Join us in the evenings!

I am very happy to say that our morning meetings at the Cheshire Cat are proving to be very popular. So much so, that we have decided to also go there one evening per month, to enable those, who would like to know more about Newcomers but can't come to any day time activities, to meet up with us. Our first evening will be on Thursday, 9 April 2009, from 7:00pm onwards. We have organised a large table and you can find us in the room that looks out onto the garden; turn righ when you come into the Cat and walk to the end. For directions, check this site out: http://www.cityofchester.org/cat.html

Out and About

It has been a while since the blog has been updated but we're back on track! So what has been happening lately? To name but a few things, there was the evening at the Red House and the skittles tournament at the Bickerton Poacher, which brought most NtC members together in February. Both events drew enthusiastic reviews from those who attended and we hope to organise more events like this soon.

Of course our regular events have been going on as before. We have our film enthusiasts who meet once a month and the next visit is tomorrow, when the film we'll go and see is 'Young Victoria'. The film starts at 7:50pm, at the Vue cinema in Cheshire Oaks. Filmgoers will meet up at Frankie and Bennies for a drink at 7:15pm.

From Time Out London:‘I will be good,’ Princess Victoria said on discovering she would be Queen. But, as things turned out, it was a touch more complicated. This sumptuous film has no interest in the ‘good’ dumpy adult Victoria, instead giving us a bildungsroman: after a stifling childhood, Victoria (Emily Blunt, above) must find maturity and independence – not easy with a controlling mother (Miranda Richardson), two scheming uncles and a snake-like prime minister (Paul Bettany). As in any traditional romance (and this, written by Julian Fellowes, is so trad its corsets creak), there are blips and the odd tear en route to a prince. That the prince, in this case, is Albert (Rupert Friend), her mother’s choice, just delays the inevitable.
Dignified and charismatic, Blunt gives great lip-wobble, and Friend pulls off the role of sidekick, but historical twiddling can’t render Victoria’s love life interesting and the only moving moment is the epilogue: 20 years’ happy marriage is more than most of us get, but 40 years of sorrowful widowhood is tragedy indeed.

More information tomorrow!

Book Club

A few loyal members of the book club met this past Monday to discuss The Slaves of Solitude. The first half of the book was discussed in particular depth! The date for the next book club has been changed from November 10th to November 17th. There we will be discussing The Twins by Tessa DeLoo. We hope to see current and new book club members! So come join us (reading the book is not necessary). :)

Pub Night - The Old Harker Arms

A group of us met for drinks and dinner at the Old Harker Arms in Chester on Thursday, October 2nd. Despite the torrential rain that soaked many of us on our way in, the evening was a good bit of fun for all. The next pub evening venue and date to be determined soon.