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Salisbury, Wiltshire UK

John Handby For the second time this year the Guild has arranged an afternoon meeting so that members can avoid going out on a dark winter's evening. Come along to the Reading Room Stratford Road SP1 3LL, on Thursday 12 February for a 2 pm start. The speaker will be John Handby, who has chosen as his subject 'Artificial Intelligence: the future is now.' John asks - " What chance of survival do we have as a species and how will we cope in a world with sentient AI beings ? " M

Stratford sub Castle Guild 15 January 2026  “Local Disaster Management and Recovery” Speaker - Chris Manuel   Thirty-four members and guests ignored the heavy rain outside and settled down for a 2 o’clock start to the first talk of the New Year.  What a fascinating and informative talk it turned out to be on an organisation that many of us have never heard of before. Chris Manuel, the Community Resilience Lead Officer for Wiltshire and Swindon Prepared, a multi-agency local d

Brilliant Mini Beasts - Speaker Juliet ten Doeschate A fascinating introduction to the amazing and intriguing world of invertebrates including wasps, butterflies, ladybirds, flies and many more. Some are very familiar and common visitors to our gardens, but others are so tiny (a mere 3mm) and so well hidden that we are not aware of them. Juliet concentrated principally upon those which inhabit her garden of 2 acres which is half woodland and half garden. Many are parasitic fe

Forged signatures and how to detect them - John Jameson-Davis   John stepped in when our booked speaker became ill and cancelled all speaking engagements. He answered our call while on holiday in Crete! John is a Questioned Handwriting and Document Examiner. His work mainly entails the examination of questioned signatures (those which have been challenged or doubted for some reason, perhaps on a Will, a passport, a bank or credit card or other document). He is also asked to l

The Guild's 2025-26 season began on Wednesday 10 September at 7.30 pm in the Reading Room, with a talk by Colin van Geffen entitled 'The...