Since 2009, the group has moved and now meets in Abington, at 8:00 pm in the Terrace Room at the Abington Institute in the High Street, after gathering in the Three Tuns pub opposite.
Archive of past programmes