Viva Lewes Issue #157 October 2019

Oct listings (cont.)
WEDNESDAY 9
Flexible Minds Flexible Bodies: how the
Feldenkrais Method supports mental health.
An event in partnership with East Sussex
Libraries to mark World Mental Health Day.
Meet local practitioners, hear a talk about
Moshe Feldenkrais and his work (6pm), and
a presentation of a new collection of books
about him and the Method. Lewes Library,
Friars Walk, 5.30pm-7pm, free.
The Changing Landscape of Sussex Place
Names. In this, the third in a series of lectures
in memory of Pam Combes, Professor Richard
Coates will explore the place names of Sussex
with reference to Mawer and Stenton’s seminal
work, 90 years after its initial publication.
He will share his special interest in the area
where linguistics, history and geography meet,
as well as his expertise on the traditional dialects
of Sussex. The Keep, 6.30pm, £10 (free to
FoTKA members).
THURSDAY 10
Needlewriters. Featuring readings from Robert
Hamberger, Martin Nathan, Anna Reckin
and Clare Best. John Harvey Tavern, 7pm for
7.45pm, £5/£3.
John Every’s Phoenix Ironworks, Lewes.
Talk by John Blackwell, Chairman of Sussex
Industrial Archaeology Society. Priory School
Hall, 7.30pm, £2 for Members of the Lewes
National Trust Centre/£5 for non-members.
The Case for a Real Living Wage.
Headstrong Club talk with Sonya Baksi who
worked over a 40 period in the NHS and was a
consultant community paediatrician. Elephant
& Castle, 8pm, £3.
FRIDAY 11 – SUNDAY 13
Giants of
Steam Autumn
Gala.
Special weekend
with
guest trains
‘Duchess of
Sutherland’
and ‘Britannia’, and a chance to ride the footplate.
See bluebell-railway.com.
SATURDAY 12
Self-Help Menopause. A friendly and supportive
one-day session specifically for the
general public. It will be a small group with
the aim of giving everyone the chance to find
out what they need to know about menopause,
and the opportunity to create their own
positive self-help strategies. St Mary’s Church
Hall, see chantryhealth.com.
SATURDAY 12 & SUNDAY 13
FRIDAY 11
Film: Woman at War (12A). Icelandic dramedy
about Halla, who is leading a secret double
life as an environmental activist. All Saints,
8pm, £5/£2.50.
Wakehurst’s Bountiful Botanics. A weekend
celebrating nature’s bounty, with a programme
of tours, talks and family activities, plus handson
workshops, tree-climbing and demonstrations.
See kew.org/Wakehurst.
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