Topical Topics has the aim of increasing members’ understanding of what is going on in the World, and we’ve all learnt a lot of often surprising information on a huge range of Topics.

With inspiration coming from personal interests and news items, members take turns to select, prepare, and informally present their chosen subject for subsequent discussion by the group – 2 subjects per meeting – and it’s safe to say that everyone, including the presenters, learns something amazing each time. Any Topical Topic is acceptable (except UK Party Politics!).

As an idea of the range, we’ve recently heard about Globish, Panama, Adult Gaming Centres, Death of Punctuation, Paradox of plenty, Trump’s police state, Inequality, Votes for 16 year olds, Cashless society, Ethiopian dam, The cloud, Ethiopian donkeys, Who owns Britain, Juries, The Samaritans, Royal Mint, Cybersecurity, Autism, Social Media, Women in Art, Iran/USA, Weight-loss drugs, Mafia, Marine rights, Getting to Mars, and much, much more – over 450 Topics since we started in 2017.

With a maximum of 10 members, Topical Topics meets in members’ homes at 2 - 4 pm on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays each month.

Vacancies occasionally arise, so please let us know if you are interested in joining us.

Convenor: Danny Nicolle