The Forum's talks programme has continued in recent weeks to deliver a series of fascinating and stimulating talks on a wide range of topics. We have heard from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall. We heard from the Manager of the newly opened Exeter IKEA store about how the company went about designing and constructing its Exeter store, and the selection process it set up to find those it needed to staff the store. The following week we had a talk from the local agent of the Bank of England who gave us a statistically quite dense presentation of economic data, both nationally and for the local area. She offered some thoughts on how things might unfold going forward, although forecasting is made doubly difficult at present given the uncertainties over Brexit. However what was encouraging as far as the Exeter area is concerned is that we have both the lowest unemployment and the smalest proportion of economically inactive people in the whole country. Indeed the IKEA manager told us that there are 1.2 jobs available for each person seeking work.
Susequently, in a complete change of topic, we were given a literary appreciation of Winnie the Pooh, following which, in another complete switch of subject, we were given an overview of developments in the study of the relationship between science and religion. This thought-provoking talk touched upon Big Bang cosmology and the theology of creation, evolution understood theologically and categorisations of the science-religion relationship. With further shifts of theme in our next two talks, we heard the story of a French woman who, having spent time in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, ended up marrying an Englishman and settling in the West Country, and we were given some background about the local ladies, from all walks of life, who became prominent in Exeter's suffrage movement. We have also had a presentation about the sometimes enigmatic messages found on old postcards. This session included an opportunity for members to try writing their own amusing or poignant postcard message.
Our future programme continues to offer talks on a similarly wide range of subject matter.
Susequently, in a complete change of topic, we were given a literary appreciation of Winnie the Pooh, following which, in another complete switch of subject, we were given an overview of developments in the study of the relationship between science and religion. This thought-provoking talk touched upon Big Bang cosmology and the theology of creation, evolution understood theologically and categorisations of the science-religion relationship. With further shifts of theme in our next two talks, we heard the story of a French woman who, having spent time in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, ended up marrying an Englishman and settling in the West Country, and we were given some background about the local ladies, from all walks of life, who became prominent in Exeter's suffrage movement. We have also had a presentation about the sometimes enigmatic messages found on old postcards. This session included an opportunity for members to try writing their own amusing or poignant postcard message.
Our future programme continues to offer talks on a similarly wide range of subject matter.
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