History
The times of world discovery and its impact on us today. A series of well illustrated and easily digestible talks

1. Age of Discovery 1:Prelude – Silk Road and Marco Polo goes to China
2. Age of Discovery 2: Spice Islands here we come! Vasco da Gama finds India
3. Age of Discovery 3: Columbus 1: friend or fiend? Why and how he crossed the Atlantic Ocean
4. Age of Discovery 4: Columbus 2: friend or fiend? What he found and its consequences
5. Age of Discovery 5: the Aztecs become Spanish
6. Age of Discovery 6: the Incas and destruction of an empire
7. Age of Discovery 7: Gold and silver galore and its impact on Europe

Humorous and entertaining “Reflections on life!”

1. “Teach your grandchildren to tell lies!” A fun talk on lying and the truth about telling lies.

2. “Why do you find me so gorgeous?” This is a light hearted look at sexual attraction and love. There is nothing in it that should offend

3. “Laughter the best medicine” An insight into a universal phenomenon .

4 . “We’re doomed Captain Mainwaring, we’re doomed”.” From despair to elation for
our future.

5. “Who pulls my strings? “ Do we really make our own decisions ?

Historical fact 1.“The man who never was” The story of Glyndwr Michael in WW2