Group Leader Peter Sutherland This group is aimed at members who wish to improve their French conversation in a convivial environment. We expect you to have an intermediate level of fluency but we wish to be inclusive and support any variance in levels. The group meets on the third Friday of the month, from 10-12… Read more

Group Leader Tom Evans "What I'm Drinking Tonight" started as an on-line edition of the Wine Appreciation group. We now meet in person on the first Thursday of each month to taste, discuss and learn about wine, exploring grape varieties, wine regions and countries. Members take it in turn to host the meeting, select the… Read more

Group Leader Sheila Roberts Our meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month, usually at Elva Bain's house in central Tenterden. We plan our reading for the year and then ask each member to lead on one book and its author and guide our discussion. New members are very welcome. Read more

Group Leader Ina Smith The Wine Appreciation group meets to taste, discuss and learn about wine, exploring grape varieties, wine regions and countries, with occasional visits to local vineyards, to improve our knowledge of our favourite juice. Meetings take place on the first Thursday of each month. Members take it in turn to host the… Read more

Group Leader Lindy Bates This is a lively and interactive group! Together we select our titles for the year and each take responsibility for leading a discussion. This year’s titles include: House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng; Mr Loverman by Bernadine Evaristo and Precipice by Robert Harris. We generally meet inside or in the… Read more

Group Leader Rennie Halstead If you love poetry, whether it’s the greats, like Wordsworth and Keats, the moderns, like T. S. Eliot and Philip Larkin, or contemporary poets like Carol Ann Duffy or Simon Armitage, would you like to get together with other poetry enthusiasts to read, discuss other poets’ work, and have a go… Read more

Group Leader Veronica Parrott Another opportunity to participate in French conversation for those who have a good command of the language and wish to practise. The group meets on the third Friday of each month. Read more

Group Leader Roger Parrott The group meets on the third Tuesday of the moth in the Jane Gower Room of Tenterden Methodist Church. We aim to encourage and help members to write their life story and pass on lasting memories to their children and grandchildren. Read more

Group Leader: Jayne Colvin The Philosophy group is currently addressing questions raised by A. C. Grayling in his recent book Philosophy and Life. The group is taking up where it left off a while ago and is full at present.  Read more

Group Leader James Smith This large, friendly group meets on the first Monday of the month for a circular walk of about five miles, followed by lunch at a pub. Routes are carefully chosen to provide pleasant walking through varied countryside with good views - and an enjoyable lunch. Places need to be booked in… Read more