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MARCH APRIL Monday 12 March, 2.15 pm onwards Commonwealth Day Observance Westminster Abbey Commonwealth Day Observance is celebrated annually on the second Monday in March across the 54 member countries of the Commonwealth and in other parts of the world where Commonwealth citizens gather together. In the UK, this special day is celebrated by a unique event at Westminster Abbey attended by Her Majesty The Queen, the Prime Minister, High Commissioners, up to 200 other VIPs and more than 1,000 schoolchildren. The theme for the 2012 celebration is ‘Connecting Cultures’; threads that tie people together from every continent, faith and ethnicity. A selected number of complimentary tickets to this event are available for ESU members only, on a first come first served basis. Dress code: lounge suit Thursday 15/Friday 16 March (to be confirmed) W H Page and Chautauqua Teachers scholarships interviews Thursday 22 March Secondary School Exchange scholarships interviews Thursday 22 March, 12.30 – 2.30 pm Dartmouth House Lunch Martin Bell: For WhomThe Bell Tolls Martin Bell has been many things – an icon of BBC war reporting, Britain’s first independent MP for 50 years, a UNICEF ambassador, a staunch supporter of rights for the armed forces, and ‘the man in the white suit’ – a tireless campaigner for honesty and accountability in politics. But as his new book reveals, he’s also a talented poet of light verse, and here Bell’s poems continue his war by other means on duplicitous politicians, our all-consuming media, the venality of celebrity culture and much more. Oscillating between trenchant satire and touching honesty, often poignant autobiography spiced with gentle humour, Bell presents poems on Tony Blair and Iraq; on Radovan Karadzic, the Serbian war criminal whom he met on trial in The Hague; and on his hero, Reuter’s reporter Kurt Schork, killed on assignment in Sierra Leone. Join the ESU for a literary Dartmouth House Lunch where Martin will discuss how colourful episodes from his work and life helped shaped the content of For Whom The Bell Tolls - from the chart-topping calypso written about him in St Lucia to his being a guest at Idi Amin’s wedding. Tickets: £40 members, £45 alumni*, £50 guests* (two-course lunch with wine) *to include an optional voluntary donation of £5 and £10 respectively to support the charitable work of the ESU Copies of For Whom The Bell Tolls will be on sale at the event. Friday 30 March Schools Mace England Final – 30 March 2012, at Dartmouth House Wednesday 11 April, 6.30 – 8.00 pm Meet the Author Sally Nilsson: The Man Who Sank Titanic The Troubled Life of Quartermaster Robert Hitchens To commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the sinking of the British liner RMS Titanic, the ESU has a very special Meet the Author event with Sally Nilsson, great-granddaughter of Quartermaster Robert Hitchens, the man given the order to steer Titanic away from the fatal iceberg. Following an appearance on Channel 4 News and with previously unpublished research and photographs from the Hitchens family archives, Sally presents the truth behind a much-maligned figure; a man branded a “coward” by the Unsinkable Molly Brown, considered a curse by fellow crewmen and whose life was personified by survival, betrayal and determination. Tickets: £15 to include a glass of wine and a selection of nibbles. Copies of The Man Who Sank Titanic will be on sale at the event. Tuesday 17 April Lindemann Trust Fellowship interviews Wednesday 25 April, 12.30 – 2.30 pm ESU and Mid-Atlantic Club Lunch Dame Mary Richardson – Chairman of the English-Speaking Union At a special joint luncheon event for members of the English-Speaking Union and Mid- Atlantic Clubs, Dame Mary Richardson will discuss the causes and effects of youth alienation. Following the summer riots of 2011 where the vast majority of defendants sat before the magistrates’ courts were found to be young men and women under the age of 25, Dame Mary will explore how society can help combat social exclusion amongst an apparent lost generation of young people who continue to be angry with the police and government. Tickets: £40 members, £45 alumni*, £50 guests* (two-course lunch with wine) *to include an optional voluntary donation of £5 and £10 respectively to support the charitable work of the ESU Saturday 28 April Schools Mace International Final – 28 April 2012 at ESU Dartmouth House DIALOGUE 60
MAY Saturday 12 May Public Speaking Competition for Schools UK Final at Goodenough College THANK YOU Monday 14 May – Friday 18 May International Public Speaking Competition - at various locations Thursday 17 May International Public Speaking Competition first round heats at ESU Dartmouth House Friday 18 May International Public Speaking Competition semi-finals and grand final at ESU Dartmouth House and one other venue to be confirmed ESU Dartmouth House would like to thank the following individuals, branches and organisations who have supported our charitable activities since the last edition of dialogue: Martin Alderson-Smith Donald Attlee Sandra Aughney Baillie Gifford Roseanna Beeby Cambridge ESOL David Cheeseman Ian Cole Decisions Express Ltd. John Deyes Sara Dodd ESU Hertfordshire Branch ESU London Region ESU North West Region ESU Salisbury and South Wilts Branch ESU South Wales Branch ESU West Sussex Branch ESU York Branch Essex Court Chambers Sheila Evans Robert Faulkner Donald Fowler-Watt Mary-Louise Grogan Christina Gruber Penny Hamilton Lesley Kay The Marsh Christian Trust Christopher Martin-Jenkins Naomi McLean Ronald Porter Keith Ridgway Stanley Rosenthal Juliet Scholes Noel Sloan Karl Snowden Nigel Southon Anthony Stratton Graham Syrett Carole Anne Trangmar-Palmer Harr The Week George Yip and to all the members, alumni and guests who have attended our fundraising events. If you would like to contribute to the charitable activities of the ESU, please contact Jo Wedderspoon, Director of Fundraising and Development T: 020 7529 1576 jo.wedderspoon@esu.org DIALOGUE 61
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