2024

Thursday 19 September:

 FDR and France

We start the new session with a talk from Walter Perrie of the Perth branch. He will cover Roosevelt’s hostility to De Gaulle. He will touch on Roosevelt’s determination to have France administered as a American protectorate after the war.

Thursday 17th October:

Preview of the French Film Festival. We will have Richard Mowe presenting an overview of the French Film Festival.

Friday 25th October :

A national event: Projet Amitié :French Orchestra “Les Piques du Rivet.” 12 violin cellists from Bordeaux will tour all Franco-Scottish Branches giving concerts of French and Scottish music. (Un melange de musique contemporaine et classique.) They look forward to meeting FSS members and other people from the community for an evening of music and social engagement.We will encourage visitors for this event particulary students of the Alliance Française.

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Venue St Bride’s Church, 69 Hyndland Road, Glasgow G12 9UX: Time  6.30 pm 

Wednesday 13 November:

Mon pays natal. Véronique Miller, a teacher in the Alliance and coordinator of L’Ecole buissonière in Glasgow, will talk about the region around Angers.

Saturday 14 December:

Fête de Noël avec vin chaud, buffet, musique et chansons. We will have our traditional Christmas party.

2025

Thursday 16 January: Note this is an afternoon event at 2.00 p.m.

Émile Zola en exil en Angleterre. Odile Hughson Le procès de l’affaire Dreyfus menaçant Émile Zola d’incarcération, il s’est enfui en Angleterre.

Thursday 20 February:

Comment devient-on une écrivaine? Lorna Milne, new President of the Franco-Scottish Society of Scotland will talk on French Caribbean writers introducing some women writers from the Antilles. Lorna was Professor of French in St Andrews and held many senior posts there, retiring recently as Deputy Principal of the university.

Thursday 20 March:

Visiting Speaker, Emilie Capulet. Emilie is talking to all our branches. She will talk on Erik Satie illustrating the talk with musical extracts.

Thursday 17 April:

From Airdrie to Burundi. Margaret Henderson, after studying languages at university, joined Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) and spent a year working as a teacher in Burundi in Central Africa in 1969-70. Margaret will share her experiences of living and working in Ijenda at the highest point in Burundi, the land of 1001 hills – a very different, challenging but exciting life for a young woman from Airdrie.

Friday 9 May

Annual lunch: We will once again enjoy a lunch provided by the student team of the G53 Training Restaurant of Glasgow Clyde College (Anniesland Campus).

Thursday 15 May:

2025 AGM. Followed by cheese & wine and entertainment.

Monday 23rd June:

National Museum of Scotland guided tour: Odile Hughson will provide a guided tour in French of exhibits in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh which illuminate the history of the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland from 1295 to 1560.