Climate Change and Going Green As well as being a member of Barnes WI, Sarah Hughes is a WI Climate Ambassador. She shared with us what being an ambassador means and how she has stepped up to the challenge. “I have been trying to do my bit for the environment...
Thirty of us got together last week at the BBQ – the food was fantastic (thank you Sue, Hywel, Sue, Vera and Carol) and the belly dancing truly entertaining – we promise not to share the pictures of those who had a go!
This month the group read The Course of Love by Alain de Botton. The story follows a young couple, Kirsten and Rabih, through the stages of their relationship, from meeting at work and falling in love, to marriage, children and middle age. It portrays all the demands...
This month’s book was Klara and the Sun by Kazou Ishiguro. Set some time in the future, the story starts in a store selling robots, or Artificial Friends (AF’s), who are sold as companions for children. The story is narrated by one particular AF, Klara. AF’s learn...
This month we read Exit West by the Pakistani author, Mohsin Hamid. The novel follows two students, Nadia and Saeed, in an unnamed third world city. Saeed is more conservative, living at home, as is generally customary and praying regularly. Nadia is more independent...
A great time was has by the ladies who got together for the visit to Eel Pie Island Museum. 11 of us got together to visit this fascinating little local museum along with a very interesting guided tour of the riverbank. As ever, it ended up in the local pub for...
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