ESU Calendar of Events 2016 1 The English Speaking Union (QLD) Sunday 27 March 2016 5.30 -8pm A CONVERSATION WITH JACK DONNELLY. $39.00 ESU Members $49.00 non Members A conversation with Jack Donnelly. Jack is the Australian Senior Winner of the ESU My Magna Carta International Creative Essay Competition. Jack will delight us with an enthralling repartee about his experience in winning the Australian ESU Competition and his My Magna Carta presentation in London at the Finals. Jack was Dux of Marist Bros College 2015. The Event will feature a special Cocktail menu created for the night accompanied by fine Champagne, wines and beverages Jack Donnelly and Ella Mcevoy (the Australian Junior Winner) at ESU Dartmouth House London. Top row.
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ESU Calendar of Events 2016
1 The English Speaking Union (QLD)
Sunday 27 March 2016
5.30 -8pm
A CONVERSATION WITH JACK DONNELLY.
$39.00 ESU Members $49.00 non Members
A conversation with Jack Donnelly. Jack is the Australian Senior Winner of the ESU My Magna Carta
International Creative Essay Competition.
Jack will delight us with an enthralling repartee about his
experience in winning the Australian ESU Competition and his My Magna Carta presentation in London at the Finals.
Jack was Dux of Marist Bros College 2015.
The Event will feature a special Cocktail menu created for the night accompanied by fine Champagne, wines and beverages
Jack Donnelly and Ella Mcevoy (the Australian Junior Winner) at ESU Dartmouth House London. Top row.
Jazz Soiree with Ian McFarlane Featuring a special Cocktail menu created for the night accompanied by fine Champagne, wines and
beverages.
Sunday 15 May 2016 5.30 – 8pm
CONVERSATION- EMERITUS PROFESSOR ROLAND (ROLY) SUSSEX OAM THE LANGUAGE OF SHAKESPEARE
$39.00 ESU Members $49.00 non Members
Conversation- Emeritus Professor Roland (Roly) Sussex OAM The Language of Shakespeare
SHAKESPEARE IS ALL CLICHÉS? William Shakespeare (1564-1616) had an extraordinary effect on the English language, not only by his unerring ear for the rhythm and cadences of the
language, but also as a creator of new words and expressions.
Some phrases which we now regard as clichés began as original coinages with
Shakespeare. Or maybe they were already in current use, and he simply picked them up and made them immortal? In many cases we simply can’t know.
This paper discusses some of the 1,500 or so words which he is credited with introducing to
English, and some of the phrases which are dated by the Oxford Dictionary from his works.
In Elizabethan England, as nowadays, people
were confronted with a barrage of new terms on a regular basis. We will try to understand how
some of Shakespeare’s neologisms worked.
Emeritus Professor Rely Sussex
Our Esteemed Friend in English
Featuring a special Cocktail menu created for the
night accompanied by fine Champagne, wines and beverage.
Wednesday 1 June 2016 6.30 for 7pm
ESU 2016 Churchill Lecture
Black Tie Dinner $95.00 ESU Members $115 non Members
The ESU Churchill Lecture
Sir Winston Churchill played an active part in the work of the ESU and was Chairman from 1921 to 1925. After his death, Lady Spencer Churchill gave her warm approval to ESU to use the Churchill name for a
commemorative event. Since 1974 this has taken the form of the Churchill Lecture. The theme for each lecture is based on an extract from the Preface to Volume 1 of “A History of the English Speaking Peoples”. Churchill was born into the family of the Dukes of Marlborough, a branch of the Spencer family. His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was a charismatic politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer; his mother, Jennie Jerome, was an American socialite. As a young army officer, he saw action in British India, the Sudan, and the Second Boer War. He gained fame as a war correspondent and wrote books about his campaigns.
The Board of Directors of the English Speaking Union (QLD) are proud to announce that the High Commissioner of India to Australia, His
Excellency Mr Navdeep Suri, will present the Churchill Lecture for 2016 on Wednesday the 1st of June 2016 at ESU House.
Mr. Suri joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1983 and has served in
India’s diplomatic missions in Cairo, Damascus, Washington, Dar es Salaam and
London and as India’s Consul General in Johannesburg. He has also headed the West Africa and Public Diplomacy divisions at the Ministry of External Affairs.
He was India’s Ambassador to Egypt prior to his present assignment. His innovative use of social media in public diplomacy has received extensive
recognition and two prestigious awards.
Mr. Suri has learnt Arabic and French, has a Masters degree in
Economics and has written on India’s Africa policy, on Public Diplomacy and on the IT outsourcing industry. His English translations of his grandfather Nanak
Singh’s classic Punjabi novels have been published by Penguin as ‘The Watchmaker’ and by Harper Collins as ‘A Life Incomplete’. Mr. Suri is
accompanied by his wife Mani who has a degree in Economics and is now an accomplished graphic designer and potter. They have two daughters, a
journalist and an avid environmentalist.
The Churchill Lecture is an important occasion in the ESU calendar. A special
Menu incorporating some of Churchill’s favourite dishes is being prepared by Wilsons on the River. The Dinner will be accompanied by Champagne, fine
Wines and beverages.
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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965) was a British Conservative politician renowned for his extraordinary leadership
of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is undoubtedly one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century. He served as the Prime Minister of
England twice (1940-45 and 1955. A noted orator, Churchill was earlier an
officer in the British Army and had served in Bangalore. He is also a historian, a writer and an artist. He is the only British Prime Minister to have received the
Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values",
and was the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States.
