WHAT’S UP NEXT?

This is the May edition of Surrey WI News, the magazine of the Surrey Federation which Barnes WI is a member of

.Click here to read – Surrey News Magazine – June 2021

Held on the last Thursday of the month. We choose our books 3 months at a time.

Email Barnes WI  to go on the mailing list so you will receive updates on the books on the reading list for the next 3 months and for info’ on the next meeting.

Our current reading list is:

July – Capital by John Lanchester

August – A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry

September –  Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker

October – The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale

This is the May edition of Surrey WI News, the magazine of the Surrey Federation which Barnes WI is a member of

.Click here to read – Surrey News Magazine – June 2021

For our very first face to face meeting we are going to be entertained by Sarah Slater with her Kirtles, Corsets and Curtains talk.

We are welcoming Sarah back, in person this time, after her hugely popular Zoom talk last year – The Ghosts of Hampton Court.

”I will visit your club in your meeting hall, I talk about my journey into historical costuming, the levels of authenticity involved with making period costumes to wear as a tour guide. I wear one of my costumes and bring more along with a mannequin which I dress up. I talk about how the ‘perfect’ silhouette has changed over time and how women have striven to attain it.”

Held on the last Thursday of the month. We choose our books 3 months at a time.

Email Barnes WI  to go on the mailing list so you will receive updates on the books on the reading list for the next 3 months and for info’ on the next meeting.

Our current reading list is:

September – Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker

October – The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale

We’ve all seen the dreadful pictures of how flooding and tourism is affecting this amazing city … we hear from the charity that is aiming to protect its heritage and why buying a pizza can help.

Held on the last Thursday of the month. We choose our books 3 months at a time.

Email Barnes WI  to go on the mailing list so you will receive updates on the books on the reading list for the next 3 months and for info’ on the next meeting.

Our current reading list is:

October – The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale

The AGM will be followed by a quiz – it’ll be an easy one!

Held on the last Thursday of the month. We choose our books 3 months at a time.

Email Barnes WI  to go on the mailing list so you will receive updates on the books on the reading list for the next 3 months and for info’ on the next meeting.

Lindsey Barrell (aka Ms Cherry Bombe) 

Burlesque, Me and the WI Talk (aka How Burlesque Saved My Life!)

WI President Lindsey Barrel will be giving her fabulously funny and heart-warming talk that covers how she discovered burlesque, and then the WI, and brought the two worlds together.

From empty nest to huge success, and via dance classes and craft sessions, Lindsey will take you on a journey that a lot of us can relate to.

This is a humorous talk that illustrates how even the most diverse topics can epitomise the Fun, Friendship and Education ethos of the WI.