My Year in Velvet: Lecture and Lunch
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Please join us for "Sundays With A Difference!"
This Autumn, Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue, (BHPS) is hosting three exciting and inspiring lectures by experts in their fields, followed by lunch. Each lecture and lunch is £20 per person.
Sunday 4 December
Lecture 3: My Year in Velvet
Chris Gebbie, the former High Sheriff of Sussex, entertainingly describes the origins of Shrievalty – – the oldest office under the crown – – as well as the arcane process of appointment, the relationship the lieutenancy and the relevance of High Sheriffs in today’s world. Chris includes snatches of his 2014/2015 diary of experiences wearing velvet.
Times:
11.30 am Welcome drink on arrival
12-1.00pm Lecture with questions and answers
1-3.00 pm Lunch* including wine or a soft drink, followed by coffee
* Please email the Synagogue (info@bhps-online.org) with your selcetion of lunch: Permitted fish / Vegetarian / Other Specific dietary requirments