Benvenuto Welcome!
After enjoying Paul Foss musical celebrity in January,
we are looking forward to Tuesday 12 Feb. Gordon Young – Dickens, Ruskin and, in contrast, a Futurist: visions of Venice in three short impactful films
Dickens journal illustrated with contemporary images; Ruskin’s love affair with the city and his dysfunctional marriage; Filippo Marinetti’s modernist visions of a commercial and industrial not a romantic, tourist Venice
AND a DATE for your diary Thursday 7th March - 7.30 pm Bristol University free Winter Lecture: Mantegna and Bellini – family and rivalry in the Renaissance with the Director of the National Gallery Gabriele Finaldi at 12 Priory Rd Complex, off Woodland Rd
After enjoying Paul Foss musical celebrity in January,
we are looking forward to Tuesday 12 Feb. Gordon Young – Dickens, Ruskin and, in contrast, a Futurist: visions of Venice in three short impactful films

No need to book but arrive by 7.15pm
Remember there are many opportunities to experience la dolce vita right here in Bristol, and we have created this website so that you can see the Italian activities going on. We also want to let you know about our own fantastic monthly Final Published Programme 2018-19 of celebrated national speakers from October to May. Incidentally if you live near Cheltenham they also have a programme - see Links Page . Bristol University Italian (LINK)Department has an open postgraduate seminar seriesMeetings are held at Westbury Fields Retirement Village, every second Tuesday evening in the month