Churchill arrived in India in 1895, aged 20. He reportedly spent his time in
Bangalore, reading Plato, Aristotle, Gibbon, Macaulay and Schopenhauer, honing his skill with words and ideas. By 1899, he was in South Africa, covering
the Boer war. He was imprisoned, escaped heroically and became nationally famous at 24. He was elected to Parliament and, by 33, was a cabinet minister.
It would take him, it reads, despite ambition and single-mindedness, another 32 years to become Prime Minister.
Churchill was not always complimentary in his remarks about India but there is no doubt if he were alive today he could do nothing less than heap praise on
the remarkable economic and technological advancement in the development of India. Currently recognised globally as a world class manufacturing enterprise
and well respected Continent, that is India today. It was widely reported that 2014 could be easily said as the rocking rocketing year for India - only not for
the number of rockets/satellites launched - but also on the technological front.
Benjamin Disraeli, former British PM, called India "the brightest jewel in the crown," acknowledging India's valuable resources that Europe exploited like
spices, mineral ores, textiles, the huge pool of cheap labour and the large market for British goods. As its largest colonial territory, India was the most
important of all the overseas possessions of the British Empire. India became
independent in 1947. In 65 years, India has crossed many hurdles. It is the world's largest democracy, a nuclear power, a human resource powerhouse and
is emerging as an economic giant.
Sunday 24 July 2016
6.30 pm
CHRISTMAS IN JULY A SUMPTIOUS CHRISTMAS DINNER
$75.00 ESU Members $85.00 non Members
A sumptuous Christmas Dinner with all the Trimmings sponsored by The
French Corner, Beautiful Furniture and Homewares, 240 Enoggera Road
Newmarket. Featuring a special Christmas Dinner menu created for the night
by Wilsons on the River accompanied by fine Champagne, wines and
beverages. 5 fabulous Lucky Door Prizes donated by the French Corner.
Christmas Carols and favourite Jazz numbers with pianist Ian McFarlane. Three very special raffle prizes, classic French designed Bevelled Mirrors to the
Jazz Soiree with Ian McFarlane Featuring a special Cocktail menu created for the night accompanied by fine Champagne, wines and
beverages
Sunday 9 October 2016
5.30 – 8pm
CONVERSATION WITH HISTORIAN STEPHEN SHEAFFE
$39.00 ESU Members $49 non Members
Conversation with Historian Stephen Sheaffe The Australian Explorer SIMPSON $35 Members $45 non members. Featuring a special
Cocktail menu accompanied by fine Champagne, wines
and beverages.
Sunday 27 November
2016 5.30 – 8pm
ESU AGM AND CHRISTMAS PARTY
ESU Members no charge $25 non Members
ESU AGM and Christmas Party Join the ESU Board of Directors, Members & Friends for the ESU AGM and Christmas Party with an abundance of Christmas Cheer in Celebration of Christmas 2016. Featuring a special Christmas Cocktail menu accompanied by Christmas
Pudding, Brandy Sauce, Fresh fluffy Pavlova layers of Cream and Strawberries,
Drawing Rooms. The house was used as the Dartmouth family home until the
outbreak of war in 1914, when it was used by the British Red Cross as a military
hospital. It was sold again in 1918 to the Hon. Mrs Robert Lindsay. Dartmouth House
was purchased by the English-Speaking Union in 1926 for the sum of £45,000 from
the Hon. Mrs Robert Lindsay. It was formally opened as the London Headquarters of
the ESU by the then Prime Minister, Sir Stanley Baldwin, on the 22 February 1927.
Today, Dartmouth House is an important heritage building in Mayfair. It was
upgraded by the UK government Department of Culture, Media and Sport to be a
Grade II* listed building.
ESU PATRONS: Since 1936 the Patron of the ESU has been the reigning monarch, 1936 HM King
Edward VIII, 1936-1952 HM King George VI and 1952 - HM Queen Elizabeth II. The ESU is dependent financially on the commercial investment return we are receiving from ESU House, the
generosity of its members, individual donors and corporate sponsors. Its charitable and educational
purpose is clear with an increasing focus on the challenge of social exclusion globally.
The English-Speaking Union as a Global Charitable organisation continues to expand throughout
the world with branches in Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bhutan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
England & Wales, Estonia, Finland, France: France-Anjou, France-Bordeaux, France-Paris, France-Strasbourg, Georgia, Germany-Bavaria, Germany-Hamburg, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India,
Japan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico,
Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal Romania-Bucharest, Romania-Craiova, Russia-Moscow, Russia-St Petersburg,
Scotland, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of American, Vanuatu, Yemen.
THE ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION (ESU) QLD
Our Aims and Programs
OUR VISION
The English Speaking Union (Qld) promotes global understanding and human achievement through
the shared use of the English language.
OUR FOCUS
Our programs create, empower, enrich, encourage and transform.
Creating educational Partnerships
International scholarships - Partnering like-minded organizations
Empowering through communication
Public Speaking Competitions – Juniors and Seniors
The Churchill lecture
Cultural Awareness Lecture series - Enriching human endeavour through performance
Roly Sussex Short Story Competition
Encouraging appreciation of Heritage and History
Transforming human bonds
Social and Cultural involvement - History Lecture Series
Cnr Park Rd and Coronation Dve, Milton, Brisbane Qld 4064.
THE 2015 CHURCHILL LECTURE Celebrating the 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta Proudly Presented by Mr Tony Brennan British Chargé d’Affaires, Deputy High Commissioner.
