Hillingdon Languages Clubs

26/05/2026

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We will be there! Hillingdon Languages Clubs will be in the Great Barn, The Old Manor Site, Ruislip on Sun 14 June! Look out for us at The Hillingdon Arts Association Open Day. ome and speak to us in any language you choose!

🎭🎨🎶 Discover what your local arts community has to offer!

Join us for the Hillingdon Arts Association Open Day at The Great Barn, Ruislip — a fantastic chance to meet local art groups, orchestras, choirs, drama and musical societies, language clubs and more all under one roof.

Whether you’re looking to join a group, try something new, or simply see the amazing creative talent in our area, everyone is welcome!

📍 The Great Barn, Ruislip
📅 Sunday 14th June 2026
⏰ 11am – 4.30pm
🎟 FREE ADMISSION

Come along, meet local people, and celebrate the arts in Hillingdon 💫

25/05/2026

Looking forward to Thurs 4 June when our members Paul and Paula will give their presentation about diving in various parts of the world. We believe we'll see some spectacular underwater videos too!
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22/05/2026

Many thanks to Catia Clarke who generously gave her time in preparing and presenting last night's talk on "Marsala Wine, Sicily and The English". Beginning with Horatio Nelson who loved the wine and wished to spend his last years in Sicily - where he was Duke of Bronte in the foothills of Mount Etna - but the call of duty from Queen Victoria saw his return to service and demise at Trafalgar, we then met John Woodhouse and Benjamin Ingham, English entrepreneurs who made significant developments in wine production and marketed the wine effectively in Italy and in England. A journey through time, geography, culture and of course taste - as we finished by sampling a drop of the hard stuff!
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16/05/2026

Spanish Club members at our annual lunch today enjoyed tortilla de patata, gambas, chuletas and lots more besides!

14/05/2026

An excellent talk in French. Persian and Kashmiri designs were copied and woven - from 1780 in Norwich and Edinburgh, from the early 19th century in Lyon and Nîmes (prompting a heavy Kashmiri influence on provençales fabrics), and later, in Paisley when the development of Jacquard looms enabled a shawl to be woven in a few days, rather than many months. We heard about industrial espionage and the extravagances of Josephine - Napoleon's wife. The Hillingdon Arts Association

09/05/2026

Some members may realise that the Paisley shawl has origins in Kashmir, and in the UK it is called after the Scottish town where it was manufactured from 1805. It was worn by women of all social classes. How many of our members know about another important centre of manufacture - Lyon? Join us at St Giles this Thursday 14 May at 7.30pm, or on Zoom if you can't get there.
For more information about the French Club contact [email protected]

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09/05/2026

Join us at the Italian Club on Thurs 21 May. Our guest speaker will tell us about Marsala Wine and the English in Sicily in the 19th century. Once again, we are intrigued!! Join us in person at St Giles, or if you can't get there, join us on Zoom. For information about the Italian Club contact [email protected]
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09/05/2026

So that's what it was about! Botanists from Kew Gardens and local groups in Peru have worked closely together for 20 years. When satellite imagery showed up colourful clusters of plants in the Lomas desert, scientists knew those plants were rare and vulnerable , so they had to collect samples to analyse their DNA before they became extinct. How to travel to a fragile area where dust and tyre tracks would choke the plants and create lasting ecological damage? Enter the Brazilian paramotorists, using paragliders and carrying a small motor on their backs to fly 14km to the zone and carefully collect samples.
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See the Kew Gardens video here - when the link opens scroll down the page to the video:

Daredevil paramotorists collect threatened plants in locations where even 4x4s fail

30/04/2026

IT'S TOMORROW!! DON'T FORGET...
Our next meeting will be the Spanish Club's, on Thursday 7 May at 7.30pm. Cath Alderson will tell us about the relationship between researchers from Kew Gardens, Peruvian botanists and Brazilian paramotorists. Intrigued? Come to St Giles Church Halls, Ickenham, or join us on Zoom if you can't get there.
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17/04/2026

La conferenza d'ieri sera era affascinante. Non vediamo l'ora di vedere tornare il nostro relatore ospite, Federico!